Enhanced football intelligence at FIFA for most up-to-date post-match analysis

FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will see the participating teams and their players, as well as the global TV and online public, have access to the most up-to-date insights, measurements, and performance data in tournament history.

The expanded football intelligence service, which was created by the FIFA High-Performance team and is overseen by FIFA Chief of Global Football Development Arsène Wenger, will provide new and fascinating metrics to enhance the coverage and analysis of each game during the FIFA World Cup 2022.

Arsène Wenger, FIFA’s Chief of Global Football Development said “Enhanced football intelligence will be our blueprint for how we analyse football in the future. When we discover new insights, we want to share them with the world of football. With our online FIFA Training Centre (www.FIFATrainingCentre.com), we have a fantastic vehicle to do so. My team will continue to provide new and insightful football analysis content to help share a new understanding of the game combined with performance data, video examples and technical explanations.”

Every match will have its own unique set of in-match and post-match enhanced football intelligence visuals presented as augmented reality and traditional graphics. These new statistics break down each area of the game into fine detail and provide operational definitions and multiple video examples to clearly define each action. This will enable an analysis not only of what happens on the ball but also of the movements and interactions around and off the ball for teams and players when they are both in and out of possession.

The data will help FIFA understand longitudinal post-match analysis along with developmental analysis to know how the games are evolving and understand what it takes to rise from junior to senior level in both men’s and women’s games.

The FIFA High-Performance team comprises football analysts, data scientists and data engineers, and has developed innovative technology to provide ground-breaking metrics and insights. At the FIFA World Cup 2022, 11 new metrics will be introduced which are Possession control, Ball recovery time, Line breaks, Defensive line height and team length, Final third entries, Forced turnovers, Pressure on the ball, Expected goals, Team shape, Phases of play and Receptions behind midfield and defensive lines.