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Building Twenty3 FC: Identifying full-backs and a defensive midfielder

In the first part of Building Twenty3 FC, we focused on a centre-forward, a box-to-box midfielder and a centre-back. This time around, we will be searching for full-backs and a defensive midfielder.  Again, we’ll be using Twenty3’s Advanced Metrics, a glut of visualisations from within the Analytics Toolbox and SkillCorner data to add further context…

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Introducing Twenty3’s Professional Services offering for clubs

You might know all about our Content and Analytics Toolbox offerings. You might have heard about our Content Services capability too, perhaps as a result of our partnership with LiveScore.  What you are unlikely to know about though, is our Professional Services solution. Put simply, our aim is to help you maximise the potential of…

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How Twenty3 can help clubs democratise data

Carl Sandburg once said: “Time is the coin of your life.” In most walks of life, the modern world is geared towards giving people their time back because of how precious it is.  There are companies that now do your shopping, no matter how big or small the order is. Similarly, meal prep businesses are…

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Analysing Coutinho’s impact on Aston Villa with Passing Compasses

Philippe Coutinho has two goals and two assists in three appearances for Aston Villa following his return to the Premier League.  It is as though the Brazil international never left the English top-flight. Prior to his move to Barcelona in the 2018 January window, Coutinho was playing the best football of his career. He had…

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The 4 key football metrics to know about in 2022

Remember the time when it seemed weird for statistics — ones which weren’t goals or shots or corners — to be used in football coverage? And now expected goals are almost the norm. This year, 2022, will be no different, and there might be even more stats entering our collective consciousness. Last year we looked…

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J1 League stars who could be heading to Europe

Football moves in cycles. A new one is perpetually on the horizon, all it really requires is for a club to take a chance on a transfer and it spirals from there. If a player arrives from a league and adapts seamlessly, it tempts other clubs into making similar moves. We have seen Premier League…

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What matters to football content readers in 2022?

There has been a significant shift in the football content landscape over the last couple of years. Previously, the news was a big traffic driver. Fans wanted to know everything as quickly as possible.  This birthed clickbait. Fed up with the deception, readers changed how they would consume content. We then entered the era of…

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What to expect from Celtic’s latest J1 League signings

The Ange Postecoglou revolution is well underway at Parkhead. Celtic last suffered defeat in the Scottish Premiership in September – a run stretching 15 matches. They have conceded the fewest number of goals (12) and are joint-top with Rangers for goals scored (44).  Integral to this form this term has been Kyogo Furuhashi.  The 27-year-old…

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