Beyond Stats

Fact of the week

Lewandowski nets again

As you can see in this week’s video, Robert Lewandowski was instrumental in yet another match. He is the LALIGA player who takes the most shots, meaning that his goals are the result of constant attacking graft. He shoots 3.3 times per match on average. Furthermore, he is the fifth-highest goalscorer in the competition, one of the three who score the most under pressure and the player who generates the most Expected Goals. To put this another way, his finishing touch was lacking precision, but he was never short of chances.

Remarkable Coach

El Cholo still standing out on effectiveness

Practically since the start of the season, Diego Simeone has maintained his team’s high levels of effectiveness in front of goal. Atletico Madrid are the side with the highest percentage of shots on target in the entire division, at over 44%. Los Rojiblancos are also among the top three for shots on target, passes in the final third and forward passes.

Key Player

Llorente is key for his team across the board

Marcos Llorente’s attacking figures justify pushing him further and further forward. He ranks third for Atletico on all of these stats: shots on target, the percentage of shots on target, shots under pressure, shots from inside the box and passes in the final third. This set of metrics is the mark of a player who, both physically and in terms of his skill on the ball, is solidifying his role as the star performer in his team.

The Match up

Sevilla look to extend their good run against the table-toppers

Sevilla have been experiencing an uptick in form over the course of several weeks, and their stats show it. However, the reality is that they are facing the league leaders in the next game, who are also the most intense team in the competition. Real Madrid are the side with the most maximum-intensity actions in LALIGA EA Sports, which is to say that they are the team with the most actions at over 28 km/h. They are also the team with the most high-impact attacking actions. Suffice to say, there is a lot at stake in this clash.

Remember his name

Take Kubo continues to make the difference

As you can see, prior to the goal shown, the player makes a decisive carry. This is a constant part of his game, to the point where he is the player with the third-most high-impact carries in the competition. Furthermore, he completes the sixth-most dribbles, is fifth on passes leading to shots, and is among the top ten on passes in the final third.

Metric of the week

Advantageous recoveries

Recoveries can be evaluated in many ways, and the context in which they take place is an important consideration. Obviously it is essential for a team to recover the ball when out of possession, but not all recoveries have the same impact on the game. To evaluate this aspect, we have created the ‘advantageous recoveries’ metric, which measures how many players are positioned ahead of the ball, including those on the team winning the ball back and on the opposing side, when possession is regained. They can be divided into two categories: advantageous recoveries (when the recovering team has more or the same number of players ahead of the ball than the opposing team) and recoveries with no advantage (when there are more players on the opposing team than players on the recovering team).

Beyond Stats ofrece métricas increíbles en la industria del fútbol: no se limita a recopilar los datos que se suelen usar para los análisis estándarque llegan a los aficionados, sino que va más allá, recopilando una cantidad ingente de información durante el partido, casi en tiempo real, gracias a la herramienta Mediacoach de LALIGA, que es capaz de revelar nuevas percepciones sobre el juego a un nivel más profundo permitiendo trazar patrones y obtener proyecciones de futuro.

Los datos brutos recogidos (Raw Data) son tratados para su análisis por un equipo multidisciplinar compuesto por expertos en Business Intelligence & Analytics y análisis futbolístico de LALIGA a través de procesos de Machine Learning e Inteligencia Artificial que se han hecho posibles gracias a la tecnología Azure que provee Microsoft, capaz de procesar grandes volúmenes de datos. Tras su tratamiento, se genera un algoritmo que permite la visualización de las métricas que llegan al aficionado por medio de Beyond Stats. Estas estadísticas permiten a los aficionados entender mejor por qué su equipo ha ganado un partido, lo ha perdido, o tener una visión panorámica de su rendimiento y expectativas, lo que permite una inmersión inédita en la experiencia del espectador de fútbol.

En todos los estadios de LALIGA encontramos hasta dieciséis cámaras perimetrales fijas de alta resolución para el tracking óptico que siguen en el terreno de juego la situación de jugadores, árbitros y balón, recogiendo datos físicos y técnico-tácticos a un ritmo vertiginoso de 25 veces por segundo.

“Encontramos hasta dieciséis cámaras perimetrales fijas de alta resolución para el tracking óptico”

Estos dispositivos permiten la integración, a través de la herramienta de análisis Mediacoach, de dos tecnologías: tracking y eventing. El tracking se apoya en la información de seguimiento recogida por las cámaras perimetrales del estadio, y permite elaborar métricas como las referidas a distancia recorrida, velocidad máxima y media, o número de sprints. Mediante el eventing se registran los eventos más objetivables: número de pases, córners, o faltas cometidas y recibidas. La información captada a través de tracking y eventing se integra y almacena en el sistema formando un conjunto de datos de gran volumen.