The end of the season is always a time for reflection. One year ago, Total Football Analysis published our first-ever Ligue 1 Team of the Season for the 2023/2024 campaign. Now, we’re back again with an all-star XI from the French top flight for the 2024/2025 campaign, which saw Luis...
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...
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...
The 435th weekly post of the CIES football observatory ranked the top-100 midfield distributors in the world from a field of those who’ve played at least 450 league minutes in the current campaign. As explained in the post, this ranking was based on Wyscout data relating to successful passes per...
Following a poor run in which they picked up just one Ligue 1 win in six games, Montpellier have made the decision to part ways with Romain Piteau, who took charge of a total of 11 games for La Paillade, bringing back former boss Michel Der Zakarian as his replacement....
Saturday night saw PSG vs Montpellier in Ligue 1. 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 answer...
Though Sepe Elye Wahi (184cm/6’0”, 74kg/163lbs) first broke into Montpellier’s first team in the second half of the 2020/21 season, the 19-year-old forward really started to shine last season, during the second half of which he firmly established himself as a regular starter. Wahi ended the 2021/22 campaign with as...
The women’s Olympic football tournament begins today and could be one of the most exciting and interesting tournaments in recent memory. Many top countries will be fighting for the gold medal, and plenty of players will aim to increase their reputation in the game. One of those set to shine...
After previously being sidelined due to an injury Kylian Mbappé stepped up and pushed his team PSG forward to the Coupe de France final after a dramatic penalty shootout against Montpellier. Mbappe gave PSG the lead twice but a couple of defensive errors resulted in a 2-2 draw in the...
