football scouting Tag

23 Jun Looking Beyond the Goalscoring Table: What Do Goals Really Tell Us?

Posted at 13:00h in Research

At the end of every season, one ranking inevitably captures the spotlight: the goalscoring table. The logic seems straightforward. More goals should mean better attacking performance. But football is rarely that simple. While total goals provide an important starting point, they reveal very little about how...

20 May The Hidden Bias in Football Scouting

Posted at 13:05h in Research

Introducing LALIGA’s Team Context Adjustment Model (TCAM) With only one matchday remaining in the 2025/26 LALIGA EA SPORTS season, recruitment departments across professional football are already immersed in one of the most decisive moments of the year: building next season’s squad. Every summer, clubs compare hundreds of players...

07 May How Can We Detect Elite Passers?

Posted at 13:18h in Research

https://youtube.com/shorts/T-oD7WAjA64?feature=share Introducing the Elite Passing Differential Index (EPDI) In modern football, identifying elite passers has become increasingly complex. For years, pass completion percentage has been one of the most commonly used metrics to evaluate players’ passing performance. It is simple, intuitive, and easy to communicate. A player completes...

14 Mar The Talent for High-Quality Passing Is Innate, Not Acquired: A Data-Driven Analysis from LALIGA

Posted at 14:04h in Research

Is passing talent something you learn, or is it innate? A data-driven analysis from LALIGA Football Intelligence & Performance suggests that elite-level passing ability is an innate trait, not a skill developed over time. After analyzing passing quality using an advanced Voronoi-based model in LALIGA EA...