Tools
Football analytics tools
Small, transparent calculators for the numbers this glossary explains. Every formula is published on the page.
- Tactics boardPick a formation, drag players, draw passes and zones, share by link.
- xG calculatorClick a shot on the pitch and get its expected goals value.
- Expected points calculatorTurn two xG totals into win, draw and loss probabilities.
- Elo calculatorWin expectancy between two Elo ratings, and the rating change after a result.
- PPDA calculatorPasses allowed per defensive action, from your own match counts.
- Formations and shirt numbersEvery formation as a numbered diagram, with each position and its role.
- Pitch and formation templatesPrintable blank pitches and formation sheets with name lines, as PNG or on A4.
Read the definitions
- What Is the Half-Space in Football Tactics?
- What Is an Overload in Football Tactics?
- What Is Build-Up Play in Football? Explained
- What Is Rest Defence in Football? Explained
- What Is Zone 14 in Football? Pitch Map, Origin and Examples
- What Is the Third Man Run in Football?
- What Is a Low Block in Football?
- What Are Pressing Triggers in Football?
- What Is xG (Expected Goals) in Football? Explained
- What Is npxG in Football? Non-Penalty xG Explained
- What Is PSxG (Post-Shot xG) in Football?
- What Is xA (Expected Assists) in Football?
- What Is Shot Quality in Football? xG per Shot Explained
- What Are Expected Points (xPts) in Football?
- What Are Elo Ratings in Football?
- What Is PPDA? Football's Pressing Stat Explained
- What Are Pressures and Pressure Regains in Football?
- What Is Gegenpressing (Counter-Pressing) in Football?
- Football Positions Explained: Names, Numbers and Roles
- What Is the 4-3-3 Formation? Roles, Strengths, Weaknesses
- What Is the 4-2-3-1 Formation? How It Works and Why It Spread
- What Is the 4-4-2 Formation? Strengths, Weaknesses, Examples
- What Is the 3-5-2 Formation? Wing-Backs, Strikers, Weak Points
- What Is a Back Three in Football? 3-4-3, 3-4-2-1 and Beyond