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Tayyab Khan @tayyabito.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Who are the most valuable ball passers in the World Cup so far in the group stages?

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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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Tayyab Khan @tayyabito.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Huge fan of how Wirtz links play for Leverkusen. His far foot receptions on vertical line breaking passes and receiving high-velocity passes even in tight spaces is really wonderful. We can see his affinity to target the box when receiving such passes.

Florian Wirtz receiving line breaking passes space-map and where he passes after receiving such passes

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Tayyab Khan @tayyabito.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Here's something similar for Xhaka. Even though, he primarily picks the ball from the CBs and advances play, a lot of times he is also useful in circulating the ball. The viz on the left really just demonstrates that role and how he sets up attacks targeting half space channels.

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Tayyab Khan @tayyabito.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

📊 Heres Xhaka’s progressive carries. Notice the large spaces (right graph) which show these movements where he’s responsible in carrying the ball in the final third to create the substructures which Leverkusen utilise for progression. (data via @statsbomb.com )

granit Xhaka, progressive carries map in bundesliga 2023-24

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Tayyab Khan @tayyabito.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

How I see it is that Alonso’s system heavily depends on the interiors on how Leverkusen construct their attacks. The system is reliant on having different substructures/connections to progress play in which the interior occupying the half space channel almost always... 1/n

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Tayyab Khan @tayyabito.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Video Analysis of Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen: Mastering "Playing Through the Press" and Adapting to Man-Oriented Pressing vimeo.com/1031470735?s...

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playthr-vs-man-orientation

This is "playthr-vs-man-orientation" by Tayyab Khan on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Tayyab Khan @tayyabito.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Video Analysis of Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen: Mastering "Playing Through the Press" and Adapting to Man-Oriented Pressing vimeo.com/1031470735?s...

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playthr-vs-man-orientation

This is "playthr-vs-man-orientation" by Tayyab Khan on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Tayyab Khan @tayyabito.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Did something similar for Tapsoba and trying to visualise his unreal ball playing ability.

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Tayyab Khan @tayyabito.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Did something similar for Tapsoba and trying to visualise his unreal ball playing ability.

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Tayyab Khan @tayyabito.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

been recently playing around @statsbomb.bsky.social 360 open dataset on Bayer Leverkusen, I tried to create a metric which measures space for a pass upon reception. Feedbacks appreciated!

granit Xhaka to florian wirtz passmap using statsbomb 360 data to also highlight space facilitation.

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Tayyab Khan @tayyabito.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Introduce yourself with four footballers.

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Tayyab Khan @tayyabito.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Want to share some recent work: I wrote a scout report last season on Alejandro Baldé. Would appreciate any feedbacks! tayyab415.substack.com/p/alejandro-...

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Alejandro Baldé: Scout Report

Diving deep into FC Barcelona’s emerging sensation—Alejandro Baldé. The article comprises of his scouting from the last season followed by my opinions on the player.

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Tayyab Khan @tayyabito.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Want to post some video clips stuff, do those footage copyrights work here too?

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Tayyab Khan @tayyabito.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

For my first post on here, I tried to pen down my thoughts around Space Creation methodology along with examples of the same using Statsbomb 360 data. Feedbacks and criticisms would be much welcomed. half-space.medium.com/space-creati...

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Space Creation

Using Tracking Data to Quantify Line Breaking Passes & Space Creation

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Tayyab Khan @tayyabito.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

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Space Creation

Using Tracking Data to Quantify Line Breaking Passes & Space Creation

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