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Pressing

Which teams go after the ball carrier, and how?

  • Engagements per match, both teams
    872
  • Key finding508

    engagements on the ball carrier per match: Newcastle Jets press the most.

Pressure on the Ball

How it's counted

Pressure on the Ball

Engagement

A player closing down the ball carrier.

Third
where it happened, the club's own

Coach

Head coach from the match report, credited as in Coach Reactions.

No coach names
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How often each club goes after the ball carrier, and how.

  • Pressing
  • Pressure
  • Counter-press
  • Recovery press
  • Other
League 436
Club
Engagements / match
508
500
484
478
456
455
451
446
431
408
403
368
360

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What Pressing Achieves

How it's counted

What Pressing Achieves

Engagement outcome

The provider's outcome for each engagement on the ball carrier.

Ball won
by the presser or a teammate
Forced back
the carrier turned or passed backwards
Beaten
the carrier got past, on the ball or by a movement
Danger stopped
a dangerous possession stopped or cut

Small samples

Clubs with one tracked match are shown, not ranked.

Coach

Head coach from the match report, credited as in Coach Reactions.

No coach names
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How often a club's pressure wins the ball, forces it back or gets beaten.

League 18%
Club
% ball won
23%
21%
20%
20%
19%
19%
19%
18%
18%
17%
15%
15%
14%

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Where Clubs Press

How it's counted

Where Clubs Press

Engagement outcome

The provider's outcome for each engagement on the ball carrier.

Ball won
by the presser or a teammate
Forced back
the carrier turned or passed backwards
Beaten
the carrier got past, on the ball or by a movement
Danger stopped
a dangerous possession stopped or cut

Coach

Head coach from the match report, credited as in Coach Reactions.

No coach names
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Where on the pitch a club goes after the ball carrier, and where it pays off.

30 engagements here4.3119 engagements here17137 engagements here20131 engagements here1999 engagements here1421 engagements here3.033 engagements here4.7109 engagements here16107 engagements here15142 engagements here2093 engagements here1336 engagements here5.158 engagements here8.3108 engagements here15130 engagements here19188 engagements here27129 engagements here1851 engagements here7.362 engagements here8.9126 engagements here18120 engagements here17131 engagements here19134 engagements here1941 engagements here5.960 engagements here8.6165 engagements here24173 engagements here25142 engagements here20101 engagements here1440 engagements here5.7
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Who Presses Most

How it's counted

Who Presses Most

Engagement

A player closing down the ball carrier.

Third
where it happened, the club's own

Per 90 minutes

Per 90 minutes played in the tracked matches.

Ranked
180+ minutes

The players who go after the ball carrier most.

  • Pressing
  • Pressure
  • Counter-press
  • Recovery press
  • Other
Average 33.8
Player
Engagements / 90'
Vitor FeijãoW
Central Coast Mariners
78.1
L. BrattanMF
Macarthur FC
70.6
S. MaukMF
Adelaide United
69.6
J. RandallST
Auckland FC
68.8
M. RuhsST
Western United
66.3
N. BotićST
Western United
65.9
H. EamesMF
Central Coast Mariners
65.9
E. AlagichMF
Adelaide United
64.1
K. NagasawaMF
Wellington Phoenix
63.4
K. JelacicW
Brisbane Roar
62.4

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