
Analysis
Why pressing traps fail against a single striker
Pressing traps are built to hunt the ball in packs, and a lone striker starves them of the numbers they need to close it down.
Analysis explains results with evidence: shape and its changes, pressing success rates, progression routes, chance quality and the substitution that turned a match. Video observation and data are used together, and every metric's limits are stated. For coaches, analysts and supporters who want a match explained past the scoreline.
Match and season analysis combining video study with data: shape changes, pressing success, chance quality and where a result was actually decided.

Pressing traps are built to hunt the ball in packs, and a lone striker starves them of the numbers they need to close it down.