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Carlos Baleba is just one of seven players in the Premier League this season to register eight 70+ grades Excelling in both transition (ball carrying, passing) and in defence (50/50 duels, aerial duels) A complete player πŸ’ͺ #BHAFC

Ranking the Top 50 Players from the 2024/25 Premier League season, starting with 50-41 πŸ“ˆ 50: Emmanuel Agbadou 49: ??? 43: Mateo Kovacic Read here ⬇️ www.blog.fc.pff.com/blog/top50-p...

The leader in each line-breaking category in the Premier League this season 🎯 | #MCFC #AVFC |

Join us for a webinar exploring our physical metrics platform – Epitome πŸ“Š We’ll demonstrate how Epitome’s best-in-class player recognition, possession-based filters, and comprehensive distance, count, and intensity data can transform your workflows Sign up here: vimeo.com/event/512981...

Dean Huijsen in the Premier League this season: β€’ 84.7 Challenge Grade (7th/96 CBs) β€’ 8.34 Passes Completed in the final third p90 (5th/96) β€’ 0.72 positional mistakes p90 (4th best/96) A serious talent at 20 years old πŸ“ˆ #afcb

Line-breaking passes received in the Premier League this season: Morgan Rogers - 274 Ryan Gravenberch - 237 Bruno GuimarΓ£es - 237 Cole Palmer - 221 Bruno Fernandes - 220 #AVFC

Want to work in Football? ⚽️ We are looking for part-time Data Collection Analysts to add to our team, ready for the 2025-26 Season. If you’re interested, apply below ⬇️ www.blog.fc.pff.com/blog/pff-fc-...

We look at the data behind some of the biggest moves in the January Transfer window, including: πŸ“ˆ Rashford and Asensio πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ Marmoush and Khusanov's speed πŸ’ͺ Emmanuel Agbadou transforming Wolves | #AVFC #MCFC #WWFC ⬇️ | www.blog.fc.pff.com/blog/transfe...

Virgil van Dijk in the Premier League this season: 92.3 Aerial Duel Grade - 1st in PL 80.1 Challenge Grade - 3rd in PL 83.8 Passing Grade - 2nd among CBs Dominant πŸ’ͺ #LFC #LiverpoolFC

Mo Salah in the Premier League this season: πŸ”Ί Leads PL in shots (106) & unsavable goals (19) πŸ”Ί Most passes into a dangerous position (127) πŸ”Ί 30% of dribbles create a threat – best in the league Still elite at 32. Read the full breakdownπŸ‘‡ πŸ”— www.blog.fc.pff.com/blog/lfc-con...

Ola Aina is the most 'two-footed' Nottingham Forest player in the Premier League this season 73% of his passes, crosses, shots, and clearances are with his right foot, and 27% with his left foot | #NFFC 🌳|

Using some lovely @pff-fc.bsky.social data, I looked at the data from yellows, fouls and even verbal warnings from referees to construct this:

From the Championship to Champions League πŸ“ˆ β€’ Receiving on the turn β€’ Breaking Lines β€’ Positional Versatility We take a look at how Morgan Rogers is thriving under Unai Emery at Aston Villa ⬇️ www.blog.fc.pff.com/blog/morgan-... #AVFC

We collect the body orientation of each pass received at the point the pass is played & at the point they receive the ball. We look at the best passers in the Premier League at allowing the receiver to open and close their body. πŸŽ―β¬‡οΈ www.blog.fc.pff.com/blog/receivi...

The most shots saved in the Premier League this season where the goalkeeper displays good movement, reflexes or reactions 🧀 #NFFC 🌳

47.8% of Georginio Rutter's passes are played forward It's the highest percentage among any attacking player in the Premier League this season πŸ“Š #BHAFC

Dean Huijsen ranks only behind Gabriel, Ruben Dias and William Saliba in the fewest positional mistakes per 90 this season. A serious talent πŸ“ˆ #afcb πŸ’

There is a lot of talk surrounding the future of Tyler Dibling (19) Here's how he's performed in the Premier League this season, compared to his positional average πŸ“Š #SaintsFC

The most passes received with an open body (half-turn) in the Premier League this season 🎯 | #CFC #ChelseaFC |

🌳 Low-block specialists 🌳 Highest forward pass % in the league 🌳 Aerial dominance Here are the data points you need to know from Nottingham Forest's impressive Premier League run πŸ“Šβ¬‡οΈ #NFFC www.blog.fc.pff.com/blog/nffc-su...

Jarrad Branthwaite is the most two-footed CB in the Premier League this season 63% of his passes, crosses, shots, and clearances are with his left foot, and 37% with his right foot | #EFC #EvertonFC |

The highest-graded CBs in the Premier League this season πŸ“Š

Passing ability vs. Carrying ability in the Premier League this season among midfielders and forwards πŸ“Š

Georginio Rutter is the most two-footed player in the Premier League this season 58% of his passes, crosses, shots, and clearances are with his left foot, and 42% with his right foot #BHAFC

In 2024, MLS saw a 9.7% increase in high-speed runs per 90 YoY. πŸ“ˆ We take a look at how MLS compares to Europe's 'Big Five' leagues in high-speed run counts and sprints. πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸ’¨ #MLS #SportsData www.blog.fc.pff.com/blog/mls-int...

No Central Midfielder in the Premier League this season makes more sprints per 90 than Curtis Jones - 24.70 πŸ’ͺ (min 900 minutes played) #LFC

Big Chances Created vs. Big Chances Allowed in the Premier League this season πŸ“Š Liverpool dominating πŸ’ͺ Tottenham's open style of play πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ Fulham & Forest compact 🧱 #LFC

Milos Kerkez in the Premier League this season πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈπŸ’¨ On the move? πŸ‘€ #afcb #LFC

The fastest Central Midfielders in the Premier League this season (using Max Speed metric, min 15 starts) Carlos Baleba - 33.93 km/h Sandro Tonali - 33.24 km/h Boubakary SoumarΓ© - 33.20 km/h Joelinton - 32.87 km/h Bruno Fernandes - 32.80 km/h #BHAFC

No player in the Champions League last 16 covers more walking distance per 90 than Lamine Yamal - 3.45km per 90 Remind you of anyone? πŸ‘€ #FCBarcelona #FCBarca

We collect the body orientation of the target player for each pass at the point the pass is played & at the point they receive the ball. This allows us to measure if a player has opened or closed their body between those two points πŸ“ŠπŸ”Ž www.blog.fc.pff.com/blog/receivi...

Mo Salah has possessed the ball in the opposition penalty area over 100 times more than the next closet player in the Premier League this season. Dominance πŸ“ˆ #LFC #LiverpoolFC

Random stat of the day: Kai Havertz has the lowest percentage of shots with a 'better option available' in the Premier League (2%), meaning he’s rarely taking a shot from a bad position. The league average is 33% Missed? #AFC #ArsenalFC

β€’ Manchester United missing Rashford? β€’ Is Kudus shooting too much? β€’ Arsenal's woes in front of goal πŸ“‰ We take a look at which players are taking the majority of their team's chances in the Premier League ⬇️ www.blog.fc.pff.com/blog/shot-se...

Alexis Mac Allister has excelled under Arne Slot this season, his 92.1 passing grade ranks 5th among all players in the Premier League 🎯 #LFC

Per @pff-fc.bsky.social, there have been 48 Premier League games this season when a player had possession of the ball for a total of 220 seconds or more. Forty-seven of them came from center backs or goalkeepers; the other one was Jeremy Doku against Liverpool.

Sprints per 90 in the Championship this season: Borja Sainz, Norwich City - 30.9 Karlan Grant, West Brom - 29.8 Luca Koleosho, Burnley - 29.1 Daniel James, Leeds - 28.2 #NCFC

First in sprints and accelerations πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ Young defensive talent πŸ“ˆ Versatile attacking options 🧩 We look at Andoni Iraola's relentless Bournemouth side using PFF FC player grades and physical metrics. #afcb #footballdata www.blog.fc.pff.com/blog/afcb-su...

With Nicolas Jackson out injured, Chelsea are struggling to run in behind. Passes received breaking the defensive line in the final third this season: Nicolas Jackson - 38 (10% of all passes received) Cole Palmer - 11 (1%) Pedro Neto - 7 (2%) Christopher Nkunku - 7 (3%) #CFC

Ryan Gravenberch in the Premier League this season: 180 line-breaking passes received (4th) 90.2 Ball Carry grade (1st) #LFC

Goalkeeping has long been an area that has been poorly represented with traditional data. Here's everything you need to know about PFF FC Shot Stopping Grades ⬇️ www.blog.fc.pff.com/blog/shot-st...

πŸš€ Excited to see the improved data structure! Proud to contribute to @pysport.org's Kloppy package, especially with the new format integration. Grateful to @unravelsports.com, @probberechts.bsky.social, and @pff-fc.bsky.social for their contributions and for releasing tracking data in open-source!

We’ve restructured our 2022 Men's World Cup dataset. To streamline analysis and improve usability, we split event data by game and organized metadata and rosters into separate subfolders, each corresponding to a single game. Download for free ⬇️ www.blog.fc.pff.com/blog/enhance...