Identifying playstyles in football through spatial networks
2025-12-09
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Breaking away from traditional manual video analysis, this talk introduces a data-driven approach to automatically identify football playstyles in key moments before a shot on goal , using tracking and event data. By applying network science , which studies relationships and interactions within complex systems, we objectively analyze attacking and defensive strategies. Key spatial network metrics are used to reveal diverse playstyles through clustering techniques. The session concludes with insights into the results and possible applications of these findings in football analysis.