Analysis
The table at the halfway mark: who is really in the race?
Two clubs, a queue behind them and a relegation fight that is already three teams deep.
Seville
Sofia Marín
Tactics and data. Watches every game twice: once for fun, once with a notebook.
Tactics
Why pressing high is costing Ashford points
The best defence in the league has one weakness, and Rovers found it twice.
Tactics
How to read expected goals without losing your mind
What xG measures, what it misses and how to use it without becoming unbearable.
Analysis
Why Elmwood score so many late goals
Eleven of twenty-four goals after the 75th minute. The bench, the shape change and the fitness plan behind it.
Tactics
The back three is back
Five of ten clubs now use three centre-backs. Why the shape returned, and where it breaks.
Tactics
Set pieces: the cheapest goals in football
A third of the league’s goals come from corners and free kicks. Most clubs practise them for an hour a week.