r/FootballDataAnalysis

I wrote this code to analyze off ball runs. I took two players who had the highest overall score with these metrics:
- number of off ball runs
- total xThreat
- total xCompletion
- average speed
- number of players bypassed

This player's off ball runs created space for their team. This is an example of a good off the ball run. After playing the ball out wide, they make a run into a space where they are unlikely to get the ball. But it opens up space behind for their team to pass the ball.

This metric is a bit harder to see with just numbers and is a good example of using positional data and video to accompany data.

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With my latest project, I wanted to see what the threshold for stretching center backs out of shape was. I play center back myself and balls over the fullback, into the channel are my team's worst enemy.

I have to go pressure the ball but it usually leaves a gap between me and the other center back that the attacking team can move into. I measured all distances of two teams and used Q3 + 1.5 * IQR to log "stretching" events.

Here is a clip of a stretching event.