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Feb 15, 2023 • 20 tweets • 15 min read
On-Ball Value rankings for EVERY Premier League team: a thread 🧵

On-Ball Value (OBV) is a model that values each action based on the +/- impact it has on their team's likelihood of scoring and conceding (explainer: statsbomb.com/articles/socce…)

First: Arsenal 🔽#AFC Aston Villa On-Ball Value per 90, 2022/23

OBV is a model that values each action based on the +/- impact it has on their team's likelihood of scoring and conceding

(Explainer: statsbomb.com/articles/socce…) #AVFC
Jul 5, 2022 • 18 tweets • 8 min read
The #WEURO2022 kicks off tomorrow. Let’s look at a player from each country that could star at the tournament

You can also check out this video from @DW_Sports, with our Tactical & Video Analyst @CarlonCarpenter highlighting some key players 🔽


1/18 🧵 GROUP A
Austria: Manuela Zinsberger 🇦🇹

Zinsberger prevented more goals with her shot-stopping than any other goalkeeper in the 2021/22 @BarclaysWSL (3.9)

2/18
May 24, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Let’s toast the 2021/22 Premier League season with a thread of data vis

Starting with xG Difference ⬇️ Next: Attacking Contribution

Who were the most dangerous attackers in the Premier League this season?
Feb 2, 2022 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Elite football teams and organisations recognise StatsBomb Data as the best in the industry

Here’s why.

🧵 1/9 Image Pressures

Launched in 2018, StatsBomb data includes pressing actions. Now we get a true picture of a player or team's defensive performance

Did Roberto Firmino make 217 defensive actions in 2015/16?

Or 831?

2/9 ImageImage
Apr 24, 2019 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
[THREAD]
PFA Player of the Year Nominees
1. Raheem Sterling PFA Player of the Year Nominees
2. Virgil van Dijk
Dec 17, 2018 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
StatsBomb have been collecting Champions League and Europa League data this season, so here's a thread of the team radars from the competition for the match-ups just drawn: 1. Liverpool v Bayern Munich
Group strength is always a factor here, but Bayern have been just fine in the CL this season, this will be one of many cracking ties:
Jul 8, 2018 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Since it's the hot topic and there are many new fans around due to the World Cup, we're going to do a short thread about Finishing Skill.

The very best players in the world score on about 20% or 1 in every 5 of their shots. (Seems low, doesn't it?) On average, players score goals about in line with their Expected Goals (xG) numbers. They can score more or less over short periods of time, but in most cases they "revert to the mean."

Example: Raheem Sterling scored 17 non-penalty goals last ssn, xG expected about 15.5.