The most common direction of short goalkicks is from goalkeeper to central defender (GK->DC). However, the reversed direction (DC->GK) is getting more and more popular. If you split by season you’d notice a trend. For the last 3 seasons percent of goalkicks directed towards goalkeepers …
What do players do with the ball in the opponent’s half? If you assume they can either shoot, cross, pass or dribble you’d probably cover more than 95% of possible actions. Regular (non-cross) pass is the most popular option all across the pitch, except in …
An average time period between goalkeeper claims or picks up the ball and the next action is about 9 seconds (despite of ‘6 seconds rule’). While winning this time increases to 11 sec, when losing – decreases to 7 sec. I wanted to check if …