Earlier, deeper substitutions sustain high-speed intensity Evidence from LALIGA EA Sports 2024/25 (full season). A real sideline question Minute 68. Your GPS board shows high-speed efforts fading. You’ve used two substitutions (subs); staff are split: hold the rest for the last push, or invest now with a double...
https://youtu.be/BgA8MOrG5x0 A coach’s dilemma Every week, coaches and analysts ask themselves the same question: How does my team really build its attacks? We often measure possession in percentages or completed passes, but these numbers don’t explain how a team progresses. Did they circulate endlessly in their own half?...
Does your team consistently impose its playing style? This post explores how to measure tactical identity through passing networks and data science, based on innovative research by LALIGA’s Football Intelligence & Performance Department. Learn which teams are most consistent, how to assess your own style, and...
What if your team isn’t pressing as well as the data says? In this post and podcast episode, we explore xPPDA (Expected PPDA Disruption) — a cutting-edge defensive metric developed by the Football Intelligence & Performance Department at LALIGA. Unlike traditional PPDA models based on fixed...
Are your small-sided training sessions truly representative of what happens during matches? This article presents a cutting-edge model developed by LALIGA’s Football Intelligence Area using real match data and artificial intelligence to dynamically detect and classify small-sided game contexts based on opponent behavior, tactical systems,...
This study from the Football Intelligence Department at LALIGA, using Mediacoach data from the 2024/25 season, reveals how two underused metrics—ball circulation rhythm (passes per minute in possession) and ball recovery rhythm (recoveries per minute out of possession)—strongly correlate with team success. Teams that dominated...