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Martin Ødegaard completed 17 line-breaking passes in the opposition half for Arsenal at the weekend - the most by a player in a Premier League match in 2023/24
We are delighted to announce our partnership with Newcastle United, who will benefit from our cutting edge data and analysis tools ⚫⚪
Welcome onboard
@NUFC
🤝
Read more about the partnership announcement ⏬
At the age of 35, Lionel Messi is:
▪️ 99th percentile for xG
▪️ 99th percentile for Shots
▪️ 99th percentile for Touches in the Box
▪️ 98th percentile for OP xG Assisted
▪️ 97th percentile for Successful Dribbles
Goat.
xG Difference, Premier League 2021/22
Last 10 matches for each team only
*sends tweet then logs off because people are going to have some reactions here*
We are delighted to announce our partnership with Cruzeiro (
@Cruzeiro
)
The agreement sees the Brazilian Serie A club utilising our event data and customisable analysis platform for its performance analysis and recruitment workflows
Read more ⬇️
We are delighted to announce our partnership with sixteen-time Süper Lig champions Beşiktaş J.K ⚫⚪
@Besiktas
have become our first partner in Turkey and will have access to our market-leading core data set and StatsBomb IQ platform 🔽
Arsenal's 15-game expected goal (xG) difference is currently the best it's ever been in 8.5 seasons of StatsBomb data, at +19.8 xG (+1.32 per game)
▪️ 29.3 xG (1.99 per game)
▪️ 9.3 xG Conceded (0.67 per game)
André Onana, Manchester United 2023/24
Onana has saved +8.6 goals above expected based on the shots he's faced this season - more than any other goalkeeper in the Premier League
StatsBomb are delighted to announce our partnership with five-time
@J1_League
champions Urawa Red Diamonds, our first club partner in Japan ♦️
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StatsBomb 浦和レッドダイヤモンズとの提携で日本市場に参入
#UrawaReds
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#JLeague
| #浦和レッズ | #Jリーグ
Introducing the Lionel Messi Data Biography
(Yes, this is our huge secret project that starts on July 15th. We wanted to give you something to look forward to on Monday.)
Willy Gnonto's carry before assisting Leeds' winning goal on Saturday is the longest carry (58m) leading to a goal in the Premier League so far this season
#LUFC
Back in 2019, we launched the Messi Data Biography with the intent of releasing the entire dataset of Lionel Messi's La Liga career at Barcelona
After 17 seasons, the biography is complete.
StatsBomb Release Free Messi Data: 04/05 – 20/21 Now Available
We are delighted to announce our partnership with Mamelodi Sundowns 🟡🟢
@Masandawana
have become the latest African club to sign up for access to our market-leading core data set and StatsBomb IQ platform
#Sundowns
Manchester United On-Ball Value (OBV) per 90 minutes, 2021/22
OBV is a model that determines the value of every action that takes place on the football pitch.
More info here 🔽
So, Mesut Ozil huh? Arsenal pressed Manchester United a lot, and Ozil, by our numbers, was more active than anybody with 44 pressure events, narrowly edging out Lacazette's 42.
Liverpool conceded zero (0) goals from corners in the league this season - the only team not to concede a goal from a corner in the Premier League
#LFC
Attached are some of their recent setups when defending corners:
At StatsBomb we are committed to developing women’s football.
We are delighted to announce that we have commenced coverage of Mexico’s Liga MX Femenil, our first Latin American league.
All the details + a special offer for Liga MX Femenil teams 🔽
Want to know who was active and aggressive in defense this week? Here’s your list of players who excelled at defending in the opposition half over the New Years fixtures.
Emerson, Chelsea 2019-20.
(Because Chelsea fans have been requesting this constantly for about a week and we want them to stop doing them for a bit.)
As was suggested before he moved - he's real good.
StatsBomb continue to expand globally and we are delighted to announce that Clube Atlético Mineiro have become our first customers in Brazil. We are looking forward to working with a smart club who intend to become a reference point in the region
Liverpool 2-0 Wolves
▪️ Liverpool made the most counterpressures (58) by a team in a Premier League match this season (and the most time spent counterpressing)
▪️ Harvey Elliot registered the most time spent counterpressing by a player in a Premier League match this season
#LFC
The most aggressive goalkeeper at claiming crosses in the Big 5? Real Madrid’s Andriy Lunin
Lunin's Cross Claim Attempts over Average % (CCAA%) is 7% - meaning he is 7% more likely to attempt a claim than the average 'keeper - and has successfully claimed 29/31 attempts (94%)
Chelsea vs Manchester City saw the most pressures in a Premier League match on opening weekend (399)
Top Pressers:
▪️ Enzo Fernández (42)
▪️ Erling Haaland (30)
The most similar under-24 player to Thierry Henry?
Kylian Mbappé of Paris Saint-Germain. Rafael Leão of AC Milan was another close match
#SimilarPlayers
Lionel Messi Radars, La Liga 2005 - 2021
Every single radar from his league seasons at Barcelona in one visual
We've released FREE StatsBomb data from every La Liga game Messi ever played in a Barcelona shirt
Access it here ⬇️
Back in 2019, we launched the Messi Data Biography with the intent of releasing the entire dataset of Lionel Messi's La Liga career at Barcelona
After 17 seasons, the biography is complete.
StatsBomb Release Free Messi Data: 04/05 – 20/21 Now Available
Lionel Messi Shot Map, La Liga 2004 - 2021
Every single shot -- all 2283 of them -- in one visual
We've released FREE StatsBomb data from every La Liga game Messi ever played in a Barcelona shirt
Access it here ⬇️
Back in 2019, we launched the Messi Data Biography with the intent of releasing the entire dataset of Lionel Messi's La Liga career at Barcelona
After 17 seasons, the biography is complete.
StatsBomb Release Free Messi Data: 04/05 – 20/21 Now Available
We're delighted to announce StatsBomb 360: a revolutionary new data set.
Join us at
#StatsBombEvolve
on 17th March to hear how we are raising the bar for football data in 2021.
Learn more and register for StatsBomb Evolve here 👇
Ahead of
#MNF
tonight, here's all the shots Arsenal have conceded in the Premier League in 2024
Not only have they conceded the fewest shots per game (7.8) in that time, the quality of the shots has also been the lowest in the league
45/48 shots have an xG value of 7% or less
Tottenham Hotspur have the closest Shot Distance (13.4m) and the furthest opposition Shot Distance (18m) on average in the Premier League
Three game quirk, or something else?
StatsBomb are delighted to announce current Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain are customers of our leading innovation and analytics platform StatsBomb IQ for the 18-19 season.
Daley Blind, Ajax 2021/22
It's hard to emphasise how extremely 100th percentile Blind is for Deep Progressions
95th percentile is 7.4 per 90
Blind is making FIFTEEN POINT SEVEN
Cristiano Ronaldo, Juventus 2019-20.
It was a very long, spectacular run. But it also appears to be over. Still nearly 6 shots per 90, but that shot quality is Endless_Scream.gif territory.
Uruguay had the highest Aggression% in the Copa América 2024 group stages: tackling, pressing, or fouling 27% of their opponent's ball receipts within two seconds
The USA had the lowest Aggression% with 15%
#CopaAm
érica2024
We're going to do something we haven't done for a long time: a Similar Player request line
▪️ Pick a player
▪️ Choose an age range for the result (eg: U23)
▪️ We’ll use our ‘Similar Player Search’ function to find the closest statistical match
Requests published tomorrow!
Jamal Musiala attempted 13 dribbles and completed 9 vs. Spain today
Both are tournament-highs for a player in a single match so far
#GER
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#FIFAWorldCup
NEW: Upgrading Expected Goals
We have decided to bring some much-needed innovation to expected goals.
Today is a preview of how our new models show that there’s a lot of untapped potential left in the concept:
Cristiano Ronaldo made the fewest Pressures per 90 minutes in the Big 5 leagues this season (6.2)
(minimum 1200 minutes, excluding goalkeepers and centre backs)
Bukayo Saka added more value with his carries per 90 minutes than any other player at the
#FIFAWorldCup
On-Ball Value (OBV) is a model that values each action based on the +/- impact it has on the team's likelihood of scoring and conceding
OBV Explainer:
Want to get started in football analytics?
We've put together a beginner's guide to using StatsBomb Data in R, as well as releasing full StatsBomb datasets to work with (ft. Lionel Messi's ENTIRE La Liga career!)
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Artık galiba futbola dönebiliriz. Thomas Tuchel'in Chelsea'deki üç ayında ortaya çıkarmaya çalıştığı yapı üzerine yazdım. İçinde
@statsbomb
istatistikleri ve maç görüntüleri de mevcut.
Arsenal's Lia Wälti is the most two-footed player in the Women's Super League this season
Left Foot Passes 391 - 375 Right Foot Passes
(min. 30 passes per 90)
@BarclaysFAWSL
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#BarclaysFAWSL
The new season is already underway in the Czech Republic. We're looking forward to working with Tomas and the team at
@ACSparta_EN
again in 20/21. We're really proud of our continued growth across Europe, helping many top clubs make good decisions via our data and insights.
One month ago, Lionel Messi was lifting the FIFA World Cup for Argentina
Today, we release the full event data and StatsBomb 360 data from the tournament
StatsBomb Release Free 2022 World Cup Data 🔽
Progression Speed, Premier League 2021/22
Difference in seconds vs. the league average
Red tones = faster progression
Gray/dark tones = slower progression