Barnsley lack quality – not intensity: why Valérien Ismaël is the right man for the job
Barnsley have recently come under media spotlight after their second contest of the season against Chelsea in the FA Cup. […]
EFL Championship
The relegation candidates who are the most intense pressers in the Championship
The English Championship was always a league stereotyped for its physicality and brute target men. It seemed that almost every […]
How Swansea City are defying all metrics en route to the Premier League
One of the strangest teams this season in terms of outperforming analytics is the Championship’s Swansea City. Without looking at […]
Analyzing past Premier League transfers with the new criteria – Would they have gone through?
Brexit means English football will start a deep change, starting with the signings its clubs will be able to make […]
English Football League: A data analysis highlighting the best strikers so far this season
With the increasing use of statistics in player recruitment, mainly being used as a complement to video analysis (the eye […]
EFL Championship 2020/21: Reading vs Preston North End – tactical analysis
It’s fair to say Reading have defied all expectations with their start to the EFL Championship season. The Royals picked up 22 points […]
EFL Championship 2020/21: Bournemouth vs Derby County – tactical analysis
In the 9th game week of the 2020-21 EFL Championship, newly relegated Bournemouth hosted Wayne Rooney’s Derby County. The former […]
EFL Championship 2020/21: Bournemouth vs Bristol City – tactical analysis
Bournemouth continued their unbeaten start to the EFL Championship season with a 1-0 victory over Bristol City. It was a tight, well-contested clash between two […]
EFL Championship 2020/21: Sheffield Wednesday vs Brentford – tactical analysis
Sheffield Wednesday sunk to their second league defeat of the season, going down to a much-fancied Brentford side at Hillsborough. The Bees […]
EFL Championship 2020/21: Middlesbrough vs Reading – tactical analysis
One of the Saturday 3 pm Championship games was Neil Warnock’s Middlesbrough against high flying Reading. Middlesbrough have had a […]