{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"MRKT Insights - Football Consultancy Services","provider_url":"https:\/\/mrktinsights.com","title":"Millwall FC Case Study - MRKT Insights - Football Consultancy Services","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"w7BL6L4eJt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mrktinsights.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/05\/millwall-fc-case-study\/\">Millwall FC Case Study<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/mrktinsights.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/05\/millwall-fc-case-study\/embed\/#?secret=w7BL6L4eJt\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Millwall FC Case Study&#8221; &#8212; MRKT Insights - Football Consultancy Services\" data-secret=\"w7BL6L4eJt\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/**\n * WordPress inline HTML embed\n *\n * @since 4.4.0\n * @output wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.js\n *\n * Single line comments should not be used since they will break\n * the script when inlined in get_post_embed_html(), specifically\n * when the comments are not stripped out due to SCRIPT_DEBUG\n * being turned on.\n *\/\n(function ( window, document ) {\n\t'use strict';\n\n\t\/* Abort for ancient browsers. *\/\n\tif ( ! document.querySelector || ! window.addEventListener || typeof URL === 'undefined' ) {\n\t\treturn;\n\t}\n\n\t\/** @namespace wp *\/\n\twindow.wp = window.wp || {};\n\n\t\/* Abort if script was already executed. *\/\n\tif ( !! window.wp.receiveEmbedMessage ) {\n\t\treturn;\n\t}\n\n\t\/**\n\t * Receive embed message.\n\t *\n\t * @param {MessageEvent} e\n\t *\/\n\twindow.wp.receiveEmbedMessage = function( e ) {\n\t\tvar data = e.data;\n\n\t\t\/* Verify shape of message. *\/\n\t\tif (\n\t\t\t! 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You can see that the players on the right-hand side are more involved in build-up play than those on the left. The difference between the Millwall style and that of Swansea is the positioning of players when they make their passes, and the relative equality between each of the players. Swansea play many more passes between their players in their own half of the pitch seeking to dominate the ball. Millwall play more directly, playing relatively long passes.&nbsp; Looking at the passing networks (we have created these ourselves using data recorded from every Championship match) we can see that Millwall favour passes from central areas into wide areas. And again, slightly favour these coming in from the right-hand side of the pitch. By analysing every pass and assigning it a score using our Pass Score system we can see where teams create their danger from. The Pass Score system uses 1.2m individual passes played in the Championship over the last 3 seasons.&nbsp; These are all the pass starting locations played by Millwall that scored highly on our system. It shows the majority of good passes were played from wide attacking areas, relatively few in central areas. If we look where these passes were played to we can see that the vast majority were passes into the penalty box from wide areas. The high scoring passes in wide areas are likely to be successful longer passes into the wide areas. These channel passes are a feature of the Millwall game plan.&nbsp;&nbsp; We can further break this down by looking at the types of passes each player makes and their how highly we rate these passes in terms of creating goalscoring chances. So we can see that Cooper and Hutchison are attempting passes that generally have a low success rate (long passes deep into opposition territory) and these are not creating dangerous attacking situations.&nbsp; The midfield trio of Williams, Tunnicliffe, and Leonard play easier than average passes and are not creating chances. Again this could be tactical, they may not try and create chances directly, instead pushing the ball into wide areas or retaining possession. Gregory was particularly good at knitting play together with well above average quality of simple passes that create chances whilst the Millwall wide players, particularly Ferguson and Wallace show excellent ability to play difficult passes that result in chances. Again Millwall\u2019s tactics show up clearly with wide players and the striker the dominant creators. When we compare all the Millwall players to the overall league-wide level of \u201cexpected passes\u201d we can see that almost every player is completing passes at a below-average level. Only Tunnicliffe completes more passes than would be expected. This may indicate a tactical preference for territory but could also indicate areas where player quality could be improved. Again the dominance of the right-hand side shows up with Wallace and Romeo showing up as the highest volume passers. A perfectly balanced team would show up with very little difference between whether passes were played left or right. The below diagram looks at which sides teams favour passing to as they progress up the pitch. With Bristol City we can see the generally aim for the left hand side of the pitch to build their attacks. With Millwall we can see they favour the right.&nbsp; We can also see that Millwall are one of the lowest volume passing teams in the league from deeper areas but actually still have as much passing activity in the final 10 yards closest to the opponent&#8217;s goal as other teams. The above diagram shows passes played from their own defensive third. It shows teams who favour longer passes at the botttom left and shorter passes top right. Teams below the dotted line play their passes at below-average levels of completion.&nbsp; The below diagram shows passes into the final third. Bottom left play longer more difficult passes, top right easier passers.&nbsp; Important players It is no surprise that Millwall play longer than average passes, create more chances from crossing and favour their right-hand side whilst building attacks. However by analysing their preferred style of play we can: Identify the player&#8217;s positional attributes Look at the positions where player quality could be upgraded Identify players with similar attributes but with the potential to offer more quality. Identify leagues where we are likely to find more of these players to match the qualities demanded, so resources can be targeted better. Milwall 2018\/19 Player profiles: Glossary of terms All templates compare player performance to the median (average) player in their position, in their league.&nbsp; Some of these statistics indicate playing style rather than player ability. Centre back template Passing and Progression Final third to Forward Pass ratio: A low bar indicates they favour short forward passes into midfield rather than longer passes into the final third Final third pass accuracy %: A low bar indicates low accuracy passes into the final third of the pitch Fwd pass ratio: A low bar indicates they play more sideways and backward passes than the average player in their position Fwd pass accuracy %: A low bar indicates low passing accuracy for forward passes Passes per 90: A low bar indicates a lower number of passes per game. Excludes crosses. Pass accuracy: A low bar indicates inaccurate passing Long passes accuracy %: A low bar indicates inaccurate low passing Long pass ratio: A low bar indicates a player who plays relatively few long passes Average Short\/Medium pass length: A low bar indicates shorter than average pass length Average Long pass length: A low bar indicates shorter than average long pass length Creativity and Attacking Play Dribbles per 90: A low bar indicates fewer attempted dribbles per 90 Dribbles success %: A"}