About

A decade of sports analysis, from Helsinki

Eastside Sports Analysis was founded on 23 January 2014 by Harri Kairavuo in Helsinki, with a simple premise: sports organisations deserve the same analytical rigour that is standard in finance, medicine and the natural sciences.

Over the past decade, we have delivered hundreds of reports across more than twenty disciplines — from top-division football and ice hockey to Olympic endurance sports. Our work informs team selection, contract decisions, tactical preparation and long-term programme design. It is analytical support for sporting decisions, never betting or wagering guidance.

We remain deliberately independent and small. Every engagement is led personally, every dataset is audited, and every recommendation is one we would be prepared to defend in front of a head coach, a board or a selection committee.

Our mission

To make evidence-based decision making the default in the sports organisations we work with.

2014
Founded
10+
Years active
500+
Reports delivered
20+
Sports covered

How we measure these figures

Years active are counted from our registration on 23 January 2014. “Reports delivered” counts individual analytical deliverables completed for clients since then; “sports covered” counts the distinct disciplines we have analysed. Figures are rounded down and reviewed annually. Redacted samples are available on request.

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