Data-first scouting essays on the players and teams the numbers make interesting, built with The Prism.
Who is the best young full back currently in the Premier League?
Lewis Hall has played every minute of Newcastle's season and does more with the ball than almost any full back in the league, though the defending is ordinary.
Why have Atalanta stopped creating chances?
Atalanta create fewer clear chances than any side in Serie A, and the cause looks less like bad finishing than a team that has stopped winning the ball back.
How Newcastle are ninth whilst taking fewer shots than everyone else
Newcastle shoot less often than any side in the Premier League, and only the sharpest finishing outside Manchester City is keeping them 9th.
Tottenham so far this season...
Five games in, Tottenham create and shoot like a side from the top half and have scored twice, which makes their bad start a finishing problem rather than a spending one.
Federico Dimarco, Numbers That Pull In Two Directions
A defender who leads his position pool for aerials while carrying seventeen assists.