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Premier League 2015/16 · Matchday · 2015-09-12

Manchester United 3-1 Liverpool

⚠️ 5 predictable outlets: Simon Mignolet → Martin Škrtel (50% of their passing); Roberto Firmino → Nathaniel Clyne (50% of their passing); Divock Origi → Joe Gomez (50% of their passing); Danny Ings → Emre Can (50% of their passing); Alberto Moreno → Joe Gomez (50% of their passing)

Tactical Metrics

PlayerEngineBridgeDependency
Martin Škrtel76.9%43.1%Emre Can (22.2%)
Emre Can92.3%100%Martin Škrtel (31.8%)
Nathaniel Clyne92.3%87.8%Roberto Firmino (17.4%)
James Milner76.9%39.8%Christian Benteke (25%)
Joe Gomez69.2%83.2%Dejan Lovren (23.5%)
Lucas Leiva76.9%76.1%Martin Škrtel (20%)
Dejan Lovren76.9%29.9%Emre Can (20%)
Christian Benteke84.6%70.2%James Milner (36.4%)
Jordon Ibe53.8%21.1%Emre Can (33.3%)
Simon Mignolet46.2%6.9%Martin Škrtel (50%) ⚠️
Roberto Firmino38.5%2.3%Nathaniel Clyne (50%) ⚠️
Divock Origi61.5%5.8%Joe Gomez (50%) ⚠️
Danny Ings38.5%2.3%Emre Can (50%) ⚠️
Alberto Moreno23.1%2.2%Joe Gomez (50%) ⚠️

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.