Touchline Labs

📊 Football analytics & scouting
📈 Data-driven insights, tactics & transfers
🌍 The numbers behind the game

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👋 Welcome to Touchline Labs.

Sport is more than just the Scoreline.

Here you’ll find:
📊 Data-driven analysis
⚽ Tactical insights
🔍 Player scouting
📈 Performance breakdowns
🌍 Coverage from across the football world

#Football #FootballAnalytics #Footballcommunity

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Elite pressing is all about timing, not always the intensity. One wrong trigger will break the whole structure of the pressing team.

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🧪Touchline Take🧪
One of footballs greatest myths is that Total Possession means control.
It often doesn’t. Why?
Team A could have 70% control and only
0.2xG, and Team B could have 30% control with 2.3xG. It shows Team B has Team A just where they want them.

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Most of blame the pass. But 80% of bad passes normally are a bad choice, not bad technique. If we fix decision, the execution tends follows.

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🧪One Minute Scouting 🧪

Day 2: Louis Page

Strength: A form of technical elegance, exceptional spatial awareness

Weakness: Lacks a form of defensive awareness currently that makes it difficult in big matches

Surprising Stat: He’s 17 with 18 Championship appearances.

TL Verdict ⭐⭐⭐⭐
#lcfc #foxes

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Was an immense player for the eye and for the stats, in 24/25 season although relegated, his numbers where great for what he had in his defence, 7 clean sheets and 69% save percentage is a good season for a relegation keeper. He has only improved since joining Stoke City.
Do we agree #StokeCity fans?

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🧪Labs Player Report🧪
Viktor Johansson: A Touchline Labs favourite.
Johansson was first spotted by us during his Rotherham days back in 23/24. He caught our eye with his quality shot stopping and how dependable he was. The man was an...👇

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🧪Touchline’s One Minute Scouting🧪

Day 1: Louie Barry
• Strength: A Tricky dribbler that has some sharp turn of pace.

• Weakness: A poor run of injury time makes Louie Barry a potential flight risk

•Surprising Stat: Despite 289 minutes he scored 4 Goals at Stockport

• TL Verdict: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A great young Talent that could dominate League opposition if fully fit.
#swfc

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🧪We all enjoy watching football and identifying great players but it’s not just about watching one 90 minute game, it’s about understanding what makes that player great beyond 90 minutes🧪

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🧪You would class Ballard as a modern striker, someone who is mobile and utilises their speed very well. For 21 yo, he has great positioning, uses double movements to lose his markers well. He is very aggressive when carrying the ball. Pressing relentlessly with a young hunger one would have.

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🧪Labs Player Report🧪
Dom Ballard (Leyton Orient): Ballard finished last season on 23 goals finishing with League 1s Golden Boot.
#LOFC #Orient #LeagueOne #Analysis
More Below...👇

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A player that has 0.35 xA per 90 is creating chances that would be expected to produce 0.35 assists every full match on average.
High xA doesn’t always mean lots of assists. If teammates miss good chances, the player’s xA stays the same.
xA measures chance creation, not finishing.
🧪Data Explained🧪

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🧪Labs Explains🧪
What is xA (Expected Assists)?
Expected Assists will measures the quality of a chance a player has created for a teammate.
Each pass is given a value that is based on factors like the pass location, angle and the likelihood that the resulting shot will become a goal.
#FootballAnalytics #FootballExplained #EFL #TouchlineLabs

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A player that has 0.35 xA per 90 is creating chances that would be expected to produce 0.35 assists every full match on average.
High xA doesn’t always mean lots of assists. If teammates miss good chances, the player’s xA stays the same.
xA measures chance creation, not finishing.
🧪Data Explained🧪

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Which player passes the eye test but fails the data?
Our Pick? Joao Felix
Who's your pick?
#Football

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He has great command of his area and his a quality shot stopper, a save % of 67% with 38.9 PSxG, shows how reliable his shot stopping is. A small weakness for him would be his distrubtion accuracy, although he can play a pass he struggles to be consistent.
What do #Blades fans?

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🧪Labs Player Report🧪
Michael Cooper: A Goalie who still has some great potential to go higher. From watching him when he came on scene a couple of years ago for Plymouth, he has developed into a consistent player. He has great...👇

[Swansea City AFC @SwansOfficial]

GOALLLLL! Elijah Just 🔥

🦢 2-0⚫️

#SwansPreSeason

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What's that one player who was underrated but lowkey put numbers up like a hobby?
We say Michael Carrick
Who's your pick?
#football #Analytics #MUFC

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Which football statistic do you think is the most misunderstood?

We'll start.

Expected Goals (xG).

What's yours?🧪

[The Championship Chat Podcast @Champchatpod24]

🔥 Norwich City's leading marksmen last season:

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jovon Makama:

👕 Appearances: 3️⃣1️⃣
⚽️ Goals: 1️⃣3️⃣

🇦🇺 Mohamed Touré:

👕 Appearances: 1️⃣2️⃣
⚽️ Goals: 🔟

How many goals will they score in 2026/27? 🤔

#NCFC