Assists Is the Most Overrated Stat in Football
You want to know how good a playmaker a certain player is? Show how many assists he provided. Want to belittle a certain midfielder's contribution in a season or a match? Show how few assists he pr…
analytics
data
playmaking
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Zonal Defending: A System Outmatched by Arsenal's Corners
The Premier League’s most prolific team in set-piece scoring over the last two seasons has been unstoppable so far. With 15 games into the current campaign, Arsenal have already netted eight goals…
set pieces
premier league
arsenal
Shady Elabody
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How to Defend Against Arsenal (Season 23/24)?
Arsenal scored 16 goals this season from attacking corners' situation in the Premier League, which represents 18.2% from the total goals they scored in general.
set pieces
premier league
arsenal
defending
Shady Elabody
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Analysing Brentford: Rationalizing Why Thomas Frank Is One Of The Elite Level Coaches
With one point away from 1st place after 17 game weeks into the Premier League, Unai Emery has attracted all eyes with his team’s latest form, becoming one of the best and toughest team to play aga…
tactics
premier league
brentford
Jimmy Enani
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Beyond the Norm: Decoding Unai Emery's Innovative Defensive Strategies at Aston Villa
At the first two games of the season, as I settled in to watch the opening fixtures of the Premier League, my attention was drawn to someting unusual on the pitch. Aston Villa, under the guidance o…
tactics
premier league
aston villa
pressing
Muhammad Zidane
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The Nightmare Pass: Back-Passes Under Pressure
How many times did you see the ball go back to the goalkeeper, the opponent was pressing aggressively on him, the stress was increasing and the fans' voices were getting louder and the goalkeeper w…
pressing
build up
tactics
Shady Elabody
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How Bayern Tried to Exploit Attacking Corners Against Man City
We all know that set pieces have become very important in modern football,so Bayern chose their attacking corners plan by knowing how citizens defend corners.
set pieces
champions league
bayern
manchester city
Karim El-shesheiny
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How Arsenal Lost Two Points to a Corner-Kick Goal Against Southampton
Arsenal defended by:
set pieces
premier league
arsenal
southampton
Karim El-shesheiny
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How did Liverpool helped Man City to score a goal from a free kick against Arsenal?
We have watched the second goal for Man city from a free kick and some people said that Stones was lucky not to be in an offside position and they aren’t fully wrong,but it was a perfect plan from…
set pieces
manchester city
arsenal
Karim El-shesheiny
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How Milan Came Close to Scoring From a Corner Against Napoli
Milan was close to score a goal from a corner against Napoli,so let’s start by the defensive shape of Napoli in corners then we will talk about Milan’s plans.
set pieces
champions league
milan
napoli
Karim El-shesheiny
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How Did Unai Emery Tame the Premier League's Dark Horse?
On 23 April 2023, Newcastle United put on an impressive display against Tottenham Hotspur at St. James' Park. winning the match 6-1. Prior to the game, many fans and pundits expected a tight game,…
tactics
premier league
aston villa
newcastle
Muhammad Zidane
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Why Did Liverpool Concede More Chances From Corners?
In the last few games, Liverpool they were threatened many times, which is not normal. If we look for the reasons, we find some common answers often used by the media, such as the loss of interest,…
set pieces
premier league
liverpool
Shady Elabody
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Why Leeds Were the Better Team Against Aston Villa Despite Less Possession
Unai Emery's now won four of his six Premier League games in charge of Villa - twice as many as Steven Gerrard managed (2) in 11 PL games as boss this season, which helped his team to jump from 16…
tactics
premier league
leeds
aston villa
Shady Elabody
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England's Corner Routine: From Russia 2018 to Qatar 2022
After a catastrophic result for Iran, it is hard to praise anything Quieroz has done in this game. However today I will elaborate a specific and effective routine that England has been doing in cor…
set pieces
world cup
england
Jimmy Enani
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Why Chelsea Had a Bad Time Against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge
Graham Potter goes into his first London derby with a positive record against Arsenal, The Gunners have lost three out of the last six (6) games in the Premier League against a club coached by Grah…
tactics
premier league
chelsea
arsenal
Shady Elabody
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The Italian Indirect Free-Kick at Camp Nou
Inter were about to take the lead in their clash from a well-planned indirect free-kick against Barca at Camp Nou, but the ball hit in the bar, and Dzeko missed a huge chance in the first 15 minute…
set pieces
champions league
inter
barcelona
Shady Elabody
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How Arsenal Defended Corners, and Some Counter-Strategies
The game between Arsenal and Liverpool this week was a real battle in all aspects and the set pieces are not excluded from that battle.
set pieces
premier league
arsenal
liverpool
Ahmed Osama
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How to Play Against Dayot Upamecano
In 2015, The French player attracted the attention of Europe’s biggest clubs, including Manchester United, Arsenal and Manchester City, However he joined RB Salzburg On July 2015 and after his debu…
tactics
bayern
upamecano
defending
Shady Elabody
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How Barça players' shape and movements limited their options
Imagine you’re a football coach for a team, let’s call it team (A). In your team, you have some skillful and fast players, undoubtedly one of your aims as a coach is to try to provide them with con…
tactics
barcelona
champions league
Ahmed Osama
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Should Barça Be Worried to Concede a Corner Against Inter?
In 2010 Barcelona FC played against Inter Milan in the San Siro. That game was the first step in Jose Mourinho's revenge against his former employer, Barcelona. In the 32nd minute Inter got a free-…
set pieces
champions league
barcelona
inter
corners
Hassan Beltagy
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The Italian Corner
Tottenham scored 8 times from set-piece routines last season. This season, after appointing a new set-piece expert, Giovani Vio, they have already scored 6 goals after 7 games. Vio, the former set-…
set pieces
premier league
tottenham
corners
Hassan Beltagy
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Did We Really Need a Free Player in the Back Line?
You may think why there is no right or wrong in football. When we are talking about football the discussion should be about the suitability of the systems, not whether it’s right or not.
tactics
premier league
brighton
graham potter
Muhammad Zidane
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The Short Martinez
This is not one of those analyses made to prove that the Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez is a short player who cannot make it in the Premier League. Neither is it here to prove that he…
player analysis
premier league
manchester united
defending
Hassan Beltagy
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Perception and Scoring Goals: How Strikers Use Scanning
In the last years, the number of scientific works about players and football has undoubtedly increased, and with it the knowledge about football. One of the most famous terms in this period is "sca…
finishing
strikers
perception
Shady Elabody
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The Corner Routine Aston Villa Used Against West Ham
Aston Villa used a very interesting idea against Westham to take the lead from a well planned corner routine, let's dig into it Westham defended with 6 players zonal marking ( Black ), while the bl…
set pieces
premier league
aston villa
Shady Elabody
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Tactically They Were Much Better: Inverted Full-Backs Were Back
Guardiola initially used Philipp Lahm as a narrow fullback in Bayern's build-up and progression, and then adopted this tactic at Manchester City but last season he tries to change it a little bit.
tactics
premier league
manchester city
inverted fullbacks
Shady Elabody
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The Art of Organised Chaos: Brighton vs Manchester United
> "We make passing mistakes in building up. that is nothing to do with either you play with a false nine or are you playing with a typical number nine" Ten Hag said when he was asked about Eriksen…
tactics
premier league
brighton
manchester united
Muhammad Zidane
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Jesse Marsch's Counter-Pressing Principles at Leeds
A few months ago Leeds United announced Jesse Marsch as their new Head Coach, with a short term objective (avoiding relegation) through which he couldn’t apply his principles 100%. Watching some of…
pressing
premier league
leeds
marsch
Jimmy Enani
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Nagelsmann's 30-Minute Press Adjustment Against Emery's Villarreal
Reading what people’ve been writing after this game encouraged me to get that game, watch it, and analyse what Emery’s been doing with the ball.
tactics
champions league
bayern
villarreal
Jimmy Enani
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Frank Outplaying Tuchel: Janelt and Eriksen in Possession
“They showed a top character, they were still disciplined, pressed high, won the ball high, score”. These were Thomas Frank’s words when he was asked after the game about his team’s reaction after…
tactics
premier league
brentford
chelsea
Jimmy Enani
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Thomas Frank Suffocated Tuchel's Side in the Last 25 Minutes
I’ve been watching Thomas Frank’s team since the start of the season, and from what I’ve been observing in their style of play and specially their way of pressing, I was so curios to watch them aga…
tactics
premier league
brentford
chelsea
Jimmy Enani
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Apart From City and Chelsea, No One's Ball Progression Is Better Than Brighton's
Last season Brighton started their campaign with 6 points from 8 games, with their manifest xG difference: they won 6 of those 8 games on xG. Graham’s side's build-up and progression with the ball…
tactics
premier league
brighton
graham potter
Jimmy Enani
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Brentford Outplayed Arsenal With Set-Pieces and High Pressing
Brentford is back to Premier League after 74 years, and what is a better comeback than a home win against historical London side (Arsenal) surrounded by fans. Now we will try to find out what Thoma…
tactics
set pieces
premier league
brentford
arsenal
Jimmy Enani
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