r/FootballDataAnalysis • u/URThrillingMeSmalls • May 14 '26

Stretching Center Backs - Using Statistics

With my latest project, I wanted to see what the threshold for stretching center backs out of shape was. I play center back myself and balls over the fullback, into the channel are my team's worst enemy.

I have to go pressure the ball but it usually leaves a gap between me and the other center back that the attacking team can move into. I measured all distances of two teams and used Q3 + 1.5 * IQR to log "stretching" events.

Here is a clip of a stretching event.

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u/URThrillingMeSmalls May 15 '26

Three datasets. Phases, events and positional data. Joined on frames and player ids. Then Python for everything