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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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Which club would best fit Dušan Vlahović?

Dušan Vlahović has emerged as one of the most sought-after forwards in world football. This time last year, he’d netted just 11 times in Serie A in the 2,712 minutes he’d appeared in since the start of the 2019/20 season.  Fast forward 12 months and the 21-year-old is now on 43 Serie A goals in…

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Why Liverpool might be interested in Luis Díaz

The January transfer window is a difficult one to navigate. Convincing a team to part ways with a prized asset midway through a campaign is never easy and a premium is usually added onto the valuation for the inconvenience. Yet Liverpool have had plenty of success when shopping during this time of the year.  Luis…

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Best of Twenty3: 23 things we loved in 2021

Well, 2021 has flown by, hasn’t it? What a year, at least in the footballing world, it has been.  There was yet another all-English Champions League final as Chelsea triumphed in Porto against Manchester City, Alisson Becker scored a last-minute winning goal for Liverpool, Sporting brought their 19-year wait for a title to an end,…

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People like patterns: Introducing our xG timelines

It’s not often that school science experiments stick with you, or end up relating to football data, but this one clearly had an impact.  We, as a class, were faced with a series of numbers like this: 6 2 8 1 0 2 9 3 1 0 2 2 6 1. If you try and…

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