Championship Data Dive

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Championship Cross Value Maps: Femi Azeez: Leading crosser in the league. He causes a big problem for fullbacks -> if they get tight, he has the ability to take them on. If they give him a few yards, he can put in wicked deliveries from deep that cause real danger. 1/6

Thierry Small: One of the highest volume crossers in the league. Just resulted in one goal but has had 31 shots and corners as a result of his crosses.

Ryan Alebiosu: Most successful crosses are those in line with the penalty area.

Ryan Giles: Effective from deep-left area but also has good outcomes from the area in line with box, whipped across the box.

Issa Kabore: Effective from wide-right position but also from deep, dangerous out-swinging crosses. Twice managed to hit the back-post 6 yard area perfectly resulting in goals.

Minutes weighted regression on Points per Game using top four crossers for each team per 90: Teams like Hull, Millwall and Wrexham lead which is intuitive, as they are more direct teams that rely on crosses. Close to being significant and high correlation.

@ArthurJQPR Harvey Vale leads Chance Created for QPR

@ChampionshipDat Could I check who the qpr player is bottom right please?

Championship Chance Creation: -Stanley Mills is now in the 90th percentile for Open Play xA per 90. He is going to be really important in the last few games for Oxford. -Michal Helik also has one of the highest xA values for a CB, a key component of Oxford's set-piece prowess.

Design by: @sonofacorner @jonollington

Shot Distribution Maps: -Leo Scienza's preferred shooting position is cutting in on the left corner of the box, scoring 4 goals from here this season. -Morgan Whittaker is especially effective in the cutback zone, on the edge of the box to the right. He's scored 4 from there.

Design by: @sonofacorner @jonollington

Championship Shot Distribution Map: -Azeez shoots from different areas off the right, often from range. -Ivanovic has scored all his goals this season centrally in and around the 6-yard box. -Coburn has scored 4 centrally in the 6-yard box but has more variation in goals.

Championship Shot Distribution Map: -Wright's goals are central or leftward with a cluster from very short range. -McBurnie's shots and goals are clustered around the penalty spot, central and from short range. -Vipotnik likes the area's on the edge of the 6-yard box.

Championship Goals-xG Difference: -Zan Vipotnik is still the outright leader, having consistently outscored his xG all season. -Leicester pair James and Fatawu are in the second tier, along with Thomas and Philogene. -Segecic, Rathbone, Whittaker and Clarke also score highly.

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Middlesbrough Results: -From Middlesbrough's eight most dominant performances, they have lost 3, drawn 3 and won only 2. Four of these performances have come in the last month too. -Heading into the run in, Middlesbrough need to address the problem they have against low blocks.