After a solid breakout season in 2023/2024, West Bromwich Albion winger Tom Fellows has truly gone from strength to strength. The 1.83-meter-tall, right-footed winger has firmly established himself as a key performer for the EFL Championship outfit. He has thrived despite the club's disappointing season, managing four goals and 14 assists in...
As the regular 2024/2025 EFL Championship season finishes, all eyes now turn towards the highly anticipated Championship Play-Offs. The four teams competing for the last remaining spot in the 2025/2026 Premier League are Sheffield United, Sunderland, Coventry City and Bristol City. All of the sides come into the season-defining fixtures...
Derby County managed to stay up by the skin of their teeth, securing safety in the EFL Championship with a 0-0 draw on the season's final day. In one of the more surprising moves of the campaign, John Eustace left promotion-chasing Blackburn Rovers in February to take over at Derby...
France has long been a conveyor belt of top-level centre-back production. In recent years, the Premier League has benefited significantly from this tradition, with players like William Saliba, Ibrahima Konaté, and Maxence Lacroix making their mark. Joining this group next season is Burnley’s 6’4 left-sided centre-back, Maxime Estève. At just...
As the 2024/25 EFL Championship season unfolds, the league once again showcases its unpredictable nature, tactical variety, and fierce competitiveness. Every matchweek adds new twists to the promotion race, but beyond the fluctuating league positions lies a wealth of data that offers a deeper understanding of each team’s identity and...
The EFL Championship is a breeding ground for promising young players, giving them a platform to hone their craft and gain match experience in one of the most challenging and physically demanding leagues in the world. The competition’s relentless schedule involves travelling to all corners of the United Kingdom and...
Jobe Bellingham is following in the footsteps of his older brother, Jude Bellingham, starting off in the EFL. Many eyes are on the youngster across Europe, looking to sweep him up and hope he will be just like Jude Bellingham in a few years. Born on September 23, 2005 and...
After sacking club legend Mark Robins in November, the Coventry City board sought to appoint a manager with fresh ideas who could rejuvenate and provide the squad with much-needed energy. Back-to-back promotion near misses had hurt the morale, and the idea of going again seemed distant. Sitting 17th in the...
The days of the classic "big and small" striker duo or the "act 1 and act 2" partnerships were once a staple of football, especially in English leagues. These partnerships combined different strengths, like power, skill, flair, and goal-scoring ability, to great effect. Think of the iconic pairings that defined...
The Premier League is a league of global talent, with scouts searching the European and South American markets for the next breakout stars. These regions have become grounds for unearthing players who, with the right development, can be moulded into high-potential players before being flipped for sizeable profits. However, while...
I’m back again with the second part of this series for Total Football Analysis, looking at using specific profiles and data scouting in order to surface and identify some interesting players. Last week, I looked at the dominant defender profile, one of my own personal favourites. This time around, however,...
Leeds United put themselves one step closer to an illustrious Premier League return by coming out on top of Monday’s EFL Championship first versus second clash with Sheffield United away at Bramall Lane. Now, at the time of writing, Leeds sit five points clear at the top of the league...
Blackburn caught the attention of all set-piece enthusiasts in recent weeks with their unique and unusual corner kick routines. With five goals in the league from set plays, they do not seem like an immediate set-piece threat, but their creativity in the design of their dead balls means that the...
Total Football Analysis Breakout XI for 2025 includes eight ‘alternates’ / ‘bench players’ who almost made the cut for a full scouting report in the magazine. Those players will still be covered with a mini-data analysis. Next up is sub-centre-mid Chris Rigg. Not just in the Championship but across the EFL,...
Who Is Tom Cannon? Tom Cannon is tied for sixth place as the top scorer of the EFL Championship. With nine goals, he is Stoke City’s leading scorer, waiting for a solid opportunity in the Premier League. At 22 years old, the Republic of Ireland international has been readying himself...
Scott Parker’s Burnley won 0-2 against Chris Wilder’s Sheffield United in a tightly-contested match decided by small details. With this win, Burnley (third) are only one point behind Sheffield United (second), while Leeds United have taken the leadership in the EFL Championship standings. As we discussed weeks ago, Chris Wilder’s...
The last few years have seen Aston Villa send several players on loan or sell to the EFL. This includes Finn Azaz, who is currently at Middlesbrough after being permanently sold to the Championship club during the January window last season. Azaz caught the attention of several people when he...
Chris Wilder captivated Premier League fans a few years ago with his tactics at Sheffield United. However, he left the Blades in 2021 before spending some time at Middlesbrough (2021-2022) and Watford (2023). Then came his Sheffield United comeback after the club had endured a bad first half of the Premier League...
The EFL Championship playoff final back in May must feel like a distant memory for Southampton fans. At the time of writing, before the international break, the Saints find themselves rooted to the bottom of the Premier League. To compound their plight, Opta has predicted only a 5.23% chance of...
Christmas is almost here, which means that it is time for the new December 2024 issue of Total Football Analysis Magazine. In this month's December 2024 issue, we have a cornucopia of articles, 21 to be exact, about La Liga, Primeira Liga, Bundesliga, Premier League, EFL Championship, Ligue 1, Serie A, EFL...
