Philippe Coutinho has two goals and two assists in three appearances for Aston Villa following his return to the Premier League. It is as though the Brazil international never left the English top-flight. Prior to his move to Barcelona in the 2018 January window, Coutinho was playing the best football of his career. He had…
Twenty3 FC. Never heard of it? Well, you wouldn’t have because it doesn’t exist… yet. We have created this brand new club (Est. 2022) for this feature because talking about a nameless, fictitious club just wouldn’t be as fun. So, we have a team name. After a rigorous selection process (I promise), I have been…
The Event Lab within the Toolbox allows users to create bespoke searches for different throw-in types.
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…
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…
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…
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…
The world of football content has never been as competitive as it is going to be in 2022. There’s more data – free and paid for – than ever before. There are more tools to help showcase this data, too. There’s a better understanding of it all and, as a result of this, even more…
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…
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…