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

Belgium 2-0 England

⚠️ 2 predictable outlets: Ruben Loftus-Cheek → Kieran Trippier (56.5% of their passing); Jordan Pickford → Harry Maguire (55.6% of their passing)

Tactical Metrics

PlayerEngineBridgeDependency
Kieran Trippier81.8%38.8%Eric Dier (18.6%)
Eric Dier100%100%Ruben Loftus-Cheek (26.5%)
Jesse Lingard90.9%52.3%Eric Dier (20.6%)
Harry Maguire100%68.4%John Stones (20%)
Ruben Loftus-Cheek81.8%16.4%Kieran Trippier (56.5%) ⚠️
John Stones81.8%31.6%Harry Maguire (27.6%)
Marcus Rashford81.8%57.2%Kieran Trippier (28.6%)
Phil Jones72.7%20.5%Kieran Trippier (45.8%)
Fabian Delph81.8%38.3%Harry Maguire (35%)
Harry Kane72.7%5.2%Eric Dier (27.3%)
Jordan Pickford54.5%8.5%Harry Maguire (55.6%) ⚠️
Dele Alli45.5%1.7%Marcus Rashford (40%)

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.