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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I think we need to have a conversation about how good Myles Lewis-Skelly is, at 19 years old, playing his first senior season as a full-time midfielder (profile ranked against all PL midfielders)

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 21/08/2026

Yeah Tzolis is good but the Ode-Saka-White reunion means Arsenal are RW FC again

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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The England corners vs Arsenal corners narrative tells you far more about how the media exploit fan rage to generate content engagement than it tells you anything about anything else

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 18/05/2026

Most soccer stats are focused on results, but at @futi.live we've been developing new ways to measure tactical context, like phases of play and team style metrics. For The Guardian, I showed off some of our Premier League data for the first time with one way every team's tactics stand out.

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Man City’s dribbles to Wolves’ counterpress: each Premier League team’s strongest trait this season

As the campaign draws to a close, we looked at what each of the teams did best this season in the English top-flight

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Analytics FC @analyticsfc.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

"If you're doing it for players, why aren't you doing it for managers?" Data-led head coach recruitment is something every sensible club needs to be considering. We spoke to ESPN's @stighefootball.bsky.social about why it matters www.espn.com/soccer/story...

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Want to hire the next Jürgen Klopp? This is how data can help clubs pick a manager

All clubs now use analytics to sign players in the transfer window, but now some are embracing it in their managerial searches too.

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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Quick illustration of Marseca to Rosenior – you can see how Rosenior at Chelsea (yellow) was caught between what he was used to (bottom left) and where the squad was before he came (right-hand). Irrespective almost of what these zones mean, that's a big old gap to bridge

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 24/03/2026

One of the sport’s first big signings based on a possession value model became one of the greatest players in Premier League history

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 22/01/2026

What West Ham are achieving this season with the 20th highest revenue in the world should be enshrined in sports legend. The anti-Moneyball. The dumbest guys in the room. This is a story about the triumph of the human spirit

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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

FBRef was not only a brilliant resource generally, it made so much WoSo data available that couldn’t be found elsewhere. Absolutely gutting for fans, data nerds, and those of us who feel these things shouldn’t merely be the preserve of people with lots of money

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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

United have progressively moved away from relatively aggressive and dominant football towards slower possession and less dominance. Guardiola (yellow) and Klopp (red) are where you want to be

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Jan Van Haaren @janvanhaaren.be · 29/12/2025

Continuing the tradition, I have compiled an end-of-year overview of the soccer analytics content that I liked the most in 2025. This edition includes pointers to about 200 resources, including research papers, blog posts, news articles, podcasts, and webinars. janvanhaaren.be/posts/soccer...

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Soccer Analytics 2025 Review – Jan Van Haaren

Collection of the soccer analytics content that I liked the most in 2025!

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Juan Campos @jccampos17.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

⚽️ Just launched xstandings.com Inspired by FiveThirtyEight, xStandings simulates the rest of the season to forecast final standings: ✅ Title, playoff, relegation odds ✅ Match-by-match win/draw/loss predictions ✅ “What if” explorer for upcoming games

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xStandings — Predict Soccer Standings

xStandings simulates every match to forecast league standings. Explore your team’s chances for top 4, title, or relegation — updated weekly.

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Billy Carpenter @billycarpy.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

There’s fit enough to make a bench, fit enough to meaningfully sub, fit enough to play multiple 90s in short succession, and fit enough to be at your best while doing so. Just because it’s explainable, doesn’t mean it isn’t brutal. They hit a wall.

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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Here’s the top 20 players in those five leagues for quality of throws into the box in the last 12 months. Note how some clubs are really leaning into it (Brentford, Hoffenheim, Parma, RBL). Kayode is also second for volume of throws into the box per 90 in this period

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Alex Stewart @afhstewart.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Usage rate klaxon

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aurelnz96.bsky.social @aurelnz96.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

❓ How balanced are PL squads? 🥅 Man Utd: 55% of value in forwards (+10% vs avg) but only 12% in midfield (-9%). ⚪ Fulham: 44% in defence, league-high. ⚒️ West Ham: Just 5% in strikers, lowest. 🔄 Bournemouth: Strength in wide attack. 🔴 Sunderland: Most balanced.

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 15/08/2025

If you were worried about Trent’s transition defending, have fun watching Frimpong make striker runs while the ball goes the other way

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Ryan O'Hanlon @rwohan.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

The "stats men" collected data for the 1974 World Cup. Via @statsperform.optajoe.com: Franz Beckenbauer won possession more often than any player, and he completed the most passes into the attacking third.

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 30/07/2025

If you loved Sarri's Napoli or De Zerbi's Brighton, you should be watching Mikey Varas's San Diego. I wrote for the Guardian about the risky press-baiting style that makes MLS's newest team its most tactically interesting, statistically extreme and just plain fun.

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San Diego FC are setting risky new records in an eye-catching MLS debut

No team in the world relies on buildup quite like the newly-formed group of ‘30 strangers’ with teenagers in key positions

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Tim Keech @timkeech.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Some advanced data from Thierno Barry from when we were pushing him to clubs last summer for £10m.

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Billy Carpenter @billycarpy.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

On a footballing level, Partey’s best qualities (line-breakers, advanced tackles) are extremely visible, and his deficiencies (coverage, communication, tempo, full-90 sharpness) were often more subtle. Zubimendi is one of the best details players in the world.

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Adam Rae Voge @adam.cannonstats.com · 25/04/2025

pretty funny that Arsenal fans have been talking about this side all season as if they have vastly superior options in attack, and yet, even with a Mohamed Salah supernova campaign fueling them...they've lost 5.4 xG through 33 games

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mark thompson @markposts.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

There are some (imo) very exciting things coming out of data company Skillcorner at the moment. Naturally, I chose to link it to football's data history, rather than write about the data itself get-goalside-newsletter-archive.beehiiv.com/p/the-path-t...

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The path to now

Football data advances from modern companies like Skillcorner are part of a long history of people interested in football trying to understand it better.

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Scott Willis @scott.cannonstats.com · 25/03/2025

Evaluating some common critiques of Martin Ødegaard - A deep dive into Arsenal's Captain and some myth busting on some things that are commonly brought up about how he plays

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Evaluating some common critiques of Martin Ødegaard

A deep dive into Arsenal's Captain and some myth busting on some things that are commonly brought up about how he plays

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Sid Lowe @sidlowe.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Here’s Mikel Merino, he loves tactics. Too much in fact, which is why they didn’t tell him about the plan to play him at no9 until it was too late. He explains all that here, with little crosses and all. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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Peet @goonerpeet.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Real Sociedad is a massive disappointment out of possession against Manchester United. Amorim's team can easily create a 4vs3 in the middle against La Real's 4-1-4-1: Zubimendi is marking the player in the left half space, but nobody is jumping on Zirkzee.

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Gradient Sports @gradientsports.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

We collect the body orientation of the target player for each pass at the point the pass is played & at the point they receive the ball. This allows us to measure if a player has opened or closed their body between those two points 📊🔎 www.blog.fc.pff.com/blog/receivi...

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Receiving on the turn, who opens their body to goal the most? — PFF FC BLOG

PFF FC’s Head of Data Analysis, Ashley Latter, explores the importance of “Receiving on the Turn”, a technique where players adjust their body orientation when receiving a pass to optimize play progre...

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Peet @goonerpeet.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Nwaneri had to come off with a cramp for the second game in a row. He is an extremely talented player, but he is only 17. The likes of Foden and Saka never had anywhere near the minutes he has at his age. He is being pushed to his limits because there is no other option.

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Peet @goonerpeet.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

This is absolutely unbeliveable from a 17 years old player at this level. A complete performance from Ethan Nwaneri.

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Tayyab Khan @tayyabito.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

So finally after dedicating considerable time and effort, I'm excited to share my latest piece and is by far my most detailed one. Here's my words on Xabi Alonso's invincible Bayer Leverkusen's principles of play using detailed data from @statsbomb.com 360 🔗 link.medium.com/VAlMwZ5zLQb

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Mohamed @moesquare.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

At 17, Lamine Yamal has already become one of the best in the world. For ESPN: I wrote about what makes Yamal special, comparison to other teenage talents of the past, the historical rarity of a U21 talent becoming the best in the world, and more www.espn.com/soccer/story...

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Why Lamine Yamal could be the world's best player before he turns 21

Lamine Yamal is the latest teenage phenom to burst onto the soccer scene, but there's something about him that's just ... different.

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Peet @goonerpeet.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

City's 2-3-5 shape creating superiority in the center, while opening up the side of the pitch for 1vs1's as the Real Madrid wingers have to come inside. With both Vini and Mbappe up front, Stones is basically the free man in every phase of play as Cama also has to mark B.Silva.

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mark thompson @markposts.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Wrote about system stability. Because it's weird when systems that previously looked relatively stable and dominant suddenly seem to fall apart, like Manchester City men's team get-goalside-newsletter-archive.beehiiv.com/p/system-sta...

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System stability

As Manchester City men's team continue to struggle in the Premier League, are there lessons to learn and opportunities to discover for football data in systems testing?

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Peet @goonerpeet.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

As Arsenal closed the wide areas effectively for most of the game, City tried to create centrally, or provide extra width through Gvardiol, but this led to several promising transition opportunities for Arteta's side.

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Peet @goonerpeet.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Not a coincidence, that City's goal (and only meaningful chance) came after Savinho unexpectedly appeared on the left side of Arsenal's defence and overloaded this area.

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Peet @goonerpeet.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

When Arsenal organised themselves in a deep block, City barely had any answers. On the right side Partey dropped into the defensive line with Marmoush, while Trossard helped Rice against Bernardo and Foden, so they forced the ball back, and limited City to deep crosses.

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Peet @goonerpeet.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

On other occasions, when City caught Arsenal between defensive phases, they were also able to find their wingers as a free man, but they barely created anything from these situations for 2 reasons: Partey covered the halfspace on their left, while Nunes lacked 1v1 ability.

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Peet @goonerpeet.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Most of the time, Rice was in a 2vs1 disadvantage against Foden and Bernardo Silva, especially when Arsenal tried to put pressure on the City defenders. However, when Trossard came inside to help, they easily forced the ball to the wide areas.

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Peet @goonerpeet.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

However, when Arsenal were forced to defend in a midblock, Bernardo took up a much higher position and Manchester City looked to create a diamond-shaped 3-4-3 to create a numerical advantage in midfield.

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Peet @goonerpeet.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

With this type of press, Arsenal forced Manchester City to go long, or lose the ball in dangerous areas. Their high press led to the first goal of the game in the 2nd minute, and Havertz also had a great chance to score from this in the 1st half.

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Peet @goonerpeet.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

In this phase Bernardo usual dropped deep alongside Kovacic, so Rice joined Odegaard in the second line of the press, while Partey marked Foden, with Saliba jumping on Marmoush. In other cases, Partey marked Marmoush, and Gabriel jumped on Foden on the left side.

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Peet @goonerpeet.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

With the involvement of Ortega, Manchester City attempted to build their attacks in a 4-2-5 formation, to which Arsenal responded with a high press using man to man marking.

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Peet @goonerpeet.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Arsenal scored five goals against Manchester City, but the real difference maker was the out of possession organization of Mikel Arteta's side. (Thread) ttx

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Ahmed Walid @ahmed-walid.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Bournemouth under Andoni Iraola: pressing machine, transition monsters and a direct approach on the ball. Analysing their incredible performances this season with @liamtharme.bsky.social #AFCB www.nytimes.com/athletic/609...

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How Bournemouth became the Premier League’s best team to watch – and worst to play against

How the division's smallest club took a risk, backed their talented head coach, recruited smartly and refined their style

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Tim Stillman ⭐️⭐️ @tim-stillman.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

It's great when individuals who work for broadcasting outlets that have shows like 'Ref Watch' and who focus so, so much of their match coverage on refereeing decisions start wondering why there is so much focus on referees and conclude that it is because of Mikel Arteta.

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