The newly established Statistics in Sport Section of the Royal Statistical Society is holding its first meeting on Thursday 7th June from 4-7pm at Errol Street (RSS Headquarters) in London. Directions to Errol Street can be found at http://www.rss.org.uk/site/cms/contentCategoryView.asp?category=142.

 

Two eminent speakers will be presenting their work on forecasting in football:

 

Stuart Coles from SmartOdds: 'Euros 2012: what can statistics tell us?

 

John Goddard from Bangor University: In-play betting strategies for English football match outcomes

 

All are welcome. Tea and coffee will be served from 4 and the talks will begin at 4.30.