Analysis
Why the Patriots are underdogs in Chicago despite a three-game winning streak
The market has read the injury report and the short week more closely than the standings.
Analysis
Match and season analysis combining video study with data: shape changes, pressing success, chance quality and where a result was actually decided.
Analysis
Soccer tactics styles explained — Possession vs. counterattacking: which styles actually win football matches
Neither style wins by itself. What separates winners from losers is how well a team matches its shape to its players and its game state.
Analysis
Soccer opposition scouting report: How analysts break down opposition before kickoff
A primer on the video work and data cuts behind a weekly soccer opposition scouting report, and what survives contact with the match.
Analysis
How pressing triggers reveal where teams collapse under intensity
A pressing trigger is the moment a defence chooses to strike. Reading those moments — and the collapses they expose — is where match analysis earns its keep.
Analysis
How Arsenal's inverted full-back turned defence into a title-winning platform
By pushing a full-back into midfield to form a back three in possession, Mikel Arteta built a structure that produced control in the middle of the pitch and the division's meanest defence.
Analysis
How goalkeeper distribution quietly rewired build-up play
Goal kicks became the first move of attack once keepers learned to pass like midfielders and laws rewarded playing out.