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

Manchester United 3-1 Liverpool

⚠️ 3 predictable outlets: Morgan Schneiderlin → Ander Herrera (57.1% of their passing); Anthony Martial → Ander Herrera (80% of their passing); David de Gea → Daley Blind (50% of their passing)

Tactical Metrics

PlayerEngineBridgeDependency
Ander Herrera100%100%Matteo Darmian (24.1%)
Bastian Schweinsteiger91.7%84.2%Michael Carrick (16.7%)
Matteo Darmian83.3%47.4%Marouane Fellaini (20.8%)
Michael Carrick75%23.6%Bastian Schweinsteiger (22.2%)
Luke Shaw75%19.6%Ashley Young (47.1%)
Ashley Young75%32.2%Luke Shaw (30.8%)
Marouane Fellaini66.7%36.8%Ashley Young (25%)
Daley Blind75%39.1%Luke Shaw (26.7%)
Chris Smalling58.3%20.1%Daley Blind (33.3%)
Morgan Schneiderlin41.7%6%Ander Herrera (57.1%) ⚠️
Juan Mata50%2.7%Daley Blind (33.3%)
Anthony Martial33.3%0%Ander Herrera (80%) ⚠️
David de Gea41.7%5.8%Daley Blind (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.