EPL Passing Styles
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EPL Passing Styles

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is this actually based on something or just completely made up?
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Passing is becoming to big a deal am. Well I guess thats the trend. It was trequartistas, Powerful cms, nows igts tiny cm and passing statistics.
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What does narrow and wide mean in terms of this image?
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Through the middle of the pitch or using the wings I would guess.
Looks made up to me anyways.
Looks made up to me anyways.
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Wolverhampton Wanderers?
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Last year's graphic I suppose... Still would prefer a little more data and a little less subjectivity.RedOranje wrote:Wolverhampton Wanderers?
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SO I HERD U LIEK SAUCE
HTTP://disciplesofbeane.com/2012/11/19/analyzing-style-of-play-through-stats/
Tl;dr Long pass percentage and defensive third passes determine long/short
Amount of crosses and fullback touches determine width.
HTTP://disciplesofbeane.com/2012/11/19/analyzing-style-of-play-through-stats/
Tl;dr Long pass percentage and defensive third passes determine long/short
Amount of crosses and fullback touches determine width.
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donttreadonred wrote:Last year's graphic I suppose... Still would prefer a little more data and a little less subjectivity.RedOranje wrote:Wolverhampton Wanderers?
So given that several clubs have since changed manager and several others have altered their playing styles due to change in players this tells us even less than the nothing it did in the first place? Awesome!
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Phritz wrote:SO I HERD U LIEK SAUCE
HTTP://disciplesofbeane.com/2012/11/19/analyzing-style-of-play-through-stats/
Tl;dr Long pass percentage and defensive third passes determine long/short
Amount of crosses and fullback touches determine width.


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I'm struggling to understand why fullback passing in the final 3rd is considered more narrow... his explanation isn't really convincing either.
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Hey! I'm the creator of this graphic, and I'm also the editor of Disciples Of Beane!
I'm not sure what gave you the impression that fullback involvement is a factor against total width, but it's not. In the case of Stoke, very little of their attacking comes from their fullbacks, which is indeed a factor against their width, but this is aggregated against in my calculations due to their large use of 'classic' wingers. When a team plays with classic wingers, a fullbacks attacking space is already being occupied.
I use fullbacks in general, however, because fullback involvement is a much more consistent measure of how the team is playing it's football. Analyzing the performance of a team's wingers can be very misleading due to the varied role wingers's play in today's game. They often move inside when in possession, or move to the centre of the pitch when looking for space. Fullbacks however, they provide width much more consistently, and are therefore a better total indicator of 'team width' It should be noted there are many other factors besides this that went into my calculations.
This is indeed based off of Opta's 2011/2012 advanced stats. Unfortunately, they have not released this season's stats yet.
This thread is called 'Passing Styles.' I'd prefer not to think of simply where the passes go such but rather as a total picture of how a team plays.
Me and my buddies provide content like this pretty regularly, so if this is the kind of stuff you're interested in visit us at disciplesofbeane.com!
I'll try to reply to any questions anyone might have here, but you can also contact me at my email which is posted at the site.
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I'm not sure what gave you the impression that fullback involvement is a factor against total width, but it's not. In the case of Stoke, very little of their attacking comes from their fullbacks, which is indeed a factor against their width, but this is aggregated against in my calculations due to their large use of 'classic' wingers. When a team plays with classic wingers, a fullbacks attacking space is already being occupied.
I use fullbacks in general, however, because fullback involvement is a much more consistent measure of how the team is playing it's football. Analyzing the performance of a team's wingers can be very misleading due to the varied role wingers's play in today's game. They often move inside when in possession, or move to the centre of the pitch when looking for space. Fullbacks however, they provide width much more consistently, and are therefore a better total indicator of 'team width' It should be noted there are many other factors besides this that went into my calculations.
This is indeed based off of Opta's 2011/2012 advanced stats. Unfortunately, they have not released this season's stats yet.
This thread is called 'Passing Styles.' I'd prefer not to think of simply where the passes go such but rather as a total picture of how a team plays.
Me and my buddies provide content like this pretty regularly, so if this is the kind of stuff you're interested in visit us at disciplesofbeane.com!
I'll try to reply to any questions anyone might have here, but you can also contact me at my email which is posted at the site.
Thanks!
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mattpfeffer wrote:I use fullbacks in general, however, because fullback involvement is a much more consistent measure of how the team is playing it's football. Analyzing the performance of a team's wingers can be very misleading due to the varied role wingers's play in today's game. They often move inside when in possession, or move to the centre of the pitch when looking for space. Fullbacks however, they provide width much more consistently, and are therefore a better total indicator of 'team width' It should be noted there are many other factors besides this that went into my calculations.
But then you have Swansea (Most FB touches in final 1/3rd) as the narrowest team, with Stoke (Least FB touches in final 1/3rd) as the widest
I understand the line of reasoning that Stoke uses classic wingers who generally stay near the touch-line and try to cross it, I'm following there, but it seems like you're trying to have it both ways by assuming one thing to be true and then reaching a conclusion that seems to contradict the original assumption
Edit: Here are some FourFourTwo StatsZone charts that I think illustrate my point:
Check how many of De Guzman's passes were either at or to the right touchline vs Newcastle

and while they weren't particularly successful, check the locations of Swansea's take-ons

Much the same story in other games. Here are some charts from Chelsea:

Here especially, look at how Ki (Korean Xavi


Obviously your chart was from last season so its not current, but while Swansea has undergone some changes, I certainly don't think it has been anything THAT drastic (especially in terms of the spacing they use)
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Swansea's 'width' aggregate score is pulled down due to their complete lack of crosses in attacking areas.
In terms of your point, I think you misunderstood what I was trying to say. If a team plays with traditional wingers, I do not weight their fullbacks contribution as heavily into my final number. A team like Man City who rarely had width up front, their width numbers were more based off their fullbacks contributions.
In terms of your point, I think you misunderstood what I was trying to say. If a team plays with traditional wingers, I do not weight their fullbacks contribution as heavily into my final number. A team like Man City who rarely had width up front, their width numbers were more based off their fullbacks contributions.
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Passes In Defensive Third / Game
I found basically no real correlation to winning, so I decided this could be a nice way of evaluating how much a team likes to play the ball shorty. Something like passes in middle third would of shown bias to team’s who won the midfield battle (good teams). The amount of passes in a team’s own third can basically be at the team’s own discretion, and therefore indicative of the kind of approach they’re trying to play.
I really don't get this lol
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Don't the fullbacks always provide the width?
They're usually out wide so it's inevitable.
They're usually out wide so it's inevitable.
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Clearly Wigan have the best ratio of passing.
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Thought the graph was a bit strange but then i realised it was last season 
Because this season we have made Stoke look like Barcelona tbh.

Because this season we have made Stoke look like Barcelona tbh.
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