Beyond Stats

Fact of the week

An overhead kick to give fans hope

João Felix secured three points for Barcelona thanks to a spectacular overhead kick that broke the deadlock. With EL CLASICO looming, Los Azulgranas sit eight points behind Real Madrid and are dreaming of pegging them back. João is one of the 10 players who have taken the most shots in the entire competition, something which gives his team a real impetus when it comes to chance creation. He is also one of the eight players who beat opponents the most. He is clearly a footballer who not only scores, but also breaks the lines and creates danger for his team.

Remarkable Coach

Ancelotti’s hard work has Real Madrid topping a string of rankings

Los Blancos are the side who take the most shots per match in the entire division, with over 16 shots per game. Just imagine the danger created with a stat like that. As a result, they are also the team who make the most passes leading to shots. Furthermore, they top the ranking for high-impact actions, with almost 19 per match, and are the team who play the most passes in the final third. Ancelotti continues to maintain the best rankings in the division.

Key Player

Tchouameni’s goal is just the icing on the cake

Aurelien Tchouameni’s goal was an example of the quality shown by the Real Madrid midfielder week-in, week-out, but he offers so much more. The player’s defensive stats are striking. He is one of the LALIGA players who win back the most balls and who press the most. He is also in the top five for successful carries. With this variety of stats, we can confirm that Tchouameni has a lot to offer both in the defensive and attacking transitions.

The Match up

The ELCLASICO that could define LALIGA

Just eight points separate the top two teams in the competition, Real Madrid and Barcelona. This match could cement the leaders’ position or up the stakes, and it will be packed with top stats. We can stress that Barcelona are the team who have made the most forward passes and the most carries into the box. Real Madrid, meanwhile, are the team who boast the best figures for passes, passes in the final third and passing accuracy.

Remember his name

Lamine continues to shine

This player is all about taking on opponents, speed and breaking through the lines – aspects which are hugely important for a team who continue to improve and are holding on to second place. Lamine Yamal is one of the nine players in LALIGA who beat opponents the most, and these actions allow him to break through the lines and advance his team’s attacking transitions. He is also one of the five players in the competition who play the most passes in the final third.

Metric of the week

Passing accuracy

Passing accuracy is the proportion of good passes out of the total passes made by a team or a player during a match, in several matches or over the course of the season. In other words, it gives us the success rate of their passes out of all of their attempted passes. In the current season, Real Madrid are the team with the highest passing accuracy, at 88.4%.

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.