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…
Time. A lot of people want it, a greater number need it, but the majority of us simply don’t have it. It is an even more pressing issue in the world of football. The focus is inevitably on the players. But those behind the scenes – the coaches and analysts – are arguably even more…
When Liverpool racked up 196 points across two Premier League campaigns, they did so by controlling, well, everything. They dictated play when in possession and bossed the opposition when out of it. They replaced the heavy metal football – that chaotic, basketball-style approach they utilised during Jürgen Klopp’s earlier years at Anfield – with something…
It’s always a good thing, from time to time, to check that your perceptions are backed up by something meaningful. Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United are a team whose reputation precedes them by a Yorkshire mile (like a Lancashire mile, but better), particularly the intensity and relentlessness of their pressing. However, just how intense is it…