Brentford FC

The 2025/2026 Premier League season has already begun to reveal significant differences between teams in how effectively they convert shooting opportunities into goals. While league standings often reflect overall performance, examining shot quality, expected goals (xG), and finishing efficiency provides a deeper understanding of whether a team is genuinely performing...

For the entire summer, although Brentford were heavily involved in two of the biggest deals, losing two huge players in Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa, it felt like they were an afterthought in both sagas. The Bees lost more than just players; their magnetic, excellent manager, Thomas Frank, went to Tottenham Hotspur. In what felt...

After nearly six rounds in the 2025/2026 Premier League campaign, many tactical battles and ideas have stood out, offering coaches, analysts, and fans around the world a chance to explore new ideas or revisit old ones through a different lens. Set-pieces are among the trends in which the Premier League...

Keith Andrews tactics are shaping Brentford's identity after his promotion to head coach. He’s been promoted internally to replace Thomas Frank, who was a brilliant coach and has now moved on to Tottenham Hotspur. While maintaining some of Frank’s principles, Andrews has already stamped his own identity on the side. This...

Brentford hosted Chelsea in matchweek 4 of the 2025/2026 Premier League season, which ended in a 2-2 draw. However, this matchup was far from monotonous, as fans witnessed end-to-end action; with four goals on the night, the fixture delivered on its promise to be exciting. The Bees opened the scoring without reply in...

With teams often electing to press high in the opposition's defensive third, having a goalkeeper with long distribution who can put the ball accurately behind the opposition's backline can cause all sorts of problems for opposing teams.  With clever positioning and complementary movements by forward players, long kicks from the...

Recently, set-pieces have become a crucial aspect of the game at any level of football, so many innovative tricks have been implemented. One of the most crucial steps in new-style corners is blocking goalkeepers to prevent them from claiming the ball, especially when the targeted area is inside the six-yard...

When Tottenham Hotspur announced the appointment of Thomas Frank in the summer of 2025, the move was met with both curiosity and anticipation. Frank, who had built his reputation at Brentford, was not simply seen as another Premier League coach making the step up. Rather, he represented a distinct tactical...

Matheus Cunha officially became a Manchester United player after the Red Devils paid the £62.5m release clause that Wolverhampton Wanderers had set. Reports also suggest that United are interested in adding Bryan Mbeumo as their second new attacker this summer, and that the player is willing to move to Manchester. Last season, Cunha...

Tottenham Hotspur have announced the appointment of Thomas Frank as the Spurs new Head Coach, with a contract running until 2028. Keith Andrews, who worked with Frank as Brentford's set-piece coach, is a leading candidate to replace Thomas Frank as head coach. He has helped Brentford achieve a strong set-piece...

After a mixed season, Tottenham Hotspur fired head coach Ange Postecoglou. A 17th-place finish was far too unsatisfactory for the eventual UEFA Europa League winners. After his admirable stint at Brentford, Thomas Frank takes over as the new Spurs head coach. While it is a surprising turn of events, it is an...

It has been quite the season in the Premier League. At the summit, a fight to secure UEFA Champions League football in the next campaign broke out, lasting right up until the final day. For the second consecutive year, the three teams promoted last summer were relegated back down to the Championship....

Few clubs in the Premier League are having a better run than Brentford FC. Ever since they gained promotion to the top flight back in 2021, they have built a reputation as a side with ambition but who also know their financial and performance capability. For that reason, even though they...

The 2024/2025 Premier League season has become a tactical battleground where vertical progression and transitional threat are redefining success at the top level — this data analysis explains exactly how. In this data analysis report, we focus on how Liverpool, under new coach Arne Slot, have reclaimed their dominance with...

Brentford currently sit 11th in the Premier League table, just three points adrift of a UEFA Europa Conference League qualification spot. Since their promotion in 2021, Brentford have defied expectations by establishing themselves as a regular in the top flight, with an average league finish of 13th. This stability has...

We have all observed how Declan Rice scored two goals from direct free kicks to facilitate Arsenal's victory over Real Madrid in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. It is widely recognised that direct free kicks can be decisive in football, particularly when a team possesses skilled...

Welcome to part five of Total Football Analysis’s throw-in series. In the previous four parts, we have presented all the variables necessary to understand the unique nature of throw-ins and the factors that influence throw-in strategies for different teams and coaches. We have also conducted a two-part interview with the expert throw-in coach, Thomas...

Liverpool are nearly the best in everything in the Premier League. They are in first place in the table with 53 points, six above Arsenal, who have 47 points, knowing that the Reds played one less game. In the UEFA Champions League, the situation is nearly the same, holding the...

The possession-dominant teams featured in our high xG shot creation tactical analysis often make the game look easier. While there is beauty in simplicity, and they pull it off well, a certain degree of quality is necessary to execute attacking sequences with those levels of precision. We certainly won't assume that any...

Recruitment strategies vary a lot from club to club and league to league. Aspects like financial resources, league competition, club philosophy, and ambitions all affect football clubs' youth recruitment strategies. This data analysis looks closely at why each club is doing what it is doing, how these strategies fit in...