Methods:

  • Data Science in Sports (e.g. Machine Learning, Artificial Data,
  • Complex Statistical Inference, Statistical Modeling and Programming)

 

Topics:

  • Sports Forecasting, Performance Analysis, Randomness in Sports,
  • Betting Markets, Crowd Wisdom, Trust in AI,
  • Psychological Aspects (Home Advantage, Penalties)

Sports Economics

Wunderlich, F., Caparrós, M. G., & Memmert, D. (2026). Does the consideration of market prices in model selection increase model profitability? Evidence from theory, artificial data and real-world data. International Journal of Forecasting.

Machine Learning in Sports

Wunderlich, F., Biermann, H., Yang, W., Bassek, M., Raabe, D., Elbert, N., Memmert, D., & Garnica Caparros, M. (2025). Assessing machine learning and data imputation approaches to handle the issue of data sparsity in sports forecasting. Machine Learning, 114(2), 48.

Performance Analysis in Sports

Wunderlich, F., Seck, A., & Memmert, D. (2021). The influence of randomness on goals in football decreases over time. An empirical analysis of randomness involved in goal scoring in the English Premier League. Journal of Sports Sciences, 39(20), 2322-2337.

Sport Psychology

Wunderlich, F., Weigelt, M., Rein, R., & Memmert, D. (2021). How does spectator presence affect football? Home advantage remains in European top-class football matches played without spectators during the COVID-19 pandemic. Plos one, 16(3), e0248590

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (10.06.2026)

“Wer wird Fußballweltmeister 2026?“

https://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/fussball-wm/prognose-zur-fussball-wm-2026-drei-teams-ragen-heraus-deutschland-ist-nicht-dabei-accg-200829046.html

El País (08.04.2021)

“La ventaja de jugar en casa se mantiene a pesar de que los estadios están vacíos”

elpais.com/ciencia/2021-04-08/la-ventaja-de-jugar-en-casa-se-mantiene-a-pesar-de-que-los-estadios-estan-vacios.html

The Guardian (31.03.2021)

“Football teams retain home advantage with no crowd, study finds”

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/31/football-teams-retain-home-advantage-no-crowd-study

  • Statistics Lecture & Seminar
  • Statistics – Module Head – Master Sport Physiotherapy
  • Databases – Master Match Analysis
  • Project Seminar – Academic Research

  • International Journal of Forecasting
  • Journal of Sports Sciences
  • Psychology of Sport & Exercise
  • Journal of Sports Economics
  • International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sports

  • DFG-Projects in the field of Computer Science (Acquisition of third-party funding and project implementation/supervision)
  • Mentoring for PhD-Student at the Institute (currently: Johanna Gerken, Haiyu Zhang, Thomas Thönnessen)