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Scouting Premier League midfielders who can unlock a defense

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Trackers

Scouting success depends on how specific you can get with your requiremnets. At MyGamePlan we can combine and sync all your data sources, and give you the power to fully customize any metric and easily answer any tactical question.

In this example, we scout the Premier League for midfielders who are productive at breaking the defensive line.

Tracker set up

A Count Tracker measures how often a specific condition is met. In this case, we use event data to check all passes that are followed by a shot or goal, and filter those which broke the defensive line by syncing with tracking data to check the location of the opposition defense.

All underlined parts can be customized to create millions of tracker combinations

Find the high-performers

While its no surprise to see Kevin De Bruyne lead on a per 90 basis, we also see players such as Mikkel Damsgaard, Ismaila Sarr and Morgan Gibbs-White stand out as the Premier Leagues most creative midfielders.

Identify targets across your chosen markets

Drill into every player and event

Football is a game of context, and our visuals help provide crucial information on every event that enables scouting teams make the most informed player assessment. Some midfielders deliver from deep, others from zone 14. Either way, consistency + variety = elite value.

Visualize events for additional context

Monitor consistency

Our trendline helps spot trends in player performance. We can see that Gibbs-White is not as productive at breaking the defensive line against the top 6 teams - something which can be flagged by the scouting team.

Track performance across the season

Check the โ€˜eye-testโ€™

Video helps give additional context before or after an event, and can help highlight behavior that is not picked up in the data. In this instance, Gibbs-White makes a crucial third man run to receive in space, before unlocking the defense with his pass.

Click into any event and go straight to video

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