Beyond Stats

Fact of the week

Bellingham always decisive in the Clasicos

As occurred in the reverse fixture, the Real Madrid player won the game with a great goal in the dying minutes. Although, given his position, we were expecting a playmaker, his main task has been scoring goals. So much so that he is now the second-highest scorer in the league. However, there is more. He remains instrumental when it comes to creating goalscoring chances and is the LALIGA player with the most passes in the final third. He also makes the podium on high-impact actions and is one of the eight players who take on opponents the most and do so most successfully. It is clear that he is one of the standout players in the entire competition.

Remarkable Coach

Ancelotti practically has the league title in his pocket

There has been little to criticise in Real Madrid’s play over the course of these 32 matches. At this juncture in LALIGA, Los Blancos have established themselves as the leading team in link-up play and passing. They are the side who make the most passes in the final third and they make these passes most effectively, with a passing accuracy of 86%. If we focus on their total passes, we can also see that they are the most effective unitoverall. All of these figures, and many more, reflect a system which has allowed Real Madrid to score the most goals and virtually wrap up the LALIGA title.

The Match up

From one big match to another: the Seville derby awaits

Sevilla FC once again host one of the most exciting games of the season. Real Betis and Sevilla will lock horns in a hard-fought match as one team battles for a place in Europe and the other seeks to put to bed any chance of getting drawn into the relegation dogfight. In the radar chart accompanying this section you can see how Betis come out on top on aerial duels and crosses, while Sevilla top the stats for passes in the attacking zone, in the first third and for overall passes completed.

Remember his name

Isco still unstoppable

Not even injury has managed to dent the performance levels of a player who remains the cornerstone of his team and a leading player in LALIGA. He has created the most high-impact actions in the entire division – in other words actions which create a goalscoring opportunity for his team. These can be passes, beating a player or carries which lead to a chance on goal. Since Isco has rediscovered himself at Real Betis, the balance has returned to the team. As illustrated by his spells on the sidelines, the team perform better when he is on the field of play.

Metric of the week

Successful long passes

These comprise passes of over 30 metres with which the passer successfully reaches a receiving teammate. Teams who generate more long, vertical passes are capable of playing a more direct game. Sevilla are the team who play the second-most long passes in LALIGA.

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.