Football has come a long way. Less than a decade ago, narratives were shaped by how many shots a team racked up combined with the percentage of possession they’d had during the match. Then the expected goal (xG) metric was introduced and it helped paint a much better picture of a game. After all, quantity…
‘Tis the season of giving. With this in mind, we’ve given our Toolbox an update. Now, this is something of a regular occurrence, with our platform perpetually evolving, but this one – Release V – will help decide a number of family arguments tied to football that inevitably occur around this time of the year,…
Few teams in world football have the finances to have a transfer window that would not look out of place in Football Manager. Following the takeover in October, Newcastle United are now one of these exclusive clubs. The Magpies have the richest owners in the world and no player is off bounds. In the long-term,…
After one of the most entertaining MLS seasons in recent memory, the playoffs are almost upon us. Heading into the final matchday, three teams were still in contention to win the Western Conference. The Colorado Rapids, Sporting Kansas City and Seattle Sounders were all within a point of one another. In the end, it was…
Not long ago we caught up with experienced Performance Analyst and former Head of Analysis at West Bromwich Albion, Gerard Moore, to find out what life is like as a professional analyst. You can read that interview here. This time around, we gave Gerard the keys to our Event Lab tool to put his analysis…
Every club in the world would like their very own Mohamed Salah. The Liverpool forward turned out to be a bargain, relatively speaking. In the same summer Paris Saint-Germain paid over £200million to pry Neymar away from Barcelona, Salah returned to the Premier League in a deal believed to be worth in the region of…
Here at Twenty3, we value efficiency. Everything we do is geared towards making it easier for people to do a better job. It is why we developed two versions of our Toolbox. For Media companies looking to enhance their offering by supplementing their content – whether it is written, video, social or broadcast – we…
West Ham United’s 4-1 win over Aston Villa put them level on points with reigning champions Manchester City in fourth and just five points off of leaders Chelsea. David Moyes’ men have won five on the bounce across all competitions and eight of their last ten outings have ended in success for the Hammers. Not…
Football is far from predictable, but there are a lot of things you can anticipate and plan for. For example, certain players are likely to score goals and big games are usually tight affairs. Even with this in mind, though, there can be results that just cause absolute chaos. It happened recently when Liverpool went…
Bournemouth lost their star player and replaced their manager this summer. For some clubs, this would’ve resulted in something of a transitional season, but the Cherries find themselves five points clear at the summit of the Championship and are unbeaten in 14 outings. Scott Parker swapped the dugout at Craven Cottage for the one at…