The 2024/25 Premier League season is approaching its most important period. The table's appearance at the end of the season is mostly based on what happens between the beginning of December and the end of January/mid-February. A lot of movement is possible during this period, so the upcoming couple of...
In recent years, several British players have swapped the Premier League for elite football abroad—Gareth Bale, Harry Kane, and Fikayo Tomori are just three examples. One more example who ditched England’s top tier for Serie A is Scott McTominay. The Scotsman is now an integral part of the Napoli midfield unit. McTominay,...
Rúben Amorim has officially become Manchester United's new coach, and fans hope to familiarize themselves with his tactics before the new era begins. In modern football, working on all aspects of the game is no longer a luxury or an additional advantage but an obligation. Sporting CP has scored the most...
Since Sir Alex Ferguson left the club, Manchester United have had no less than 10 managers, including interim appointments, with Rúben Amorim now becoming the latest to take on the role. Despite a series of managerial changes, Man United have struggled to find a coach who can restore them to...
In the Premier League, home to 20 teams and 532 players, a remarkable 66% of these players are from abroad, which translates to 351 players. In this tactical analysis, we will focus on three players who have recently joined the Premier League and are looking to fight for silverware while...
Manchester United’s poor start to the season has left them sitting in 13th place with just seven points from six matches. A deeper look into Erik ten Hag's tactical approach reveals that they’ve only scored five goals, the second-lowest in the Premier League, with only Southampton scoring fewer, with three...
Arne Slot Coaching Philosophy As Liverpool FC embarks on a new chapter under Arne Slot, the club’s tactical setup has become a focal point for fans and analysts alike. This tactical analysis report examines the distinct phases of play that define Slot’s strategic blueprint at Liverpool thus far, providing insights...
While the Premier League has had their fair share of deep-lying playmakers and registas, England as a nation have struggled to produce such profiles in their academies. Manchester United’s Kobbie Mainoo could be precisely what the Three Lions need to answer pivots they had to import from the likes of...
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...
A lot of players feature more often for their club than they feature for their national teams, but for Facundo Pellestri, it is quite often the opposite. Since signing for Manchester United in 2020, Pellestri has featured more for Uruguay than he has for the Red Devils. A number of...
The relationship between a #9 and #10 is a fascinating one. While the modern game has largely moved on from a #10 operating as a free player, the connection between a team's highest attacking midfielder and their striker is still pivotal to their success. The role of the #10 may...
The Glazer's control over Manchester United has been turbulent, to say the least. The American-based owners have been accused of letting one of the biggest clubs in world football left to rot. All the while, they profit financially, living off the club's history. However, this season has brought new optimism...
The transfer of Jadon Sancho from Manchester United to Borussia Dortmund is now official. The winger will be on loan from Manchester United until the end of the season. Dortmund, according to Italian transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, didn't secure an option to buy. Sancho previously played for Dortmund from 2017...
Arne Slot is the latest star in the Dutch managerial sky after impressing greatly at AZ Alkmaar since taking charge in July 2019. Under his leadership, AZ are second in the Eredivisie and progressed to the last 32 of the Europa League by finishing second to Manchester United. These results,...
Derby day is always a significant occasion in the city of Manchester, with the clashes between the men's teams of both clubs involved being fierce rivals of each other, and historically both title challengers and results between the two have often decided the outcome of a campaign. Until recently, the...
Manchester United have suffered a disappointing start to the season so far, with the worst start to a league campaign in 34 years. Seven games in, the Red Devils have earned 9 points and lost both opening games of the UEFA Champions League group stage to Bayern Munich and Galatasaray...
Erik Ten Hag: We have to make our luck. The Red Devils' 4-3 loss at the Allianz Arena comes after back-to-back 3-1 defeats against Brighton and Arsenal in the Premier League, a continuation of United's negative results at the start of the season. In his Champions League debut for Bayern...
Manchester United come into the season off the back of their most successful season since 2016/17. In Erik Ten Hag’s debut season, he brought back silverware to Old Trafford with a Carabao Cup victory over Newcastle while helping the Red Devils rise to third in the league and reach the...
For those who do not already know Alessia Russo, she is an international English player who has just moved from Manchester United Women to Arsenal Women. Russo is a 24-year-old who started her senior career at Chelsea during the 2016-2017 season before moving to Brighton and then to Manchester United...
