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A bit of a different piece; I decided to look into the idea of creating player profiles based on the types of progressive passes they make.
Distinguishing Progressive Passers: thespursstatman1.substack.co…
82% of our goal kicks this season have gone short, compared to 66% last season.
Inspired by a similar style of post to @yureedelahi, I was interested to see who has possession of the ball, 30 seconds after a goal kick, and where.
Mateus Fernandes, Mathys Tel and Mohammed Kudus rank 1st, 2nd and 3rd for the biggest increase (volume) in Premier League attacking 1/3 touches per 90 (vs last season).
Mateus Fernandes: 11.8 → 29.7
Mathys Tel: 25.2 →41.7
Mohammed Kudus: 28.3 →40.9
There was an example yesterday where Palace were pressured into losing the ball relatively high up the pitch, and allowed Tel to drive into the vacated space.
A LOT of metrics going in the right direction.
The numbers from our 3rd Premier League win in a row (the last time we did this was December 2023):
thespursstatman1.substack.co…
We completed 343 passes in the attacking 1/3 tonight, the highest tally from a Premier League team since Manchester City's 385 vs Wolves in October 2024.
van Hecke's 29 completed passes into the final 1/3 is the highest from a Premier League player since Rúben Dias' 30 vs Crystal Palace in December 2023.
Really impressed with Tonali out of possession today, the midfield pivot with Fernandes is looking promising.
Despite being 5 points and 5 positions worse off than this time last season the trend we are going in is clear. Just shows that sometimes it's all about a bit of patience.
Crystal Palace have conceded 3.29 xG from open play crosses, the most of any team in the Premier League this season.
With Palace operating with a back 5, deep overlaps from Porro/Gray/Udogie/Robertson could be key to creating the spare man.
Recent examples from Newcastle & Lyon
A complete team performance.
The numbers from the Chelsea Game:
thespursstatman1.substack.co…
