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Pressing Chains

Which teams press together, and does it win the ball?

Pressing chains
1,567
20 tracked matches
% chains won the ball
32%
Most chains / match
47.5
Sydney FC
Longest chain (engagements)
15

Key finding43%
of Sydney FC's pressing chains won the ball, the best rate in the league.
Key finding23% / 32%
of engagements see the ball won when a player presses alone, against in a chain.

Chains by Team

How often each club presses together, and how often it wins the ball.

League 39.2

Club

Chains / match

47.5

45.8

41.8

41.4

40.7

40.3

38.0

37.0

36.0

35.3

35.0

34.0

31.8

SkillCorner - Tracking data

Chained vs Alone

Does pressing together win the ball more often than pressing alone?

Alone
In a chain

Club

Gap

Melbourne City

+14

Wellington Phoenix

+14

Perth Glory

+13

Western United

+13

Adelaide United

+12

Auckland FC

+11

Sydney FC

Western Sydney Wanderers

Brisbane Roar

Melbourne Victory

Central Coast Mariners

Macarthur FC

-0

Newcastle Jets

-5

SkillCorner - Tracking data

Where Chains Start

Where each of a club's pressing chains began, and which won the ball.

Won the ballDid notBigger = more engagementspresses towards →

SkillCorner - Tracking data

Pressing Chains

Chains by Team

Chains by Team

Pressing chain

Small samples

Coach

Chained vs Alone

Chained vs Alone

Alone or in a chain

Small samples

Coach

Where Chains Start

Where Chains Start

Pressing chain

Coach