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FIFA World Cup 2018 · Quarter-final · 2018-07-06

Brazil 1-2 Belgium

⚠️ 2 predictable outlets: Gabriel Jesus → Neymar (50% of their passing); Alisson → João Miranda de Souza Filho (50% of their passing)

Tactical Metrics

PlayerEngineBridgeDependency
Philippe Coutinho91.7%81.9%Marcelo (31.3%)
Marcelo91.7%100%Philippe Coutinho (32.4%)
Neymar91.7%53.7%Philippe Coutinho (42.3%)
Fernandinho91.7%68.1%Philippe Coutinho (19.4%)
Thiago Silva91.7%97.5%Neymar (15.4%)
Douglas Costa66.7%18.5%Philippe Coutinho (26.7%)
Roberto Firmino91.7%94%Douglas Costa (23.1%)
Fágner83.3%80.7%Thiago Silva (41.2%)
João Miranda de Souza Filho66.7%37.7%Fernandinho (29.4%)
Renato Augusto66.7%3.7%Douglas Costa (42.9%)
Paulinho66.7%15%Fágner (42.9%)
Gabriel Jesus50%2.5%Neymar (50%) ⚠️
Alisson33.3%5.1%João Miranda de Souza Filho (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.