World Cup Match Reports - Dec 6
Two games today #MAR vs #ESP #POR vs #SUI
Spain and Portugal is expected to win today, but I wouldn't mind drama. But no sufferball, please!
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First upset in the knockout stage π₯ #MAR won on penalties (3-0) against #ESP. Morocco generated offensive threat mainly by long passes, while Spain had lots of low xG shots. Morocco will play against the winner of #POR vs #SUI in the Quarter-Final.
After a very one-sided game #POR wins 6-1 against #SUI and becomes the last Quarter-Finalist.
We also got our first hat-trick in the tournament! GonΓ§alo Ramos got a hat-trick in his first ever knockout game. β‘οΈ
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I was generating post-match reports since the beginning of the tournament. @FPL_Chase came up with the idea of compiling that data to map team profiles. With the help of two amazing people (@FPL_Jan and @FPLEchidna) we generated some reports.
For each team, a visualization of clustered progressive pass and carry paths is given. 'Progressive' refers to moves that increase chance of scoring a goal, measured by 'Expected Threat'. It is hard to generalize attacking patterns in a World Cup due to limited number of games.
We are providing raw data along with some comments. We listed top providers and receivers for each pass cluster, and top players for carry clusters. Numbers next to player names show the total Expected Threat generated in that cluster by the player.