With Alistair Johnston and Alexandro Bernabei recently passing the 900-minute threshold for meaningful data, I wanted to try out a new view of overall attacking threat. Since the World Cup break Celtic have scored 57 goals in their 18 matches as the cohesion of the team and strength of Ange Postecoglou’s system has proven consistently … [continue reading]
CAT
Front Three for Ibrox?
The match against Ross County was difficult to draw conclusions from given the early sending off. Also, with the score already being 3-0, the very one-sided nature of the contest allied to the fact Celtic were happy to see out the game and the Staggies content not to get totally hammered. However, the front three … [continue reading]
Top CATs
Inspired by The Rangers Report, whose excellent blog is recommended, I have come up with a new KPI, the Celtic Attacking Threat, or CAT Score. Rangers Report has OSCR (Offensive Statistical Contribution Rating), and I have taken a similar approach with the aim of aggregating attacking data to form an overall view of scoring threat. … [continue reading]