Thanks Andrew, always a great read, been excited about everything I’m reading about Arne taking over & this only adds to it. Pretty confident a better quality squad starting point can only improve all the positives too. Come on you Reds
Great article, many thanks. Really interesting note on home and away record match up. PSV's incredible home record won them the league but they had an identical away record to Feyenoord- yet scored 16 more goals and conceded 6 less than Slot's team. Bonkers.
In the league table I think the xPts and Actual points figures need to be swapped?
On TTT I mentioned opposition dribble stats against Liverpool, in the PL this season, were the highest in the league! How did Feyenoord compare in the Eredivisie? And do these stats really matter considering we collected 82 points?
Feyenoord were not as bad at that as Liverpool - opposing teams completed 7.1 dribblers per match with a 45.3% success rate. Those figures were 11.2 and 49.6 respectively for the Reds:
Whether it matters is up for debate. There's no easy to check but six goals Liverpool conceded this season included an opposition take-on in the final two actions prior to the shot. They included Haaland's goal at City (ended 1-1), Trossard at Arsenal (lost 3-1 but were already losing when that goal occurred in stoppage time) and two goals in the 3-3 draw at Villa.
Thanks - I agree. Its taking something in isolation. But it was the sheer number of attempted dribbles against Liverpool defenders that stood out. City were lowest (499) followed by Arsenal (612) but we were top of the whole league with 872. That is a lot of work for a Liverpool team to get through.
Thanks Andrew, always a great read, been excited about everything I’m reading about Arne taking over & this only adds to it. Pretty confident a better quality squad starting point can only improve all the positives too. Come on you Reds
Great article, many thanks. Really interesting note on home and away record match up. PSV's incredible home record won them the league but they had an identical away record to Feyenoord- yet scored 16 more goals and conceded 6 less than Slot's team. Bonkers.
In the league table I think the xPts and Actual points figures need to be swapped?
On TTT I mentioned opposition dribble stats against Liverpool, in the PL this season, were the highest in the league! How did Feyenoord compare in the Eredivisie? And do these stats really matter considering we collected 82 points?
Feyenoord were not as bad at that as Liverpool - opposing teams completed 7.1 dribblers per match with a 45.3% success rate. Those figures were 11.2 and 49.6 respectively for the Reds:
https://fbref.com/en/comps/23/Eredivisie-Stats#all_stats_squads_possession
https://fbref.com/en/comps/9/Premier-League-Stats#all_stats_squads_possession
Whether it matters is up for debate. There's no easy to check but six goals Liverpool conceded this season included an opposition take-on in the final two actions prior to the shot. They included Haaland's goal at City (ended 1-1), Trossard at Arsenal (lost 3-1 but were already losing when that goal occurred in stoppage time) and two goals in the 3-3 draw at Villa.
https://fbref.com/en/squads/822bd0ba/2023-2024/goallogs/all_comps/Liverpool-Goal-Logs-All-Competitions
But then Feyenoord conceded seven in fewer matches and from fewer opposition dribbles completed!
Thanks - I agree. Its taking something in isolation. But it was the sheer number of attempted dribbles against Liverpool defenders that stood out. City were lowest (499) followed by Arsenal (612) but we were top of the whole league with 872. That is a lot of work for a Liverpool team to get through.