Over recent years, we’ve witnessed a data explosion in the world of football. A number of new metrics, tools and ideas have been introduced. As a result, a lot can change over the course of a season and it is difficult – bordering on impossible – to stay abreast of everything. Particularly if you’re a…
Ajax’s start to the 2021/22 campaign has been nothing short of incredible. After eight Eredivisie games, they’ve notched 30 goals while conceding just twice. In the Champions League, they have been just as rampant, racking up seven goals in two outings. Erik ten Hag has developed Ajax into one of the most ruthless teams in…
Mohamed Salah is arguably the most in-form player in the world right now. The Liverpool forwarded netted a stunning individual goal and provided an assist in the 2-2 draw with Manchester City to take his goal involvement tally to 12 in nine matches this season. The prolific Egyptian – who has 134 goals in 212…
It has taken Christopher Nkunku just nine games this season to surpass his goal tally for the entirety of the 2020/21 campaign. The 23-year-old netted a five-minute brace against VfL Bochum on Saturday to take his goals haul to eight across the Bundesliga and Champions League. The Frenchman caught the eye after netting a hat-trick…
There are only two teams across Europe’s top five leagues with a 100% record this season. Fresh from arguably the best summer transfer window ever, Paris Saint-Germain have racked up eight wins from eight in Ligue 1. The other team is Napoli. The Partenopei appointed Luciano Spalletti in the summer following Gennaro Gattuso’s departure. Napoli…
We are delighted to confirm that the Twenty3 Toolbox, which is trusted by the likes of Sky Sports and leading football clubs, is now available with data included. Until now, for customers to take advantage of our beloved product, they have needed a separate data licence from a data collection company. Without that licence for…
Twenty3 are delighted to announce Premier League club Burnley as the latest Analytics Toolbox customer. The agreement sees the Clarets integrate the Twenty3 product across their Technical team to aid with efficiency and deeper analysis. The club will enjoy access to the Analytics Toolbox’s full range of features including the recently released Event Lab and…
These days, if you’re involved in creating football content, you have to be familiar with data. It is an unwritten rule and given there’s a demand for insight and a thirst for knowledge, you can understand why. As a result, there’s an expectation that writers, presenters and, well, everyone, has some level of familiarity and…
This is not a drill, Brighton are scoring goals. In their five Premier League outings so far this term, they’ve netted seven times. They rank tenth in the English top-flight for goals per 90 with 1.4, up from the 1.05 they averaged during that remarkably unlucky 2020/21 campaign. The Seagulls scored 40 in total last…
Andrew Cox, former Managing Director of Opta, is back for a final time – for now, at least. Having already given us his thoughts on the sports media’s relationship with data in part one and how this data can be monetised in part two, in the final edition of the series Andrew shares his thoughts…