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 strategies๐๐
www.espn.com/soccer/story...
We've updated our Player Grading Models. ๐
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 ๐
www.gradientsports.com/blog/underst...
Jรฉrรฉmy Doku is the standout 1v1 Attacker in the Premier League this season (per 90 basis) ๐โโ๏ธ๐จ
#MCFC
Top 5 midfield line-breaking passes per 90, Arsenal
1. รdegaard (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.
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www.gradientsports.com/blog/better-...
thanks for sharing!
Add PSG to the list of teams chasing Morgan Rogers...
www.espn.com/soccer/story...
(๐ @gradientsports.bsky.social)
We cover Europeโs top 5 leagues, but his grades will be normalised among Ligue 1 players only
Accelerating past an opponent with the ball is one of footballโs hardest skills โ 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 โฌ๏ธ
www.gradientsports.com/blog/looking...
#AFC
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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 ๐โโ๏ธ๐จ
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. ๐โฌ๏ธ
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 ๐
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 โฌ๏ธ
#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 ๐ณ
www.gradientsports.com/blog/the-ris...
Important shifts, as I went through @gradientsports.bsky.social data:
โ Arsenal now lead the league in โopen play power shotsโ (26)
โ This is 12 more than the second-highest team
โ Arsenal have the highest percentage of โpower shotsโ in the league (19%)
โ 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. ๐โฌ๏ธ
| #SaintsFC #Gรถztepe |
www.gradientsports.com/blog/sport-r...
Marc Guehi performed above his positional average in every defensive category last season ๐๐
#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 ๐ฏ๐
Read here: www.gradientsports.com/blog/using-g...
Open Letter from the CEO: PFF FC rebrands to Gradient Sports
Read here โฌ๏ธ
www.gradientsports.com/blog/open-le...
PFF FC is now Gradient Sports! ๐จ
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 (๐ค๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ and ๐ฎ๐ง๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ).
๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง-๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐
๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ @ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐
On Saturday I presented a Graph Neural Network Expected Possession Value model at @pydatalondon.bsky.social 2025.
This ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐๐๐ model is an ML approach that predicts scoring probability for any moment in the game
๐ 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 ๐ช
#BHAFC
Ranking the Top 50 Players from the 2024/25 Premier League season, starting with 50-41 ๐
50: Emmanuel Agbadou
49: ???
43: Mateo Kovacic
Read here โฌ๏ธ
www.blog.fc.pff.com/blog/top50-p...
Join us for a webinar exploring our physical metrics platform โ Epitome ๐
Weโll demonstrate how Epitomeโs 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:
โข 84.7 Challenge Grade (7th/96 CBs)
โข 8.34 Passes Completed in the final third p90 (5th/96)
โข 0.72 positional mistakes p90 (4th best/96)
A serious talent at 20 years old ๐
#afcb
