I wrote this without looking anything up. But in case you'd like some analytics too, here's @gradientsports.bsky.social on Zubimendi: — #1 ranked midfielder at duels in the league — #1 ranked midfielder at aerial duels in the league — #5 ranked midfielder at 50/50 balls in the league

Introducing Off-Ball Runs - Now Available via the Gradient Sports API across 55+ competitions 🌎 Every run is broken down into 15 spatial control points, capturing player position, ball position, zone, and speed throughout. Read the full methodology 👇 www.gradientsports.com/blog/measuri...

A really interesting article by @rwohan.bsky.social Ryan uses Gradient Sports Passing Grade to showcase why manual execution based models are needed to complement traditional recruitment strategies📊👇 www.espn.com/soccer/story...

We've updated our Player Grading Models. 📊 Grades are now calculated across all competitions and seasons, creating a single unified distribution that makes cross-league and cross-season comparisons more relevant than ever. Read more 👇 www.gradientsports.com/blog/underst...

Jérémy Doku is the standout 1v1 Attacker in the Premier League this season (per 90 basis) 🏃‍♂️💨 #MCFC

Top 5 midfield line-breaking passes per 90, Arsenal 1. Ødegaard (2.86) 2. Merino (2.17) 3. Zubimendi (1.99) 4. Rice (1.75) 5. Trossard (1.37) (data: @gradientsports.bsky.social)

As Arsenal's possession game sputters, the grind has become routine. He's my long-read on situational play, the long-ball dilemma, the Zubi-Rice pivot, the cost of defending, the advanced data from @gradientsports.bsky.social, and how to improve from here.

When you manually evaluate every shot in the Premier League, you can assess subjective matters with more confidence. Using Better Option %, we look at which players should shoot more, and who should shoot less this season. 👇 www.gradientsports.com/blog/better-...

Add PSG to the list of teams chasing Morgan Rogers... www.espn.com/soccer/story... (📊 @gradientsports.bsky.social)

Accelerating past an opponent with the ball is one of football’s hardest skills — and until now, difficult to measure. Our frame-by-frame tracking includes possession indicators, allowing us to verify ball control throughout an acceleration effort. www.gradientsports.com/blog/introdu...

Traditional data will tell you that William Saliba's 41.3% Challenge win percentage ranks last among CBs in the Premier League this season What it doesn't tell you is that his ball control and defensive positioning are among Europe's elite ⬇️ www.gradientsports.com/blog/looking... #AFC

The next elite talent? In the Bundesliga this season, only Michael Olise has completed more dribbles and received more passes opening their body than 19-year-old Yan Diomande. Direct 🏃‍♂️💨

We examined which goalkeeper metrics are the most stable for evaluating performance. Using Spearman correlations, we found that avoiding negative actions is far more stable than save percentage or PSxG. 📊⬇️ www.gradientsports.com/blog/why-sta...

No player in Serie A this season has more positively graded passes (74, execution) or line-breaking passes completed (120, progression) than Luka Modric Still among the very best at 40 years old 👏

How do you go about replacing players like Elliot Anderson, Marc Guehi and Carlos Baleba? Using Gradient Sports grades and metrics, we profile some realistic, data-aligned successors ⬇️ #NFFC #CPFC #BHAFC www.gradientsports.com/blog/finding...

Elliot Anderson has emerged as one of the most important players for both club and country this season. We examine Anderson's Premier League data set, where he leads the Premier League in 10+ categories. #NFFC 🌳 www.gradientsports.com/blog/the-ris...

Important shifts, as I went through @gradientsports.bsky.social data: — Arsenal now lead the league in “open play power shots” (26) — This is 12 more than the second-highest team — Arsenal have the highest percentage of “power shots” in the league (19%) — Eze leads this league (7).

Gradient Sports is delighted to sign a partnership with Sport Republic and their portfolio of clubs to empower their decision-making with industry-leading broadcast tracking, physical metrics, and off-ball run data. 📊⬇️ | #SaintsFC #Göztepe | www.gradientsports.com/blog/sport-r...

Marc Guehi performed above his positional average in every defensive category last season 📊📈 #CPFC #LFC

Senior Data Scientist Mehmet Erden examines how our player grading system integrates with pass clustering models to identify the types of passes Premier League teams consistently execute well 🎯📊 Read here: www.gradientsports.com/blog/using-g...

Open Letter from the CEO: PFF FC rebrands to Gradient Sports Read here ⬇️ www.gradientsports.com/blog/open-le...

PFF FC is now Gradient Sports! 🚨 After securing investment to increase our event data coverage and unique player grading system, we are delighted to announce that we have spun off from PFF to form Gradient Sports. For more information, visit: gradientsports.com

The model was built using 64 games of World Cup 2022 tracking and event data (publicly available through @pff-fc.bsky.social), and using only open-source Python libraries (𝐤𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐲 and 𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬).

🌀 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧-𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 @ 𝐏𝐲𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 On Saturday I presented a Graph Neural Network Expected Possession Value model at @pydatalondon.bsky.social 2025. This 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐄𝐏𝐕 model is an ML approach that predicts scoring probability for any moment in the game 🔗 tinyurl.com/pydata-ldn25

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 💪 #BHAFC

Ranking the Top 50 Players from the 2024/25 Premier League season, starting with 50-41 📈 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 📊 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: • 84.7 Challenge Grade (7th/96 CBs) • 8.34 Passes Completed in the final third p90 (5th/96) • 0.72 positional mistakes p90 (4th best/96) A serious talent at 20 years old 📈 #afcb

Line-breaking passes received in the Premier League this season: Morgan Rogers - 274 Ryan Gravenberch - 237 Bruno Guimarães - 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: 📈 Rashford and Asensio 🏃‍♂️ Marmoush and Khusanov's speed 💪 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 💪 #LFC #LiverpoolFC

Mo Salah in the Premier League this season: 🔺 Leads PL in shots (106) & unsavable goals (19) 🔺 Most passes into a dangerous position (127) 🔺 30% of dribbles create a threat – best in the league Still elite at 32. Read the full breakdown👇 🔗 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 📈 • Receiving on the turn • Breaking Lines • 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. 🎯⬇️ 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 📊 #BHAFC

Dean Huijsen ranks only behind Gabriel, Ruben Dias and William Saliba in the fewest positional mistakes per 90 this season. A serious talent 📈 #afcb 🍒

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 📊 #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 📊⬇️ #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 📊

Passing ability vs. Carrying ability in the Premier League this season among midfielders and forwards 📊

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. 📈 We take a look at how MLS compares to Europe's 'Big Five' leagues in high-speed run counts and sprints. 🏃‍♂️💨 #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 💪 (min 900 minutes played) #LFC