@kylestivala1919@OptaSTATS Opta’s place in the game will always be suspect as it’s only the sport books that really use them. Leagues have their own stat keeping and committee can overrule and call that an assist. As they did for Mandueke on a goal a few games ago that was called an Own goal
@kylestivala1919@OptaSTATS Opta proly uses some kind of tech that determines whether the ball would have made it to the goal scorer without the deflection but that certainly isn’t in the public domain.
@CitoyenDuTemps @WinamaxSport The final touch from a teammate, which leads to the recipient of the ball scoring a Goal. If the assist is deflected by an opposition player, it must be deemed as travelling to the goalscorer irrespective of the deflection