27 May, 2023

Timing is Everything: De Zerbi’s Brighton

27 May, 2023

Jamie Scott looks at an interesting facet of how Roberto De Zerbi has Brighton playing

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15 May, 2023

Tuchel at Bayern: Raising the Floor

15 May, 2023

Jamie Scott analyses the Champions League winning coach with work to do in Bavaria Thomas Tuchel’s arrival at Bayern Munich has seen him replace Julian Nagelsmann, a similarly experimental, progressive German coach. Both coaches speak openly about their tactics, and it is clear to see how their teams have...

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19 Apr, 2023

The Wisdom of Crowds: Can Multiple Voices Outperform Football Experts and Big Data?

19 Apr, 2023

Jeremy Steele looks at whether crowd-sourcing an assessment of player performance works as well as data or traditional forms of scouting

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05 Apr, 2023

Is football media making the most of football data?

05 Apr, 2023

Casey Evans examines how data are used in the media and whether fans deserve better, or even want it

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22 Mar, 2023

Has Juego de Posicion been solved?

22 Mar, 2023

t looks at the approach used by Pep Guardiola and others and asks whether the dominant tactical ideology of elite football has had its day

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17 Mar, 2023

Igor Tudor’s doing it again – Marseille’s through on goal!

17 Mar, 2023

Abel Meszaros digs in to the Croatian manager and his approach and examines why it is paying dividends in the south of France

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03 Mar, 2023

Goalkeeper Passing: Risk Versus Reward

03 Mar, 2023

lex Stewart and MarkStats look at the last two seasons of Premier League goalkeeper passing data to analyse which keepers add attacking value or open their sides up to risk

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27 Feb, 2023

FC Zürich 2022/23: Suffering From Success

27 Feb, 2023

Neel Shelat looks at how the team went from mid-table to glory, before stuttering badly, and explains how managerial appointments and transfers can make or break the period after success It’s not too often that we can accurately sum up a club’s season with the title of a much-memed...

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07 Feb, 2023

Attacking versus Defensive Counter-Pressing: How and Why?

07 Feb, 2023

Jamie Scott looks at two forms of counter-pressing and what teams do with them Counter-pressing in football is the act of actively pursuing the ball in a coordinated manner with the aim of regaining possession quickly after ball-loss. The upper bound of time the ball must be won back...

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03 Feb, 2023

Set Piece Analysis: Newcastle United and Brentford

03 Feb, 2023

Mohamed Mohamed looks at two teams leveraging set pieces to perform above expectations in the Premier League

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