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Matchday 30

Quality recoveries & build-up play that offers guarantees

This video illustrates how recoveries can be distinguished not only in terms of their effectiveness, but also their quality. Barcelona record the fourth-most advantageous recoveries in the league, i.e. situations that involve a numerical advantage and where the side in possession has more players ahead of the ball than the opposition.

Given the importance of build-up play in the system deployed by Xavi’s troops, the team’s set-up at the start of the attacking transition is key. This video shows how the Barcelona players react in these situations. It’s worth pointing out that 15% of the Catalan giants’ recoveries put them at an advantage.

It’s your Game

Matchday 9

Villarreal CF

1 - 2

CA Osasuna

DOM 17.10.2021

18:30

Season 2021/2022

Estadio de la Cerámica

RC Celta

0 - 1

Sevilla FC

DOM 17.10.2021

16:15

Season 2021/2022

Estadio ABANCA Balaídos

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona

2 - 0

Cádiz CF

LUN 18.10.2021

21:00

Season 2021/2022

Stage Front Stadium

FC Barcelona

3 - 1

Valencia CF

DOM 17.10.2021

21:00

Season 2021/2022

Spotify Camp Nou

RC Celta

0 - 1

Sevilla FC

DOM 17.10.2021

16:15

Season 2021/2022

Matchday 9

Estadio ABANCA Balaídos

Celta & Sevilla; the battle for ball possession supremacy

These two sides will be keen to register a win here after both having suffered defeats last time out. The Galicians are one of the top five sides in the division when it comes to distance covered at high intensity, both at 21km/h and 24km/h. They’re also a side that seek to dominate possession and are performing well in this department as they lie fourth in the LaLiga Santander possession standings. However, Los Celestes come up against a Sevilla side who occupy second spot in the possession charts. That said, if there’s one aspect of Celta’s game that’s worth highlighting it’s their ability to win the ball back. Indeed, the Balaidos outfit lie top of the LaLiga Santander recovery standings.     

As for the Sevillians, they’re one of the top three teams in the division in terms of their build-up ratio, whilst they also claim a place on the podium for the number of shots taken. However, Julen Lopetegui’s men really excel in positional terms, with the Andalusians occupying the widest area in the competition.

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Two sides who like to look after the ball

Eduardo Coudet’s charges occupy third spot in terms of the possession duration. This statistic is closely linked to their desire to win the ball back at the earliest opportunity, with the Galicians claiming third place in terms of distance covered to regain possession in the first five seconds after losing the ball. One of the keys to the Vigo outfit’s fine start to the season has been the form of Matias Dituro between the sticks. The Argentine custodian comes top of the class for the number of big chance saves made in the league. For their part, Sevilla have posted some impressive stats in terms of the width of their convex hull when in possession and rank as one of the division’s top three sides in this department. Meanwhile, much like Celta, Lopetegui’s recruits respond well to losing possession and are amongst the leading three sides in the division in terms of ground covered after relinquishing possession. What’s more, the Seville-based side occupy one of the top five berths in the division’s dangerous possession standings.

PLAYER FOCUS

Santi Mina, the ultimate all-round forward

Santi Mina has most certainly stepped up to the plate this term as he’s taken on the role as one of the leading lights in Celta’s attack. A starter in every game in which he’s featured, the Galician sharpshooter lies level with Iago Aspas as the team’s leading marksman. However, there’s much more to the hitman’s game than finding the target. Indeed, he lies fourth in the competition’s assist charts after having laid on three goals. He is also the player to have contested the most aerial duals in LaLiga Santander and occupies fourth spot in terms of distance covered at high intensity, i.e. over 21km/h.

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Metric of the Week

Matchday 30

Find out the meaning of each metric

Number of players involved per possession offers clear indication of team’s style

There are a number of ways in which a team’s possession can be defined, with the number of players involved in them being one of the methods that we analyse. This criteria measures how many team members touch the ball during the course of an attacking transition. Teams whose game involves more intricate build-up play and possessions typically feature more players per possession.

As this video illustrates, Real Madrid are the LaLiga Santander champions for the number of players involved per possession, with an average of 3.67 per outing.

HOW IT'S MADE

Beyond Stats offers incredible metrics which go beyond the ordinary in the football industry: it does not limit itself to gathering the data normally used for the standard analyses that reach fans, but goes one step further, collecting a vast amount of in-match information, almost in real time, thanks to LaLiga’ s Mediacoach proprietary tool, that is capable of revealing new perspectives on the game at a deeper level, allowing patterns to be traced and future predictions to be made. 

In every LaLiga stadiums we have up to sixteen high-resolution, fixed perimeter cameras for optical tracking which follow the positions of the players, referees, and the ball on the field of play, collecting the physical and technical/tactical data at the dizzying rate of 25 times a second. These devices permit the integration, through the Mediacoach analysis tool, of two technologies: tracking and eventing. Tracking is based on the positional information collected by the stadium perimeter cameras and allows for the generation of metrics such as distance covered, top and average speeds, and number of sprints. Eventing allows more objective events to be recorded: number of passes, corners, and fouls committed and received, for example. The information captured through tracking and eventing is integrated and stored in the system forming a high-volume set of data. 

The raw data collected is processed for analysis by a multidisciplinary team composed of LaLiga experts in business intelligence & analytics and football analysis, through machine learning and artificial intelligence processes made possible thanks to the Azure technology supplied by Microsoft, which is capable of processing large volumes of data. After processing, an algorithm is generated that permits the visualisation of the metrics that reach fans through Beyond Stats. These statistics allow fans to better understand why their team has won or lost a match, or to benefit from a panoramic view of their performance and expectations, gifting football fans an unprecedented immersion in the experience.