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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 20

ACCELERATE

Real Sociedad

1 - 0

RC Celta

SAT 08.01.2022

15:15

Season 2021/2022

Reale Arena

ACCELERATE

Granada CF

1 - 1

FC Barcelona

SAT 08.01.2022

17:30

Season 2021/2022

Nuevo Los Cármenes

ACCELERATE

Real Madrid

4 - 1

Valencia CF

SAT 08.01.2022

20:00

Season 2021/2022

Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

ACCELERATE

CA Osasuna

2 - 0

Cádiz CF

SUN 09.01.2022

17:30

Season 2021/2022

Estadio El Sadar

Beyond Stats
ACCELERATE

Granada CF

1 - 1

FC Barcelona

SAT 08.01.2022

17:30

Season 2021/2022

Matchday 20

Nuevo Los Cármenes

Recoveries & counter-attacks hold key for Granada

The Andalusian side occupy second spot in the league standings for dangerous recoveries, a statistic that sees them feature amongst the top five teams in the league for goals scored from counter-attacks. In the defensive stakes, Robert Moreno’s troops lie fifth in the standings for the number of shots it takes the opposition to find the net and in third position for the number of opposition shots blocked.

Xavi’s Barcelona are still very much in a transition phase. The Catalan giants lie in fourth spot in the LaLiga Santander table for total distance covered (112km) and despite the change in the dugout, Barça remain faithful to their possession-based blueprint. Indeed, the Azulgranas occupy third position in the league ranking for the number of possessions chalked up in the opposition’s half and sit in second place for long possessions (over 30 seconds). Meanwhile, the Blaugranas have claimed a second-place berth for the number of progressive passes and are top of the class when it comes to successful dribbles.

Cara a cara bajo palos
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Barça boys subject to intense pressure

Barcelona stand top of the LaLiga Santander in the double-pressure pass stakes (almost 15 per game). Carries continue to represent a key tool to get the team up the pitch and the Cules sit amongst the five top-performing sides in the league for carries leading to shots, whilst they occupy the third spot on the podium for dangerous possessions per game (5.16).

As well as topping the league charts for dangerous recoveries, Moreno’s troops occupy the second-smallest area when out of possession. The reduced space between players in the defensive phase helps the Andalusians to contain the opposition’s attacking threat. Meanwhile, only two other top-tier teams outperform the Nazaries in terms of carries that break the opposition’s midfield line (3.68).

PLAYER FOCUS

Luis Milla is main man in attack

Luis Milla is involved in more attacking actions than any of his Granada teammates (48 per match). The all-action midfielder’s high-octane game and supreme fitness have seen him clock up an impressive 10.4km per match and beat 3.28 opponents per pass.

However, not only does Milla make a difference in the final third, he also plays a pivotal role at the other end of the pitch, where his efforts see him claim second spot in the Granada charts for the number of recoveries made per game (5.45).

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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.