Possession & Pressing
PPDA: The Formula, and Where It Lies: a data reference
The definition, the zone problem, and the two teams that share one number.
Core metricPossession & Pressing
Possession read as pressure: passes allowed per defensive action, field tilt, high turnovers and the intensity measures that describe where a team wins the ball back.
Possession & Pressing
Field Tilt: Territory Without the Ball — explained
Why the final-third share is a better territory measure than possession.
Core metric
Possession & Pressing
High Turnovers and Counter-Pressing: a data reference
Where the ball is won, how quickly it is won back, and why football's best sides farm it.
Applied metric
Possession & Pressing
Measuring Pressing Intensity: definition and limits
Approximating effort from consequences, and the ambiguity that follows.
Advanced / contested
Possession & Pressing
Possession-Adjusted Statistics: definition and limits
Why raw defensive counts punish good teams, and how the adjustment works.
Advanced / contested
Possession & Pressing
Defending the Transition in the football data vault
Counter-pressing, rest defence and the metrics of the seconds after a turnover.
Advanced / contested