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Tactical League Analysis

A tactical analysis of a team of your choice, benchmarked against all other teams.

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Written by Jurre van Laarhoven
Updated over 2 months ago

Tactical League Analysis can be used to gain insights into a team's performance on various tactical variables. The Tactical League Analysis allows you to compare a team with itself over the season, with other teams, or with the whole league.

You can view the overview of various reports on the left-hand side, which are categorized into a few topics:

  • General

    • Summary (last matches)

    • Radar Charts (last match, benchmarked with season)

  • Offensive

    • Goals scored

    • Goal types

    • Shot location

    • Goals ranking

    • Shots per player

    • Possession

    • Crosses

  • Passing

    • Accuracy

    • Dangerous passes final third

    • Dangerous passes 16m box

    • Long passes

    • Forward passes

  • Defending

    • Conceded goals

    • Conceded goal types

    • Conceded shots

    • Defensive actions

Example 1: General > Radar Chart

Example 2: Offensive > Shot Location

Example 3: Passing > Long Passing

Example 4: Defending > Defensive Actions

Definitions

Throughout all the reports, multiple definitions are used. Below is a table outlining all the definitions in detail.

Column

Definition

Range/Units

CHALLENGES

number of situation where two players of opposite teams attempt to win the ball when the ball is not in the air when no team was clearly in possession beforehand.

total or per match

CONCEDED SHOTS

number of shots conceded by a team

total or per match

CONCEDED SHOTS BLOCKED

number of blocked shots conceded by a team

total or per match

CONCEDED SHOTS ON TARGET

number of shots on target conceded by a team

total or per match

CORNERS

number of corners per team or player

total or per match

CROSSES EARLY

number of early crosses* from an area from final third to score box and from score-box to sideline, see image below the table.
*Crosses are defined as the crosses annotated by the event data provider.

total or per match

CROSSES EARLY SUCCESSFUL

number of successful early crosses, see image*

total or per match

CROSSES LATE

number of late crosses from an area from score box to backline and from the score box to sideline, see image*

total or per match

CROSSES LATE SUCCESSFUL

number of successful late crosses see image*

total or per match

CROSSES TO BOX

number of crosses into the box (crosses are by definition always into the box)

total or per match

CROSSES TO BOX SUCCESSFUL

number of successful crosses into the box (crosses are by definition always into the box)

total or per match

FOULS

Player (not necessarily in possession of the ball) commits a foul that is punished by the referee by discontinuing play

total or per match

GOALS

number of goals per team or player

total or per match

GOALS CONCEDED

number of conceded goals by a team

total or per match

GOALS DFK CONCEDED

number of goals conceded from direct free kicks

total or per match

GOALS HEAD

number of goals scored with the head

total or per match

GOALS HEAD CONCEDED

number of goals conceded with the head

total or per match

GOALS IN BOX

number of goals scored from within the box

total or per match

GOALS LEFT

number of goals scored with the left foot

total or per match

GOALS LEFT CONCEDED

number of goals conceded with the left foot

total or per match

GOALS NOT IN BOX

number of goals scored from outside the box

total or per match

GOALS OUT DIRECT FREE KICK (DFK)

number of goals from direct free kicks

total or per match

GOALS PENALTIES

number of goals from penalties

total or per match

GOALS PENALTIES CONCEDED

number of goals conceded from penalties

total or per match

GOALS RIGHT

number of goals scored with the right foot

total or per match

GOALS_RIGHT_CONCEDED

number of goals conceded with the right foot

total or per match

INTERCEPTIONS

Player not in possession of the ball wins the ball from an opponent pass, cross or shot. Includes ‘blocks’ where the distance was close

total or per match

OFFSIDES

number of offsides per team or player

total or per match

OPPONENT TEAM

the opposing team of the selected team

team name

OWN GOALS RECEIVED

number of own goals by a team

total or per match

PASSES

number passes per team or player. Including throw-ins, GK throw, goal-kick & crosses.

total or per match

PASSES FORWARD

number of forward passes (meters gained > 0 m)

total or per match

PASSES FORWARD SUCCESSFUL

number of successful forward passes

total or per match

PASSES LONG

number of long (> 30 m) passes

total or per match

PASSES LONG SUCCESSFUL

number of successful long (> 30 m) passes

total or per match

PASSES SUCCESSFUL

number of successful passes per player or team

total or per match

PASSES TO (16m) BOX

number of passes to the score box (from outside score box)

total or per match

PASSES TO BOX SUCCESSFUL

number of successful passes to the score box (from outside score box)

total or per match

PASSES TO FINAL THIRD

number of passes to the final 3rd (from outside final 3rd)

total or per match

PASSES TO FINAL THIRD SUCCESSFUL

number of successful passes to the final 3rd (from outside final 3rd)

total or per match

POINTS

number of points scored by a team in a match or over the league

0 = loss
1 = draw
3 = win

POSSESSION

possession % per team

0 - 100%

RECOVERIES

number of loose ball recovered by a player

total or per match

RED CARDS

number of red cards per team or player

total or per match

SHOTS

Shot that missed the target or hit the post (in some visuals including blocked shots)

total or per match

SHOTS HEAD

number of shots scored with the head

total or per match

SHOTS HEAD CONCEDED

number of shots conceded with the head

total or per match

SHOTS IN BOX

number of shots from within the box per player or team

total or per match

SHOTS LEFT

number of shots scored with the left foot

total or per match

SHOTS LEFT CONCEDED

number of shots conceded with the left foot

total or per match

SHOTS NOT IN BOX

number of shots from outside the box per player or team

total or per match

SHOTS ON TARGET

number of shots on target per team or player. Including blocked shots.

total or per match

SHOTS RIGHT

number of shots scored with the right foot

total or per match

TACKLES

An attempt to retrieve the ball from the feet of the opponent by performing a standing or sliding tackle.

total or per match

TOUCHES IN BOX

number of touches (passes and dribbles) in the box by a team

total or per match

VENUE

venue of the match

home or away

YELLOW CARDS

number of yellow cards per team or player

total or per match


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