My next installment on La Liga takes a look at Week 12 and compares how things have progressed or digressed for teams since Week 6. If you've not followed my Possession with Purpose analyses in the past here's a quick link to an Introduction. Some movers to be sure, so to give the Index some... Continue Reading →
La Liga – The Comforts of Home?
In a recent article published about Major League Soccer there were clear indications (read here) where Home teams pretty much dominated the win column. Here's a few quick takeaways from that article to give a starting point for La Liga - whether or not the two leagues behave the same - I don't know -... Continue Reading →
La Liga…. Thru Week 6; Establishing a stronger position or early signs of fading away?
Being mid-table - a glass half-full - or a glass half-empty? Still just six weeks in, but there are trends that can be offered with six games, so for this week's focus I'll look in on Rayo Vallecano, Almeria (who I looked at in Week 3 also), and Granada. Respectively those teams are 9th, 10th,... Continue Reading →
La Liga – Week 3 – Passing Dominates Early
For those not familiar with this phrase - Passing domina temprana (Passing dominates early) - get used to it as my Possession with Purpose analyses moves to La Liga. I'll get to the details behind that view a bit later but first a look at the traditional analysis on PWP plus an early focus, like... Continue Reading →