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FIFA World Cup 2018 · 3rd Place Final · 2018-07-14

Belgium 2-0 England

⚠️ 2 predictable outlets: Thibaut Courtois → Toby Alderweireld (50% of their passing); Nacer Chadli → Eden Hazard (54.5% of their passing)

Tactical Metrics

PlayerEngineBridgeDependency
Kevin De Bruyne92.3%100%Eden Hazard (25.9%)
Toby Alderweireld69.2%20%Thomas Meunier (20%)
Eden Hazard92.3%56.2%Kevin De Bruyne (32.6%)
Axel Witsel100%73%Eden Hazard (28%)
Youri Tielemans76.9%30.1%Toby Alderweireld (26.8%)
Jan Vertonghen92.3%78.2%Eden Hazard (21.4%)
Vincent Kompany92.3%58.6%Toby Alderweireld (23.5%)
Thomas Meunier69.2%19.1%Toby Alderweireld (41.4%)
Thibaut Courtois69.2%23.5%Toby Alderweireld (50%) ⚠️
Thomas Vermaelen61.5%11.6%Jan Vertonghen (26.7%)
Dries Mertens53.8%6%Kevin De Bruyne (23.1%)
Romelu Lukaku69.2%12.4%Axel Witsel (25%)
Nacer Chadli61.5%8.6%Eden Hazard (54.5%) ⚠️
Mousa Dembélé46.2%1.8%Thomas Vermaelen (30%)

Engine = share of teammates directly connected to (degree centrality). Bridge = how much play is forced through this player (betweenness). ⚠️ flags a player sending ≥50% of their passes to one target.

AI Tactical Dossier

Turns the metrics above into a plain-English read, written from this data only.

Data: StatsBomb Open Data (public, non-commercial license), stored in Supabase · Completed passes only · Node size = total involvement (out + in volume) · Line thickness = pass volume between the pair.