Following Tottenham & England star Harry Kane’s golden boot & playmaker award, the striker’s shot map remained that as expected, the forward received a large NPxG, as expected due to his fantastic season.
Category Archives: Tactical Analysis
Data viz: La Liga’s best finishers
The Spanish first division holds some of the greatest current players in the world. We can analyse attacking players deadliness by goals scored, we can analyse their number of quality chances by xG. And by comparing the two data strings, we can decide who is truly the greatest finisher in the league. Let’s apply this …
xG Timeline: Sunderland v Stanley
xG Timeline of an entertaining fixture in the EFL League One
Kylian Mbappe Video Analysis
After receiving 1,000 readers on my site within the first week of opening it, I’ve decided to treat my readers to a video analysis of the best young player in the world. Mbappe has achieved more than Ronaldo and Messi at this age and is arguably the better player in comparison to the two greats …
The Long Read: Tottenham Hotspur’s 4-4-2 Diamond formation.
Pochettino has silently made huge tactical changes in his Tottenham side recently. Pochettino was previously known for his use of the 4-2-3-1 & 3-4-3 system. But recently, he has changed his shape to the old-fashioned – yet still modern ‘4-3-1-2’, or, “4-4-2 Diamond” formation. In this analysis, we’ll discover what this new system means, and …
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