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The Stunning Stats Behind Liverpool’s Record Unbeaten Run
Regardless of what other trophies Liverpool pick up this season, debate will forever rage among Kopites about whether this…
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TTT Player of the Month for December 2019: Jordan Henderson
December is usually the busiest month on the football calendar in England, but Liverpool took it to extreme levels…
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What Data Viz Tells Us About Liverpool’s Progress Under Klopp
This series of articles features visualisations, with screen shots of various dashboards. However, links will be provided to the…
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How Strong Are Flamengo? Here’s What The Stats Say
Whether the World Club Cup is an especially big deal to Liverpool and their fans, it certainly is for…
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Post-Match Analysis: FC Salzburg 0 Liverpool 2
Liverpool secured their spot in the last sixteen of the 2019/20 Champions League with a 2-0 win away at…
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TTT Player Of The Month for November 2019: Trent Alexander-Arnold
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Trent Alexander-Arnold started five of Liverpool’s six matches in November, and was the…
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Post-Match Analysis: Liverpool 1 Napoli 1
Liverpool missed an opportunity to secure their spot in the knock-out phase of the Champions League, as they were…
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How Liverpool’s Pressing Game Under Jürgen Klopp Has Developed
Written by Mizgan Masani. Introduction Talk of pressing in football is quite commonplace these days, and to some extent,…
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TTT Player Of The Month for October 2019: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Speaking after Liverpool’s excellent 3-1 win over Manchester City, Jürgen Klopp reflected on Fabinho’s wonder-strike which opened the scoring…
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Fabinho: The Finesse-Filled Forceful Fulcrum
Most fans – including me – think the other “F” in the side is the actual fulcrum. Without Firmino,…
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Want to Know the Secret of Liverpool’s Set Piece Success? Ask Max Zorin
Set plays are so important in the Premier League these days, aren’t they? “It’s around 35 per cent of…
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Post-Match Analysis: Liverpool 2 Genk 1
Liverpool took pole position in Champions League Group E on Tuesday night, as their 2-1 win over Genk combined…
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Unexpected xG – What Makes the Expected Goal Models So Different?
Not a day passes by without football fans dismissing expected goals as some kind of statistical snake oil, brought…
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‘Like Rocky!’ TTT Player Of The Month for September 2019: Adrián
You may disagree, but it didn’t feel like Liverpool had a truly stand-out player in September. The Reds played…
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Is Mohamed Salah Selfish? The Data Viz May Hold The Answer
This series of articles features visualisations, with screen shots of various dashboards. However, links will be provided to the…
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Post-Match Analysis: Liverpool 4 Salzburg 3
Liverpool secured their first Champions League victory since the 2018/19 final when they defeated Salzburg 4-3 at Anfield. The famous…
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Which Are Liverpool’s Most Potent Attacking Combinations? The Front Five
As much as a football club is the sum of multiple parts, from managers to analysts to nutritionists to…
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Si Señor! TTT Player Of The Month for August 2019: Roberto Firmino
Last season, The Tomkins Times introduced a monthly player in focus feature. It was generally used to highlight the…
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Assessing Liverpool’s Champions League Opponents, in a Mirror
The Champions of Europe have a title to defend. No team had retained the continental title for 26 years…
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Is Andy Robertson Destined to Become Liverpool’s Next Goal Machine?
When reading this article, visualise the words ‘small sample’ running through it like the name of a seaside town…
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Big Data Study: Referees Are Biased Against Foreign Players
In the seven Premier League seasons prior to 2019/20, there were over 600 penalties awarded, and at The Tomkins Times…
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Why Are Liverpool Conceding So Many Clear-Cut Chances?
Liverpool’s defensive record throughout 2018/19 was simply phenomenal. They conceded just 22 league goals, the fewest in the division.…
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Analysing Adrian – Is Liverpool’s New ‘Keeper Good Enough?
Any form of transfer news is big business in football media. You only have to look at Twitter for…
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The 2019/20 Pre-Season – What Did We Learn?
If pre-season teaches us anything, it’s probably to ignore the results from pre-season. In 2015/16, Liverpool won five of…
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How Do Liverpool Look in Opta’s 2018/19 Review?
These are interesting times for statistical analysis of football, though in truth they usually are. As one door closes…
