Headings require three key skills: a good timing, jumping reach and coordination. In the top 5 leagues, three forwards stand out for their heading skills: Giroud (Chelsea), Pavoletti (Cagliari) and… Top heading players in European football
Who have been the best free-kick takers in Europe over the past five years? Lionel Messi? Cristiano Ronaldo? According to our research, neither of the two. After analysing all the free-kicks taken in… Bend it like Beckham: the top free-kick takers in Europe
We analysed the contractual details of all the 548 players of the Italian Serie A (‘ISA’) and then aggregated the data by team, by role, by country and by age.… Player salaries in the Italian Serie A (2018/19)
The stats of ‘Russia 2018’ confirmed the absence of any meaningful correlation between physical efforts and football performances. The overall outcome is in line with the available literature, although more clearly than… The non-correlation between physical efforts and football performances
We look at ten ‘top players’ and compare their World Cup performances to their historical ones, determining whether – in Russia – they outperformed or underperformed vs their own standards. By… Russian matryoshkas: Historical vs World Cup performances
We dig into our 2018 World Cup database and analyse the athletic performances, by individual, by role and by age group. After reading this analysis you will know, inter alia,… World Cup’s top physical performances
The recent history of Harry Kane’s performances is all about steady improvement. Since his first full season at Tottenham (2013/14), his key performance indicators (KPIs) are all on the rise: his… Kane: Right attitude, driving a constant improvement
Messi and C. Ronaldo likely to extend their dominion (1.04 goals per game) Suarez seems the only real contender and Dembélé could support him Griezmann and Benzema likely one step… 2018 Topscorer preview: Spanish La Liga