Andrew Cox is an authority within the sports content industry having worked alongside some of the most innovative and disruptive global sports federations, teams, media, betting and technology businesses of the last 20 years. As part of the senior management team at Opta for over a decade – including five years leading the business as…
Twenty3 are thrilled to announce a new Toolbox partnership with Major League Soccer’s Sporting Kansas City. The agreement will see the Content and Analytics Toolbox rolled out across the club’s Technical, Recruitment and Media teams using data from our partners Wyscout across 12 different leagues. The Technical and Recruitment departments will have access to the…
It may have been ten years in the making, but it took Romelu Lukaku 15 minutes to open his Chelsea account after returning to the club. The 28-year-old, who failed to get off the mark for the Blues during his first stint at Stamford Bridge, tapped home a Reece James cross into an empty Arsenal…
Brentford’s reputation seems to have preceded them. Last season, Arsenal — the Bees’ opponents on opening day — kept 42 per cent of their goal kicks at a short or medium length, ending less than 40 metres from goal. That rate was about average for the league as a whole, but, against some teams, they…
Sometimes, the build-up is better than the actual goal. However, replays tend to focus on the final few moments of a move while the stats credit the scorer and the player responsible for the assist. Everything is primarily geared towards the outcome. We get it. After all, it is the defining moment of a move.…
How did Nuno Espirito Santo’s new-look Spurs side beat the Premier League champions, Man CIty?
“’It was never the club’s intention to replace Jack Grealish with one footballer.” Christian Purslow, the CEO of Aston Villa, took the unusual step of publishing a video explaining the reasoning behind Jack Grealish’s move to Manchester City last week. In it, he went into detail about the club’s thought process. From adding a release…
The 2021/22 campaign is just around the corner and, despite the Euros and Copa América, teams across Europe have been busy in the transfer market. Reports earlier in the window claimed a COVID market would see spending reigned in a little, but clubs have parted with record fees to bolster their options. Here, we take…
Rúben Neves likes a shot from range. If you’re unfamiliar with the Wolves midfielder, his shot map tells you just how fond of them he is. It’s as if the penalty area is a high-end nightclub and his shots keep turning up in trainers, left waiting outside the place everyone wants to be in. But…
A highly-rated left-footed winger with huge potential is reportedly heading to Tottenham Hotspur this summer to fill the void left by Gareth Bale’s departure. You’d be forgiven for thinking you’ve woken up in 2013. Back then, it was Erik Lamela. Now he’s the one being used as a makeweight in a package to bring Bryan…