Factors that affect football results - Uni project help

[Guest Lee]

Hi, I am a Final Year Computer Science student and my Individual Project aims to predict the result of football matches using Bayesian Belief Networks. I am looking to constuct a provisional belief network illustrating the factors that affect the result of a football match. So far, I have the following factors: Recent form Head-to-head record Weather Crowd size Away team distance to travel Injuries New manager Motivation (for example most teams playing Man U treat it as their biggest game of the season) "Need-to-win" (at times of relegation and championship deciders) Formation I would be very grateful if anyone has any other ideas for factors....??

[Guest muppet]

Re: Factors that affect football results - Uni project help how about away team TIME to travel rather than DISTANCE? Ref? day/night game? weekday/weekend? start/mid/end of season? (dodgy results at start until 'settled')