A new view created today looking at volume of involvement in chance creation. This chart aggregates the per 90-minute average involvements as measured by: Total shots Total chances created Total secondary assisting passes (the pass before the one that created the chance) I have included the whole squad as it is interesting to compare similar … [continue reading]
Secondary Assists
Deeply Creative
Yesterday I showed how McGregor remains deeply creative despite having an extraordinarily high pass completion rate (94%) and that this did not indicate overly risk averse passing. Today I will complete the picture across the squad as regards deep creative abilities. You should expect some clustering around position which makes the outliers all the more … [continue reading]
McGregor Passes the Test
Whilst no stat is completely meaningless given the right context, it is certainly true to say that passing statistics on there own can reveal little. For example, if I tell you the player with the best Open Play Pass Completion is Simunovic who completes 94% of non-set play passes, you might wonder why this is … [continue reading]
The Establishers
The following shows those most involved in deeper creativity – that is – the establishing play before the final assist. This is also known as the “why Ntcham matters” chart. The graph maps Secondary Assists (the pass before the one that sets up the chance) and Pack Passes (forward passes that take out at least … [continue reading]
Why Ntcham Matters
An article for the undervalued. But mainly Ntcham. Assists, chances and expected goals have all seeped into the mainstream on occasions and regular visitors to this site will be very familiar with those terms. Here we look further back in the moves to see who is creating the environment from which chances can follow. Secondary … [continue reading]
The Enablers
Goals, assists and Defensive Action Success Rate allows identification of key performance at the sharp ends of the pitch. Assessing the performance of those who predominantly play in the middle is not as straightforward. But Secondary Assists and Packing concepts may help here. Packing I introduced the measurement of Packing last season. Please read this … [continue reading]