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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 13

Real Betis

0 - 2

Sevilla FC

SUN 07.11.2021

21:00

Season 2021/2022

Estadio Benito Villamarín

Villarreal CF

1 - 0

Getafe CF

SUN 07.11.2021

14:00

Season 2021/2022

Estadio de la Cerámica

Deportivo Alavés

2 - 1

Levante UD

SAT 06.11.2021

18:30

Season 2021/2022

Mendizorroza

RCD Mallorca

2 - 2

Elche CF

SUN 07.11.2021

18:30

Season 2021/2022

Estadi Mallorca Son Moix

RCD Mallorca

2 - 2

Elche CF

SUN 07.11.2021

18:30

Season 2021/2022

Matchday 13

Estadi Mallorca Son Moix

Tactical blueprints collide as Garcia meets Escriba

Matchday 13 of the LaLiga Santander campaign sees Luis Garcia’s Mallorca pit their wits against Fran Escriba’s recruits. The hosts head into the contest boasting a top-three spot in the ranking for possessions won after contesting offensive aerial duels, whilst they also lie amongst the top three teams to put crosses into the near post. Meanwhile, as for the defensive side of the game, Mallorca are one of the top five sides in the top flight when it comes to counter-pressing and seek to regain possession as quickly as possible in an impressive show of physical and mental sharpness. What’s more, the Piratas also occupy one of the top-five berths when it comes to tackles and clearances completed.

As for the visitors, Elche travel to Majorca as one of the division’s top five performing sides when it comes to efficiency in preventing the opposition as they make the sides they come up against work hard to fashion any sights on goal. In the attacking third, Escriba’s charges are catching the eye and sit pretty in second spot in terms of the percentage of shots on target. It’s also well worth considering the significance of the left flank to Elche’s attacking endeavours, with the visitors sitting amongst the league’s top five for crosses delivered from the left wing.

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Dangerous carries are name of the game for Elche

So far this term, a number of Elche’s players have showcased an ability to break the lines by carrying the ball. Overcoming the first line of defence, which comprises the opposition’s attacking players, is more commonplace and perhaps not such a mean feat, whilst breaking past the midfield line is a far more demanding task, given that the opposition often seek to protect themselves in an effort not to leave their backline exposed. The Valencians have bagged a place amongst the division’s top five for carries that break the midfield line and carries beyond the defensive line. This statistic shows that Escriba is able to call on players who have the ability to break past the lines on their own, without having to link up with their teammates.

To switch our focus back to the hosts, if there’s one aspect of Mallorca’s game that Luis Garcia has ensured his side get right it’s the transitions from attack to defence. When they lose the ball, the Bermellones apply an intense counter-press, and feature amongst the top five LaLiga Santander teams in terms of the number of times the collective press is applied as they bid to wrestle possession back as quickly as possible and get back on the attack.

PLAYER FOCUS

Red-hot Kang-In has an eye for goal

There can be little question that Lee Kang-In will be one of the star attractions in this contest. Not only does the Mallorca sharpshooter score goals and provide assists, he also lies top of the team’s charts for shots, crosses into the box, passes in the final third, passes that result in shots and high-impact actions (along with Dani Rodriguez). Meanwhile, his direct carries often result in shots and he occupies third place amongst the players set to be on show in this fixture in this particular department. Aged just 19, Kang-In has quickly become one of the first names on Garcia’s teamsheet. Indeed, he has racked up eight appearances so far this season, six of which have seen him claim a spot in the islanders’ starting line-up.

 

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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.