In this piece, Varun Vasudevan uses an array of data to suggest which club would make the most sensible destination for the Croatian centre back Modern football scouting has come leaps and bounds from the days when the act of scouting was limited to travelling to see players in...
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Mia Eriksson casts her eye over a player currently lighting up the Damallsvenskan and assesses where she could go next Johanna Rytting Kaneryd (JRK) is a winger who made her debut in the Swedish national senior team in a friendly match against Austria on February 19th, 2021. The 25-year-old...
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Dan Pritchard uses data to look at how the Lionesses forward has reshaped her approach to football under successive coaches Data is a useful tool, an incredibly useful one in fact. Its increased use in football by the most successful teams and federations is testament to that; it removes...
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Alex Stewart builds his ideal midfielder, even though Ibrahim Sangare already exists Scouting players is hard. Metrics can show actions by volume, while more sophisticated platforms can also show the impact or quality of certain actions. Players need to pass the eye test, while clubs will also dig in...
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Alex Stewart revisits the ‘clutch’ topic and looks at last season’s goalscorers who delivered when it mattered most Back in 2019, Analytics FC Managing Director Jeremy Steele wrote a piece exploring the concept of ‘clutch’ goal scorers. As Jeremy put it: “The term is used regularly in US sports...
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James Nalton takes a look at some outstanding MLS prospects in this piece, highlighting six players who could make an impact in England With its salary cap and roster constraints, lots of thought needs to go into building a squad in Major League Soccer. It’s not always the case...
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We are delighted to announce that West Ham United Women F.C. are the newest club to sign up to the TransferLab platform. Since March 2021, Analytics FC, in collaboration with Lane Clark & Peacock, has provided access to the first standalone Women’s Football Data analytics platform. This ground-breaking initiative,...
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Analytics FC are delighted to announce that Lillestrøm SK are signing up to our suite of market-leading services. After a strong start to the season, Lillestrøm currently sit in second place Eliteserien, Norway’s top division. They have been Norwegian League champions five times, but have not won it since...
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Josh Hobbes has the latest instalment of our Transfers Gurus series, focussing in this piece on Luis Campos, his time at Lille, and what he might bring to PSG The footballing world was shocked earlier this summer, as Kylian Mbappe opted to remain with Paris Saint-Germain, rather than making...
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Yash Thakur casts his eye over three exciting prospects from a region with a strong history of player development Scandinavia has produced some of the most recognisable names in world football, talents like Ada Hegerberg, Caroline Graham Hansen, Kosovare Asllani, Lotta Schelin, and Pernille Harder. But despite this, the...
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