Each line is generated from a finding that cleared its evidence bar; nothing here is a generic coaching point. The grey line says what it rests on; the button opens the sequences.
In your own build-up area, play on one or two touches: don't try to dribble past their press, and keep first touches clean.
36% of their high regains come straight after the opponent tries to dribble past someone or takes a bad touch (league median 29%); only 21% come from forward passes.
Copy the sides that escaped it: Coventry got out 78% (long on 22%).
Average escape rate against them is 35%.
When you win it, go down their left side immediately.
59% of the xG they concede after losing the ball comes down their left side (62 attacks, 14 shots), against 46% of their own attacking xG through that channel.
Let the ball go to Antonín Kinsky and press him when he receives.
Build-up exits made by Antonín Kinsky: the build-up carried on cleanly 35% of the time, vs 61% through anyone else (26 times).
Where each player takes the ball in each phase of their possession, and who passes to whom. Event data has no off-ball positions, so this is the shape of their touches — the standard event-data proxy. A phase is defined by where the ball is, so the dots sit inside that phase's third (shaded): read the order and the width, not the depth of each line. Tottenham attack left to right.
attacking → · shaded = the build-up zone
415 build-up phases. Dot = the median spot of a player's touches in this phase; size = share of touches; lines = consecutive touches between two players.
attacking → · shaded = the progression zone
636 progression phases. Dot = the median spot of a player's touches in this phase; size = share of touches; lines = consecutive touches between two players.
attacking → · shaded = the final third zone
524 final third phases. Dot = the median spot of a player's touches in this phase; size = share of touches; lines = consecutive touches between two players.
Tackles, interceptions, recoveries, blocks, challenges and fouls in the opponent's final 40%.
215 in the window. The press on a build-up = the first two rows: 23 (2.9 a match).
| source | times | share | per match | shot | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| press: settled build-up taken off them | 21 | 10% | 2.6 | 5% | |
| press: their restart forced into an error before they settled | 2 | 1% | 0.2 | 0% | |
| counter-press: won straight back after losing it | 11 | 5% | 1.4 | 18% | |
| second ball: the opponent touched it but never controlled it | 181 | 84% | 22.6 | 27% | |
| ↳ rebound after their own shot (saved or blocked) | 22 | 10% | 2.8 | 32% | |
| ↳ their cross / ball into the box, cleared | 71 | 33% | 8.9 | 34% | |
| ↳ their long ball, only headed or touched away | 16 | 7% | 2.0 | 6% | |
| ↳ after their own throw-in / set piece | 19 | 9% | 2.4 | 26% | |
| ↳ loose ball in their combination play (pass blocked or tackled) | 53 | 25% | 6.6 | 21% |
| opponent was | share | league | rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dribbling or a loose touch | 36% | 29% | 7 / 20 | |
| passing forward | 21% | 25% | 14 / 20 | |
| taking a throw-in | 14% | 3% | 1 / 20 | |
| passing sideways | 7% | 6% | 8 / 20 | |
| passing to the keeper | 5% | 0% | 4 / 20 | |
| passing to a full-back | 5% | 14% | 18 / 20 | |
| passing back | 2% | 3% | 12 / 20 | |
| going long | 2% | 7% | 20 / 20 | |
| a loose ball | 0% | 0% | 1 / 20 |
The opponents who went long most (45% of build-ups) got out 33% of the time; those who mostly played short (29% long) got out 44%. That is a lean, not proven at 20 matches (p=0.4609).
Best escapes: Coventry 78%; Nottingham Forest 47%; Man Utd 43%. One dot per match; hover for the opponent.
Most often started by Sandro Tonali (13), Jan Paul van Hecke (11), Archie Gray (10), Rodrigo Bentancur (8).
| lost in | losses | won back within 5s | led to a shot |
|---|---|---|---|
| own third | 33 | 45% | 18% |
| midfield | 177 | 29% | 5% |
| final third | 321 | 31% | 1% |
14.8 opponent attacks per match after winning the ball in open play that broke forward fast or reached the final third. Shading and % = share of the xG they produced, by the channel they used. Tottenham's goal is on the left. Central attacks carry more xG for every team, so compare with Tottenham's own attacking xG in the same kind of channel (centre, or the average flank): left 59% conceded vs 46% own, right 29% conceded vs 46% own, centre 12% conceded vs 7% own.
Every real turnover, named by the situation it came from. "Fast" = the side with the ball reached the final third within 10 seconds. Only real turnovers appear here: for everything the press wins high, including restarts it forced into an error, see "Every ball won in the opponent’s third" in the press section.
| type | times | share | fast | shot | xG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won high from a settled build-up (press) | 22 | 4%lg 5% | 27% | 9%lg 11% | 0.1 | |
| Won after their long possession (10+ passes) | 35 | 7%lg 9% | 23% | 0%lg 3% | 0.0 | |
| Won straight back after losing it (counter-press) | 91 | 18%lg 13% | 45% | 7%lg 7% | 0.5 | |
| Won by stopping their counter | 18 | 4%lg 4% | 11% | 6%lg 0% | 0.0 | |
| Won in midfield | 140 | 28%lg 25% | 40% | 10%lg 6% | 0.9 | |
| Won deep in own third | 162 | 33%lg 39% | 14% | 3%lg 3% | 0.4 | |
| Won from their set piece | 26 | 5%lg 5% | 12% | 4%lg 3% | 0.0 |
| type | times | share | opponent fast | shot against | xG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lost in own build-up under pressure | 23 | 4%lg 5% | 43% | 13%lg 11% | 0.2 | |
| Lost after own long possession (10+ passes) | 96 | 16%lg 9% | 14% | 5%lg 3% | 0.6 | |
| Lost straight after winning it | 63 | 10%lg 13% | 19% | 3%lg 8% | 0.1 | |
| Lost during own counter | 18 | 3%lg 4% | 11% | 6%lg 0% | 0.1 | |
| Lost in midfield | 142 | 23%lg 25% | 33% | 8%lg 6% | 1.5 | |
| Lost in the final third (attack broke down) | 239 | 39%lg 39% | 8% | 3%lg 3% | 0.8 | |
| Lost from own set piece | 37 | 6%lg 5% | 16% | 5%lg 2% | 0.1 |
Every controlled possession is typed by how it was played, and every real turnover (a possession that was established and then lost) by what the losing side was doing, how it lost the ball and what the winner did next. "Settled" = sustained or worked possessions; "unsettled" = short, second-ball, counter and direct possessions.
| type | times | share | ended in a shot | avg passes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sustained circulation (10+ passes) | 126 | 17%lg 11% | 12%lg 16% | 14.6 | |
| worked possession (4-9 passes) | 223 | 30%lg 26% | 8%lg 10% | 5.7 | |
| direct attack | 68 | 9%lg 14% | 3%lg 2% | 1.7 | |
| short possession (0-3 passes) | 133 | 18%lg 22% | 2% | 1.5 |
| the side losing it was in… | times | fast attack | secured | lost straight back | can’t keep it | shot | xG | how it was lost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sustained circulation (10+ passes) | 98 | 14% | 11% | 10% | 52% | 6% | 0.7 | pass cut out 62, bad touch 12 | |
| worked possession (4-9 passes) | 173 | 16% | 14% | 9% | 51% | 5% | 0.8 | pass cut out 86, long ball lost 30 | |
| direct attack | 59 | 34% | 15% | 12% | 34% | 8% | 0.6 | long ball lost 36, pass cut out 17 | |
| short possession (0-3 passes) | 115 | 20% | 10% | 14% | 49% | 5% | 0.6 | pass cut out 44, long ball lost 24 | |
| second-ball possession | 106 | 15% | 14% | 9% | 55% | 5% | 0.5 | pass cut out 52, bad touch 21 | |
| counter / fast transition | 30 | 13% | 10% | 20% | 50% | 3% | 0.1 | pass cut out 21, bad touch 4 | |
| set piece | 37 | 16% | 14% | 16% | 49% | 5% | 0.1 | pass cut out 23, long ball lost 8 |
| mechanism | times | share | led to a shot against | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pass cut out | 305 | 49%lg 52% | 7% | |
| long ball lost | 126 | 20%lg 24% | 5% | |
| bad touch | 94 | 15%lg 14% | 4% | |
| tackled / dispossessed | 47 | 8%lg 6% | 0% | |
| failed dribble | 42 | 7%lg 6% | 0% |
| the opponent was in… | times | fast attack | secured | lost straight back | can’t keep it | shot | xG | how it was lost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sustained circulation (10+ passes) | 37 | 22% | 19% | 5% | 46% | 3% | 0.1 | pass cut out 18, bad touch 8 | |
| worked possession (4-9 passes) | 103 | 24% | 17% | 8% | 39% | 6% | 0.3 | pass cut out 39, long ball lost 26 | |
| direct attack | 80 | 38% | 18% | 11% | 24% | 8% | 0.4 | long ball lost 47, pass cut out 22 | |
| short possession (0-3 passes) | 131 | 37% | 9% | 3% | 50% | 5% | 0.5 | pass cut out 47, long ball lost 28 | |
| second-ball possession | 86 | 21% | 15% | 8% | 48% | 9% | 0.7 | pass cut out 33, long ball lost 22 | |
| counter / fast transition | 31 | 19% | 26% | 6% | 39% | 3% | 0.0 | pass cut out 16, failed dribble 7 | |
| set piece | 26 | 12% | 15% | 12% | 50% | 4% | 0.0 | pass cut out 13, long ball lost 5 |
Fast attack = their final third or box reached within 10s. Secured = kept 10s+ or 4+ passes. Lost straight back = controlled, then lost within 5s. Can’t keep it = won the ball but never got it under control (cleared it, headed it away, blocked it or lost it at once).
Each phase split into the situations it is made of, every row with its league median and clips. Shots are their own category: a possession that ends in a shot has finished, it has not lost the ball.
| type | times | share | got out | reached the box | lost in build-up | shot | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| from the keeper / goal kick, played out short | 47 | 22%lg 17% | 66% | 21% | 23% | 9% | |
| from the keeper / goal kick, went long (bypass) | 18 | 8%lg 13% | 33% | 11% | 67% | 0% | |
| from the keeper / goal kick, stuck / recycled | 12 | 6% | 0% | 8% | 50% | 8% | |
| from the back line, played out short | 20 | 9%lg 8% | 80% | 35% | 15% | 20% | |
| from the back line, went long (bypass) | 12 | 6%lg 5% | 42% | 8% | 58% | 8% | |
| from the back line, stuck / recycled | 13 | 6% | 0% | 23% | 31% | 8% | |
| from a throw-in, played out short | 10 | 5%lg 4% | 60% | 0% | 40% | 10% | |
| from a throw-in, went long (bypass) | 6 | 3%lg 3% | 33% | 17% | 67% | 0% | |
| straight after winning it, played out short | 42 | 19%lg 16% | 69% | 24% | 21% | 7% | |
| straight after winning it, went long (bypass) | 16 | 7%lg 11% | 19% | 6% | 75% | 0% | |
| straight after winning it, stuck / recycled | 16 | 7% | 0% | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| outcome | times | share | opponent shot | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| won it high | 19 | 10%lg 10% | 0% | |
| forced long, then won it back | 60 | 32%lg 26% | 0% | |
| forced long, they kept it | 11 | 6%lg 5% | 9% | |
| they played through short | 46 | 25%lg 30% | 22% | |
| kept them stuck (recycled back) | 51 | 27%lg 24% | 2% |
Won high = the ball won in the opponent's own third. Forced long = the opponent left its third with a long ball (then either lost it in that possession, or kept it).
| created by | shots | share of open play | xG | xG per shot | goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cross | 7 | 9%lg 12% | 0.8 | 0.11lg 0.11 | 1 | |
| cutback | 6 | 8%lg 9% | 0.8 | 0.13lg 0.11 | 1 | |
| through ball | 2 | 3%lg 3% | 0.3 | 0.17lg 0.17 | 0 | |
| short pass / combination | 37 | 47%lg 53% | 2.1 | 0.06lg 0.08 | 3 | |
| long ball | 4 | 5%lg 4% | 0.3 | 0.08lg 0.07 | 0 | |
| individual (dribble / self-made) | 13 | 17%lg 9% | 1.1 | 0.08lg 0.08 | 1 | |
| rebound / second ball | 9 | 12%lg 9% | 0.6 | 0.06lg 0.13 | 0 | |
| corner (set piece) | 24 | – | 1.5 | 0.06 | 0 | |
| free kick (indirect) (set piece) | 4 | – | 0.3 | 0.07 | 1 | |
| direct free kick (set piece) | 6 | – | 0.1 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| throw-in (set piece) | 2 | – | 0.1 | 0.06 | 0 |
| created by | shots | share | xG | xG per shot | goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cross | 9 | 12%lg 11% | 0.8 | 0.09 | 0 | |
| cutback | 8 | 11%lg 9% | 1.0 | 0.13 | 2 | |
| through ball | 3 | 4%lg 3% | 0.5 | 0.18 | 0 | |
| short pass / combination | 42 | 55%lg 53% | 3.4 | 0.08 | 5 | |
| long ball | 2 | 3%lg 4% | 0.1 | 0.07 | 0 | |
| individual (dribble / self-made) | 7 | 9%lg 11% | 0.4 | 0.06 | 0 | |
| rebound / second ball | 5 | 7%lg 10% | 0.5 | 0.09 | 1 | |
| corner (set piece) | 19 | – | 1.7 | 0.09 | 2 | |
| free kick (indirect) (set piece) | 5 | – | 0.4 | 0.08 | 0 | |
| direct free kick (set piece) | 2 | – | 0.0 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| throw-in (set piece) | 4 | – | 0.5 | 0.13 | 0 | |
| penalty (set piece) | 1 | – | 0.8 | 0.79 | 0 |
| ending | shots | share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| goal | 7 | 6%lg 9% | |
| keeper held it | 8 | 7%lg 9% | |
| keeper parried it | 14 | 12%lg 11% | |
| blocked | 40 | 35%lg 32% | |
| off target | 45 | 39%lg 37% | |
| hit the woodwork | 0 | 0% |
Penalties excluded. A "save" by an outfield player is a block.
After their keeper held a shot (7), median release 8s; league share turned into a fast attack 10%:
| their keeper held it, then… | times | share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| keeper released fast -> fast attack | 1 | 14% | |
| keeper released quickly, no fast attack | 3 | 43% | |
| keeper slowed the game | 3 | 43% |
After their own shot was held by the opponent keeper (8); league share broken against fast 17%:
| the opponent keeper held it, then… | times | share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| keeper released fast -> fast attack | 0 | 0% | |
| keeper released quickly, no fast attack | 1 | 12% | |
| keeper slowed the game | 7 | 88% |
Fast = the keeper's side reached its final third within 15s of the save. Quick = first pass within 6s.
The other half of each phase above. Their own phases break down when they lose the ball (real turnovers only); their press and block break down when the opponent gets through. Each card: how often, how, where, who is involved, and what it costs them.
137 balls lost in 415 build-up phases (33%)
giveaways per 10 build-up phases: 3.0/10 · league 2.7/10
What it costs: 31% turned into a fast attack · 47% the opponent can’t keep · 8% led to a shot · 1.3 xG
194 balls lost in 636 middle-third phases (31%)
giveaways per 10 middle-third phases: 2.6/10 · league 2.8/10
What it costs: 22% turned into a fast attack · 40% the opponent can’t keep · 7% led to a shot · 1.3 xG
258 balls lost in 524 final-third phases (49%)
deliveries into the box that fail to arrive: 55% · league 60%
What it costs: 6% turned into a fast attack · 59% the opponent can’t keep · 3% led to a shot · 0.7 xG
60 deliveries into the box did not arrive
30 of 44 counter-attacks lost (68%)
attacking transitions that produce a shot: 17% · league 18%
What it costs: 13% turned into a fast attack · 50% the opponent can’t keep · 3% led to a shot · 0.1 xG
44 counters: 9 ended in a shot, 30 were lost, 5 slowed down or went out
57 of 161 opponent build-ups got out (35%)
opponent build-ups that get out cleanly: 35% · league 46%
What it costs: 39% reached the final third · 19% led to a shot · 0.8 xG
Sides are their own: "down the left" = down their left.
101 box entries in 363 opponent final-third phases (28%)
opponent final-third phases that create: 48% · league 51%
What it costs: 57% led to a shot · 7.9 xG
Sides are their own.
37 set pieces lost in open play
What it costs: 16% turned into a fast attack · 49% the opponent can’t keep · 5% led to a shot · 0.1 xG
Their corners and free kicks that were lost in open play, and what the opponent did next.
Takers: Sávio (12), Mateus Fernandes (10), Mathys Tel (7)
First contact in the box: Jan Paul van Hecke (4), Sávio (3), Micky van de Ven (3), Omar Marmoush (1), Dominic Solanke (1)
What each player does in the phases, counted over the window. Only lines that clear a minimum count are shown.
The comparison behind the report: each behaviour as a rate per opportunity, ranked among the 20 Premier League clubs' full seasons, with how many of the 8 matches sat on the same side of the league median. "Style" is never a verdict.
| behaviour | Tottenham | league median | rank | matches | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style | triangle per 100 progression phases | 7.4/100 | 3.3/100 | 1 / 20 | 7/8 | |
| weakness | non-penalty xG per final-third sequence | 0.01 xG | 0.02 xG | 20 / 20 | 8/8 | |
| style | turnovers won straight back (counter-press) | 18% | 13% | 1 / 20 | 8/8 | |
| style | box entries from the half-spaces | 66% | 50% | 1 / 20 | 8/8 | |
| style | turnovers won deep in the own third | 33% | 39% | 19 / 20 | 5/8 | |
| style | turnovers that came from being tackled / dispossessed | 8% | 6% | 1 / 20 | 5/8 | |
| strength | balls they won but can't keep (cleared, blocked, lost loose) | 42% | 50% | 19 / 20 | 7/8 | |
| style | box entries from the left | 48% | 34% | 2 / 20 | 7/8 | |
| strength | turnovers won that were turned into a fast attack (final third within 10s) | 28% | 20% | 2 / 20 | 6/8 | |
| weakness | xG per shot from short passes / combinations | 0.06 xG | 0.08 xG | 19 / 20 | 7/8 | |
| style | build-up exits played by a centre-back | 50% | 34% | 1 / 20 | 8/8 | |
| style | controlled possessions that are direct attacks (<=3 passes, fast and forward) | 9% | 14% | 19 / 20 | 6/8 | |
| style | controlled possessions that are worked possessions (4-9 passes) | 30% | 26% | 2 / 20 | 7/8 | |
| style | turnovers won that were secured and kept (10s+ or 4+ passes) | 15% | 12% | 2 / 20 | 5/8 | |
| style | build-up exits with a short or medium pass | 58% | 48% | 2 / 20 | 7/8 | |
| style | box entries by dribbling in | 8% | 4% | 2 / 20 | 5/8 | |
| strength | opponent build-ups that got out cleanly | 35% | 46% | 20 / 20 | 6/8 | |
| style | overload to isolate per 100 progression phases | 1.1/100 | 0.6/100 | 2 / 20 | 5/8 |
| phase | route | times | shot | their average |
|---|
| split | behaviour | a | b | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| against the more aggressive pressers vs the deeper / passive sides | high transitions (ball won near the opponent's goal) | 10.0/match | 4.5/match | 0.0013 | |
| against the more aggressive pressers vs the deeper / passive sides | final-third phases that created (box entry or key pass) | 40% | 52% | 0.0083 | |
| against the more aggressive pressers vs the deeper / passive sides | final-third entries by carrying it in | 32% | 18% | 0.0247 | |
| when trailing vs when level | build-up exits with a long ball | 15% | 33% | 0.0441 | |
| second half vs first half | final-third entries down the left | 33% | 56% | 0.0017 | |
| second half vs first half | final-third entries down the right | 53% | 30% | 0.0023 |
| date | opponent | result | npxG | opponent press | what happened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-22 | at Brentford | L 0-3 | 0.5–2.7 | pressed aggressively | Lost 0-3 and the chances agreed (0.47 v 2.65 xG). Brentford pressed harder than a typical Premier League side does (strict PPDA 11.3, league median 14.4). Biggest departure from their norm: non-penalty xG conceded 2.65 xG, far above their usual 1.18 xG. |
| 2026-08-29 | vs Newcastle | L 0-2 | 1.1–0.8 | sat deep / passive | Lost 0-2 and the chances agreed (1.13 v 0.78 xG). Newcastle defended deep and let them have the ball (strict PPDA 20.8, league median 14.4). Biggest departure from their norm: build-up exits down the right 10%, far below their usual 37%. |
| 2026-09-05 | at Nottingham Forest | D 0-0 | 1.1–1.0 | pressed aggressively | Drew 0-0 (1.06 v 1.00 xG). Nottingham Forest pressed harder than a typical Premier League side does (strict PPDA 10.2, league median 14.4) and went long on 50% of their own build-ups. Biggest departure from their norm: counter-attacks 2.0/match, far below their usual 5.8/match. |
| 2026-09-12 | vs Everton | D 0-0 | 0.8–1.1 | sat deep / passive | Drew 0-0 (0.76 v 1.05 xG). Everton defended deep and let them have the ball (strict PPDA 22.4, league median 14.4) and went long on 73% of their own build-ups. Biggest departure from their norm: opponent build-ups that got out cleanly 5%, far below their usual 38%. |
| 2026-09-19 | vs Aston Villa | L 2-3 | 1.4–1.6 | mid-intensity press | Lost 2-3 and the chances agreed (1.37 v 1.59 xG). Aston Villa pressed at roughly league-average intensity (strict PPDA 16.2, league median 14.4) and went long on 53% of their own build-ups. Biggest departure from their norm: build-up exits with a long ball 6%, far below their usual 27%. |
| 2026-10-10 | at Man Utd | D 1-1 | 1.3–0.8 | pressed aggressively | Drew 1-1 (1.31 v 0.81 xG). Man Utd pressed harder than a typical Premier League side does (strict PPDA 9.7, league median 14.4) and went long on 53% of their own build-ups. Biggest departure from their norm: counter-attacks 9.0/match, far above their usual 5.8/match. |
| 2026-10-19 | vs Coventry | W 3-1 | 1.2–1.1 | mid-intensity press | Won 3-1, chances 1.17 v 1.08 xG. Coventry pressed at roughly league-average intensity (strict PPDA 16.8, league median 14.4). Biggest departure from their norm: opponent build-ups that got out cleanly 78%, far above their usual 38%. |
| 2026-10-24 | at Chelsea | W 2-0 | 0.7–0.5 | sat deep / passive | Won 2-0, chances 0.74 v 0.51 xG. Chelsea defended deep and let them have the ball (strict PPDA 19.1, league median 14.4). Biggest departure from their norm: giveaways regained within 5s (counter-press) 40%, far above their usual 31%. |