- [Presenter] What effect can the substitution
of a certain player have on the course of a match,
and which teams are most dangerous from set pieces?
Skill and set piece threads the new Bundesliga Match Facts
powered by AWS.
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The new Bundesliga Match Fact Skill
focuses on the individual class of Bundesliga players.
Skills shows off the stars' outstanding quality,
and is divided into four components.
A sprinter naturally stands out
because of his high maximum speed.
That's why he soars out with deep passes
just like Leverkusen's Jeremie Frimpong here.
With a top speed of 36.07 kilometers an hour,
he's one of the fastest players in the league.
But the sprinter doesn't just have
a very high maximum speed.
He's also able to unleash it on a regular basis.
Take Gerrit Holtmann for example.
No Bochum player makes as many sprints per game as he does.
- [Announcer] He's got Gerrit Holtmann up with him.
Holtmann's got the speed to get through.
And he's put it through Schlaber's legs to make it one-nil.
- [Presenter] The hallmark of a finisher
is not simply goals in abundance.
He also impresses with a high degree of finishing efficiency
like Augsburg's Michael Gregoritsch.
If he gets the ball in the danger zone, watch out.
- [Announcer] Gregoritsch!
- [Presenter] Or Nil's Petersen.
When he comes off the bench,
The Match Fact Skill emphasizes his role as a sub
who carries a real goal threat.
And the crowd knows what's coming.
- [Announcer] Nils Petersen!
- [Presenter] An important skill
when a team's not in possession, the ball winner.
He has the ability to recover the ball.
He intercepts the opposition's passes,
and stands out with strong tackling skills.
Leipzig's Josko Gvardiol is exemplary at this.
A ball winner not only stops opponents attacks,
but also enables his team to start a counter attack.
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The prime example of an initiator
is Bayern's Thomas Mueller.
The league's assist king,
he always knows where to find his teammates.
- [Announcer] It's another assist for Thomas Mueller.
- [Presenter] It's all about launching attacks.
It's also a specialty of Leverkusen star, Florian Wirtz.
- [Announcer] Here is Wirtz, juggles it away.
And he's got open ground to run into now, Florian Wirtz.
He's got Shick waiting.
- [Presenter] But for an initiator,
the decisive factor is not just the number of assists,
but also the so called second assist.
That's the penultimate pass
which ultimately leads to a goal.
As we see with Jude Bellingham here,
the initiator is capable of completing risky passes,
is creative, and manages to conjure up a goal threat
in mere seconds.
Sprinter, finisher, ball winner, initiator.
The four skill components.
The new Bundesliga Match Fact powered by AWS
is tailor made for identifying the most important players
in different areas of the game.
A player can always be highlighted
if he's in the top 10 of the respected category.
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Statistically in the last three years,
every fourth Bundesliga goal has come from a set piece,
which shows that dead ball situations
provide a significant goal threat,
and can be a real game changer.
Thanks to the new Bundesliga Match Fact set piece thread,
it is now possible to rank a teams performance
from set pieces compared to the league average.
The goal threat is calculated by a combination
of the quality of the chance a score is put in,
displayed by the goal probability
and the real results of the set piece.
The calculation goes beyond distinguishing
between goal and no goal.
It also evaluates the quality of the shot
even if it doesn't go in.
Also more recent games are higher weighted
than games that happened earlier in the season.
Take Hoffenheim.
Even though this Sinsheim club
scored less goals after corners
than Eintrach Frankfurt until match day 23,
they still rank higher in corner threat than the Eagles.
As they were able to generate a high accumulated XG value,
and more dangerous shots.
This means in assessing the set piece,
a goal is of course increasing the value
but is not absolutely necessary.
In addition, the new Bundesliga Match Facts powered by AWS
can be used to describe the performance
in different dead ball situations.
The goal threat after free kicks of Union Berlin
in the season 21, 22 for example,
is way below league average.
However, when the ball's by the corner flag,
it's tension in the air.
That's because they're the second best team in the league
in terms of corner threats.
Performing 48% better on average
than the rest of the league.
One team are a cut above the rest in terms of set pieces.
the raised arm of Freiburg's Vincenzo Grifo means one thing.
Prepare to celebrate.
As Freiburg have currently scored most goals
after corner kicks, as well as free kicks.
Creating a constant threat that is shown
by the new Bundesliga Match Fact.
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- [Announcer] (indistinct) are typically
from a set piece.
- [Presenter] The new Bundesliga Match Fact set piece thread
offers true added value in the evaluation
of free kicks in corners.
Enabling the spectators to get a feeling for the threat
a team possesses after a set a piece,
with the help of an easily understandable metric.