Last month, TSG Hoffenheim secured the services of Leon Avdullahu from Swiss champions FC Basel for a fee of €8m, making him their most expensive summer acquisition to date. Following the departures of Tom Bischof and Diadié Samassékou and the now-rumoured sale of Anton Stach to Leeds United, Hoffenheim went...
In this tactical analysis, we examine build-up play and explain how opposition-pressing triggers can be exploited to overcome the press. We will analyse the most common pressing triggers and their influence on available space and passing lanes. Cover-Shadow Exploitation In order to find solutions to overcome the opposition press, one...
As we go into the middle of February, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim are hovering just above the relegation zone in the Bundesliga, four points clear of 1. FC Heidenheim who occupy the relegation play-off berth, with just thirteen games left this season. With just 18 points accumulated, it's the lowest points...
SV Elversberg are enjoying what could be the biggest season in the club's 118-year history. They are currently in the top half of the 2. Bundesliga. Given how close proceedings are at the moment, they could even be in the fight for promotion to the Bundesliga for next season. This...
FC Bayern have started their new era under Vincent Kompany as well as anybody can—unbeaten after 10 games and top of the table, largely because of their clinical performance in front of the goal. Kompany’s men have scored 33 goals with an xG of just 24.24 — an overperformance of...
FC Bayern have started their new era under Vincent Kompany as well as anybody can—unbeaten after 10 games and top of the table, largely because of their clinical performance in front of the goal. Kompany’s men have scored 33 goals with an xG of just 24.24 — an overperformance of...
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...
What Is ELO Rating? The 2024/25 UEFA Europa League campaign of 36 clubs presents an intriguing competitive landscape when analyzed based on their current ELO ratings. ELO rating in football is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of teams based on their performance. In this data analysis, ELO...
Part of Bayer Leverkusen’s impressive title-winning squad last season was Adam Hložek. The 21-year-old Czech international, however, did not play as much as he would have liked over the course of last season, starting only five games and mostly coming off the bench. Hložek did make an impact off the...
Time to come clean. When the data analysis on defence of underperformers from Europe's big five leagues was posted back in June, we said the tactical analysis article would follow two weeks later. Your author got caught up in his work and forgot about the Euros and Copa América. Without...
The 2023/24 campaign has come to an end for most of Europe, including each of the Big Five leagues. With a full season of data, this is the perfect time to look at each team's body of work and look for tactical trends. In this data analysis, we will use...
Mara Alber is an 18-year-old German creative midfielder who has garnered a lot of interest from the footballing world this season through her performances for Hoffenheim. Having made her full senior debut on 3rd April 2022 against Bayer Leverkusen. Since then, she has gone from strength to strength, and this...
Friday night saw Borussia Dortmund vs Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga. We've broken down all the key stats for you to digest in this tactical analysis and provide insights around; * shot maps * pass flow * heatmaps * defensive actions * average positions and much more! We also try to...
On Saturday Sebastian Hoeness’s Hoffenheim held Julian Nagelsmann’s Bayern Munich to a 1-1 draw at the PreZero Arena. Hoffenheim came into the match following a four-match winning run. The run has pushed Sebastian Hoeness’s men into Champions League contention, with the club occupying fourth place before the weekend’s fixtures. Hoffenheim...
Hoffenheim's head coach, Sebastian Hoeneß and VfB Stuttgart coach, Pellegrino Matarazzo can surely relate to each other on a managerial level, as both coaches have experienced what each other so far is going through during the 2021/22 Bundesliga campaign. Hoeneß’s team sat fourth before their Friday night matchup, playing...
David Raum has been one of the surprise packages this season in the Bundesliga. In his first season at Hoffenheim where he arrived from Greuther Furth after having an impressive season in Bundesliga 2 he has managed to put in some excellent performances as well as some excellent data metrics....
Over the last 12 months, I have regularly written articles for this magazine, in which I have looked ahead and identified some talented young players in various positions who I think are poised for a good year. In these articles, I use data analysis to identify players through custom filters...
France may be the favourites to top Group D in next summer’s Euro 2022 tournament, but any of the other three teams in the group (Iceland, Italy and Belgium) could join them in the knockout stages, making it one of the closer groups to call. In terms of players, Iceland...
Coming into the 2021/22 Bundesliga season, both sets of fans for Hoffenheim and FC Koln were hoping for better a showing as both teams flattered to deceive. Last season, Hoffenheim finished 12th, which is far from their desired destination of European football, while Koln finished in 16th and remained in...
Ralf Rangnick is one of the most famous head coaches in German top-flight football. His work as a manager is seen as revolutionary, as Rangnick was one of the first coaches to adopt a back four system in the Bundesliga. Our tactical analysis will primarily focus on his roles at TSG Hoffenheim and RB Leipzig, as...
