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. Our attacking midfielder on the bench is Vålerenga Fotball Damer’s Olaug Tvedten. The versatile...
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 left central midfielder Sverre Nypan of Rosenborg BK. There has been...
Football season is officially in full swing, after an action-packed summer of Euro 2024 and the Paris 2024 Olympics. Our latest September 2024 issue of Total Football Analysis Magazine is out NOW and previews what the 2024/25 campaign might bring across all different leagues around the world! This month we...
Who Is Eirik Horneland? Not much is capable of exciting football tactics enthusiasts more than a coach whose presence with a team delivers noticeably elevated performance levels via a distinct, characteristic playing style. In Norway, this has been evident over the last few years at three-time Norwegian top-flight champions SK...
With the majority of European leagues ramping up their preparations for the start of the 2024/25 season over the coming weeks, you might be forgiven for thinking that there was no quality football available to follow. While the European Championships, and now the Olympics, may have offered some distractions from...
In August last year, Andreas Georgson's set-piece ideas were analyzed after his impact on Southampton's dead balls had an immediate and impressive effect in the opening three weeks of the Championship campaign. Even though he left the role in December, there is no doubt that his set-piece expertise helped the Saints...
The Norwegian Eliteserien is heading towards its halfway point of the 2024 season. While newfound powerhouse Bodö/Glimt are again leading the league, former giants are struggling a lot this season and are currently headed toward the relegation battle. After a disappointing 2023 and the loss of star player Carlo Holse...
In recent years, Norway has emerged as a hotbed for footballing talent, producing several notable stars who have made a significant impact on the global stage. Players like Manchester City's Erling Haaland, FC Arsenal's Martin Odegaard, and Club Brugge's Antonio Nusa in the Jupiler Pro League have captured the attention...
One of the fun things about using our xGOLD tool to find similar players to the ideal profile is when the tool identifies someone that you genuinely think is an under-the-radar talent, like Aune Heggebo, for example, who plays very similarly to Ollie Watkins. Heggebo is currently playing for SK Brann in Norway, and while...
Vålerenga Fotball are a side in the top flight of Norwegian football, although their status in the league is on thin ice, with the club on equal points with teams battling for relegation. The appointment of new manager Geir Bakke has recently lifted spirits, with the club unbeaten in six...
In recent years, the Eliteserien, one of the most interesting tournaments in Scandinavia due to the amount of young talent and variety of playing philosophies, has been dominated by Molde FK and FK Bodø/Glimt. When one wins, the other takes second place. However, this year, that could change: Morten Jensen...
Sarpsborg 08 have a new and conflicting history. The Norwegian city has been home to multiple struggling clubs in years before 2008. However, after rivalries were ended and all the clubs united to form one stronger team, Sarpsborg has been able to strengthen year by year. The progress saw them...
Quite often, many conversation topics I see at this time of year centre around ‘the season being over’. And indeed, this is true for many of Europe’s most popular leagues. Still, if you’re in a similar situation, and you or people you like spending time with have been lamenting the...
The 2023 Eliteserien is currently in full swing, and Bodø/Glimt is dominating the top of the table, as we highlighted in a recent analysis piece. While Glimt appears to be comfortable in leading the title race, the defending champions, Molde FK, have had a somewhat disappointing start to the season....
Currently, at the top of the first Norwegian football league (Eliteserien), FK Bodø/Glimt is attempting to reclaim this trophy for their hometown after finishing behind Molde last season. Kjetil Knutsen, Bodø/Glimt's head coach, promoted them in 2017, avoided relegation in 2018, and won the league twice in a row (in...
It’s fair to say that over the past 10 years, Benfica have potentially been the best club in European football at identifying talented young players, developing them, and eventually selling these stars for obscene amounts of money. In recent years, players such as Darwin Núñez, João Félix, Rúben Dias, and...
In this podcast episode, host Adam Scully sits down with Bodø/Glimt’s Head of Physical Performance Michael Brown. Michael tells us all about the ins and outs of being a physio in professional football, treating players, the mental aspect of injuries, moving to Norway, the successes of Bodø/Glimt, the importance of...
After dominating the league for the last few seasons, Bodo/Glimt are finally beaten to the crown by Molde who have dominated the 2022 Eliteserien. Although they have had a disappointing season where they were eliminated from the Champions League as well as from the Europa League, they have found and...
After being the second-best team in the Eliteserien for a very long time, where the likes of Bodo/Glimt have shown high-level dominance, Molde FK are back to being the best team on the land and have been very dominant in the league this season and are currently running away with...
In this data analysis piece, we will be identifying centre-forwards (strikers) to be scouted that are currently playing in the Eliteserien. Strikers in the modern game have evolved a lot. No longer do we see them as target men, being very tall in the air and bulldozing defenders. The roles of the false...
