04 Jan, 2024

Market analysis: player trading in Ligue 2

04 Jan, 2024

Analytics FC Head of Content and lead analyst Alex Stewart looks at trends in player sales in the French second tier

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St Pauli’s year of Hürzeler – now also playing the best football in the 2. Bundesliga

German football expert Abel Meszaros looks at St. Pauli, everyone's favourite left-wing club, and argues that this season, they're more than just a cult classic

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Vissel Kobe: Chasing a first-ever J1 title with possession-based directness

Neel Shelat casts his eye over a side known for recruiting older European talent but who are now doing things very much their own way From a tactical point of view, the J. League is right up there with some of the most interesting competitions in the world. Ange...

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Should you sit deep against Brighton?

Jack McCormack analyses the approach taken by Roberto De Zerbi and uses our Coach ID tool to figure out a pragmatic response to his tactics

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12 Oct, 2023

What can we learn about the goalkeeping market from data?

12 Oct, 2023

Alex Stewart looks at goalkeeping transfers and asks whether paying more guarantees success

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Change, acclimation, or load management: Why is the beginning of the season so bad for injuries?

on McKenna, the Head of Content at Premier Injuries, analyses the high incidence of injuries at the start of every English Premier League season

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Are Inverted Fullbacks Becoming a Hindrance to Ideal Possession Principles?

Jamie Scott looks at a trend in the full back position and its implications for possession football

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Why Laia Codina would be a good fit for Arsenal

Stephanie Insixiengmay looks at the new Arsenal centre back and looks at what she will bring to the side

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01 Sep, 2023

Goalkeeper Chains: How and Why

01 Sep, 2023

Neel Shelat expands on his previous piece to examine why teams utilise goalkeepers in build-up and what that can tell us about team styles

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24 Aug, 2023

Otten Innovation Cup: The Rules, like the times, are changing

24 Aug, 2023

Stevphen Shukaitis attends the tournament trialling potential new rules for football and ponders whether they are, in fact, a good thing

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