Beyond Stats

Fact of the week

Sevilla know how to profit from corners

Kike Salas’ super goal confirms that Sevilla capitalise very well on their corner kicks. They are the team who produce the third-most shots from corners and the side who take the most headed shots. These figures confirm that this was not an isolated incident, and rather that these actions are part of a trend. There are more stats to demonstrate their direct style of play. For example, they lie fifth in the competition for the number of long passes made and third for long passes completed successfully.

Key Player

Sørloth gets goals and makes a difference

We can confirm that the Villarreal CF player is one of the standout forwards in the competition. On a haul of 17 goals, he is the second-highest scorer, and he will be battling to make it to 20 before the season is over. However, he offers more than just end product, contributing to many other aspects of the game. He has taken the sixth most shots in LALIGA. What’s more, he is a very intense and physical player, lying sixth in the ranking for the longest distance covered at over 28 km/h. As we can see, he scores for good reason, with his goals backed up by many other metrics highlighting his positive play and physical sacrifice.

The Match up

Girona v Barcelona: a clash of good football and smart link-up play

As we can see in the video, there is no disputing Girona’s intensity. They just miss the podium when it comes to distance covered at over 28 km/h in possession. Their attacking phases are intense, and they cause opposing defenders real problems. Furthermore, in the radar chart, you can see how Barcelona, on the other hand, score and pass slightly more, but Michel’s men come out on top on effectiveness.

Remember his name

Güller and his exponential rise

Any metrics which we cite for Arda Güller have to be qualified by the fact that he has only played 99 minutes in LALIGA. First and foremost, we can highlight his two goals for his team, but he has contributed in other departments too. His two goals have come from a total of just five shots, and only two of them were on target. Put another way, he has a 100% goalscoring effectiveness in terms of his shots on target. He has beaten an opponent on six occasions and, as we can see in the image, he has made 36 carries. He not only contributes offensively but has also made eight high-intensity presses.

Metric of the week

Rapid recoveries

This type of ball recovery refers to those which take place within five seconds after losing the ball. In other words, it is not just about winning the ball back, but about when this happens. These metrics are key to identifying patterns in defensive transitions and defining a team’s style of play. Currently, Barcelona are the LALIGA team with the most rapid recoveries.

Beyond Stats ofrece métricas increíbles en la industria del fútbol: no se limita a recopilar los datos que se suelen usar para los análisis estándarque llegan a los aficionados, sino que va más allá, recopilando una cantidad ingente de información durante el partido, casi en tiempo real, gracias a la herramienta Mediacoach de LALIGA, que es capaz de revelar nuevas percepciones sobre el juego a un nivel más profundo permitiendo trazar patrones y obtener proyecciones de futuro.

Los datos brutos recogidos (Raw Data) son tratados para su análisis por un equipo multidisciplinar compuesto por expertos en Business Intelligence & Analytics y análisis futbolístico de LALIGA a través de procesos de Machine Learning e Inteligencia Artificial que se han hecho posibles gracias a la tecnología Azure que provee Microsoft, capaz de procesar grandes volúmenes de datos. Tras su tratamiento, se genera un algoritmo que permite la visualización de las métricas que llegan al aficionado por medio de Beyond Stats. Estas estadísticas permiten a los aficionados entender mejor por qué su equipo ha ganado un partido, lo ha perdido, o tener una visión panorámica de su rendimiento y expectativas, lo que permite una inmersión inédita en la experiencia del espectador de fútbol.

En todos los estadios de LALIGA encontramos hasta dieciséis cámaras perimetrales fijas de alta resolución para el tracking óptico que siguen en el terreno de juego la situación de jugadores, árbitros y balón, recogiendo datos físicos y técnico-tácticos a un ritmo vertiginoso de 25 veces por segundo.

“Encontramos hasta dieciséis cámaras perimetrales fijas de alta resolución para el tracking óptico”

Estos dispositivos permiten la integración, a través de la herramienta de análisis Mediacoach, de dos tecnologías: tracking y eventing. El tracking se apoya en la información de seguimiento recogida por las cámaras perimetrales del estadio, y permite elaborar métricas como las referidas a distancia recorrida, velocidad máxima y media, o número de sprints. Mediante el eventing se registran los eventos más objetivables: número de pases, córners, o faltas cometidas y recibidas. La información captada a través de tracking y eventing se integra y almacena en el sistema formando un conjunto de datos de gran volumen.