Every goal kick they take, sorted: how often they go long or play out, where the short build goes first, what each route produces, and what it costs them when it goes wrong.
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The prompt behind it
Show how Club Brugge play out from their own goal kicks, and where each route gets them.
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Route, match by match
One column per match in date order, split by route
01 · The routes
Across 309 goal kicks, Club Brugge go straight long 40% of the time, the 16th most direct side of 18. Another 24% start short and are then hit long, and 37% are played out. S. Mignolet takes 97% of them.
The column per match is where the story starts: the long share runs from 0% against SV Zulte Waregem to 100% against KV Kortrijk, while the score barely moves it. So the question for Saturday is not what Brugge do, but what this opponent makes them do.
First ball, second ball
Every long ball: the long goal kick, or the 30 m+ pass out of a short start
02 · The long ball
A long goal kick from Club Brugge reaches a teammate 34% of the time, against a league 22%, and it is aimed left 39% of the time, most often to N. Lang. On long goal kicks the second ball comes back to them 45% of the time, 2nd of 18.
That changes the plan without the ball. Pressing the short build is only half the job: once the ball is won back, 33% of those possessions reach the final third, so the midfield has to be set for the knock-down as much as for the kick.
What each route produces
Outcome of each route's possession, with the league figure as a tick
03 · What each route produces
Each route is followed until the opponent has the ball. Played short, 43% of Club Brugge's possessions reach the final third (league 31%) and 8.8% end in a shot (league 5.9%). Straight long, it is 15% and 0.8%.
Overall their goal kicks reach the final third 27% of the time and end in a shot 4.9%, both 1st in the league. Forcing this side long is not a concession, it is the aim.
The first two passes
Every short-origin goal kick, coloured by the side it is played to
04 · The short build
On 186 short-origin goal kicks the build goes down the centre 45% of the time, left 34% and right 20%. The first pass finds B. Mechele 34% of the time, then S. Nsoki 22%.
The centre was the dominant side in 13 of the 25 matches with at least four short-origin kicks, so it is a habit rather than a plan for one opponent. That gives your press a trigger to rehearse all week.
From the turnover to the shot
Opponent shots within 20 seconds of a Club Brugge goal kick
05 · Chances conceded
9 of 309 goal kicks end with the opponent shooting within 20 seconds, 2.9% against a league 3.4%: 0.9 xG and 1 goal conceded, 9th best of 18. The riskiest route is long, 6 shots against from 123 kicks.
The table says whose loss it is: 3 of the 9 shots follow a turnover by H. Vanaken, and 7 of the 9 losses are an intercepted pass. That is the player and the moment to press.
The goal kicks, frame by frame
Tracking playback with pitch control, 100 most recent goal kicks
06 · Frame by frame
The last section plays the 100 most recent goal kicks with tracking, from the ball on the spot to ten seconds after the possession ends, with pitch control showing the space each side reaches first. This one is a long kick against RSC Anderlecht on 22 May, in the 89th minute.
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