Blogs

Analysis notebooks for the models behind the site.

Longer writing on the ideas inside Impact Lab: why a metric exists, what problem it solves, and how the numbers should be read against real football examples.

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Possession Value and chain contribution

Separating sterile circulation from possession that actually changes the opponent's defensive problem.

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Press resistance without the mythology

How to identify players who receive under pressure and move the next duel into better territory.

World Cup 2022 case study

Territory Progression: why the work before the final pass matters

A full walkthrough of the progression diagnostic, why football needs non-shot possession evidence, and what the 2022 World Cup sample tells us. Read essay

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World Cup 2026 event notebook

Live tournament examples once the event data is ready and the model output has been audited.

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Building a profile from multiple metrics

How progression diagnostics should sit beside xG, xA, carrying, passing and defensive work in player comparison.