Australia · A-League

Season 2024/2025

A-League, visualised

Every tracked match turned into visuals you can play with: the clubs, the players and the moments that decide games.

Tracking: 20 of ~155 matchesSkillCorner - Tracking data

Players used
271
Across all 13 clubs
Ever-present
51
Played every available minute (0 goalkeepers)
Players behind 80% of minutes
12.3
Average per club
Outfield players yet to play
36
Named in a squad, never came on
Under-21s used
68
Played while under 21
Players 35 and over
13
Age at their last match
League squad age
26.5
Weighted by minutes
Minutes to under-23s
31%
30 and over: 28%
Substitutions
183
4.6 per team per match
Average first change
⁦55'⁩
Across 40 team-matches
All five changes used
70%
Share of team-matches
Goals by substitutes
13
20% of all goals (excl. own goals)
Change within 10' of going behind
22%
Normal at those minutes: 23%
High-intensity kept by players taken off
91%
Last 15' vs first 15' · team-mates 98%
Subs who out-ran the player they replaced
67%
117 of 174 changes · high-intensity, 15' either side
Goals
66
3.3 per match
Top scorer
4
Neyder Stiven Moreno Betancur · Auckland FC
Quickest scorer
⁦56'⁩
per goal · Samuel Klein
Braces & hat-tricks
4
4 braces, 0 hat-tricks
Penalties
0
0% of all goals
Second-half goals
55%
36 after the break, 30 before
Scored first and won
70%
14 of 20 matches
Winners after 75'
4
of 18 match winners
Goals replayed
66
Matches with a replay
20
Penalties scored
0
0.00 per match
Average minute
–
0 in the first half
Matches with a penalty scored
0
Of 20 · 0 had more than one
Own goals
2
In 20 matches
Matches
20
Across 16 rounds
Goals per match
3.3
66 goals in all
Draws
10%
Share of matches
Won from behind
4
Of 18 matches with a winner
Stadiums used
9
20 matches
Most stadiums
4
Different venues · Auckland FC
Goals per match
3.3
Across every stadium
Home wins
55%
Of all matches
Top speed (km/h)
35.9
Y. Nicolaou
Most km per match
12.6
K. Trewin
Most sprints per match
18.7
L. Rose
Club: most metres per minute
121
Newcastle Jets
Hardest-running slice
70–75'
Fewer metres, last 15' vs first 15'
19%
Time on the ball in build-up
16%
Teams
13
Tracked matches
20
Ball in play per match
⁦53.0'⁩
Most in a match
⁦62.5'⁩
Western Sydney Wanderers ⁦4–1⁩ Wellington Phoenix
Least in a match
⁦45.8'⁩
Auckland FC ⁦2–1⁩ Macarthur FC
1st / 2nd half (avg min)
27.4 / 25.6
Most-used shape
⁦4-4-2⁩
18 of 40 starts
Shapes seen
8
Best points per match
2.06
⁦4-4-2⁩
Time level
42%
Of tracked time
Presses / 10' winning
30.3
Presses / 10' losing
28.1
Long-pass share losing
6%
5% winning
Build-up · 1st half
17%
Build-up · 2nd half
16%
High block · 1st half
17%
High block · 2nd half
16%
Runs per match
495
Runs found by a pass
28%
Players with a run
257
Most runs
278
G. May
Possessions
18,710
Won back
18%
Of all starts
Won in the final third
13%
Of balls won back
Shots / 100 won back
4.6
Phases of play
8,834
Start in own third
40%
End in final third
33%
Led to a shot
10%
Avg losses / team / match
100
% of phases lost
45%
Most losses / 30' with the ball
15.7
A. Walatee
% player losses in own third
25%
Most line-breaking passes / 30'
15.5
M. Natta
Passes to a dangerous option
10%
Dangerous passes completed
57%
Difficult passes completed
46%
Top xThreat / 30' with the ball
1.14
D. Arzani
Passes between teammates per match
402
Busiest pair (passes)
111
M. Sutton ↔ D. Leonard
Most involved per match
156
S. Souprayen
Completed passes that are short
51%
Completed passes that are long
7%
Completed passes that go forward
26%
Average forward pass (m)
16.8
Progressive passes per team per match
25.1
Of open-play passes
7%
Led to a shot
33%
Most per 90'
6.2
J. Rawlins
Chances created per team per match
8.1
Shots straight from a pass
62%
Avg xThreat per chance
0.049
19% from lofted passes
Most per 90'
2.77
Z. Machach
Crosses per team per match
7.6
Crosses completed
42%
Box entries from crosses
26%
Crosses in a move ending in a shot
29%
Goal kicks per team per match
5.7
Played short
58%
First touch kept
71%
Led to a shot
5%
Corners per team per match
4.3
5 goals from 172 corners
Played short
20%
Attackers in the six-yard box
1.3
Clubs yet to concede from a corner
9/13
Met first at the near post
41%
First contact won by the defenders
46%
Most corners taken
9
F. De Vries · Auckland FC
First contact won by the attackers
54%
Most time without the ball
58%
Central Coast Mariners
Time in a high block
16%
Highest back line (m from goal)
38
Melbourne City
Medium blocks that start in their own half
37%
Low-block phases that win the ball
44%
Time in a low block after 75'
12%
Avg length, high block (m)
61.3
Avg length, low block (m)
43.2
Avg width, medium block (m)
37.3
Most compact, medium block (m²)
1,684
Newcastle Jets
Engagements per match, both teams
872
Pressing chains
1,567
20 tracked matches
% chains won the ball
32%
Most chains / match
47.5
Sydney FC
Longest chain (engagements)
15
Balls won / team / match
85
% won in the final third
13%
Most balls won / match
102
Sydney FC
% of regains → a shot
5%
Shots faced / team / match
13.2
Passes through the last line / match
2.8
Runs in behind received / match
4.4
Fewest shots faced / match
5.3
Melbourne City
Players with a profile
193
Players ranked (180+ min)
94
Presses / 30' without the ball
101.2
M. Caputo
Runs / 30' with the ball
55.5
R. Piscopo
Possessions / 30' with the ball
79.0
D. Leonard

Key finding67%
of Wellington Phoenix's minutes go to core players, the most settled group; 18% at Perth Glory.
Key finding26
players used by Brisbane Roar & Perth Glory, the most; Newcastle Jets have used the fewest (15).
Key finding51
players have not missed a minute, and 0 of them are goalkeepers.
Key finding12.3
players account for 80% of a club's minutes, on average.
Key finding6 / 68
under-21s have started every match, 2 of them at Adelaide United.
Key finding2
players aged 35 and over have played for Adelaide United + 3 more, the most of any club.
Key finding21
years between the youngest and oldest players at Adelaide United, the widest spread in the league.
Key finding45%
of Wellington Phoenix's minutes go to players 30 and over, the most of any club.
Key finding32
changes in minutes 71–75, the busiest window. 97% of all changes come after half-time.
Key finding⁦51'⁩
First change when a team is behind, against ⁦58'⁩ when level and ⁦58'⁩ when ahead.
Key finding⁦48'⁩
Auckland FC make their first change earliest, ⁦48'⁩ on average; Western Sydney Wanderers wait longest (⁦66'⁩).
Key finding13
of 64 goals have been scored by substitutes.
Key finding92%
of their first-15' high-intensity running was all Melbourne City's players had left when taken off; 115% for the team-mates who stayed on.
Key finding−2%
high-intensity running from Melbourne City's subs against the player they replaced, the smallest gain in the league (league +28%).
Key finding100%
of Macarthur FC's goals came from Jake Hollman, the most any club leans on one player.
Key finding3
matches where Wellington Phoenix conceded the first goal inside 15 minutes, the most in the league.
Key finding6
points from Neyder Stiven Moreno Betancur's winners and equalisers, the most of any player.
Key finding1
points lost by Macarthur FC to goals after the 75th minute, without winning one back.
Key finding0%
of penalties were scored with the game level.
Key finding4/13
clubs score more and concede less than the league average, led by Sydney FC.
Key finding60%
of their minutes spent ahead: Western United, the most in the league; Wellington Phoenix the least (0%).
Key finding26%
of all goals come after the 75th minute, stoppage time included.
Key finding25%
of the league's matches were played at AAMI Park, by 6 different clubs.
Key finding1
stadium for Newcastle Jets & Western Sydney Wanderers, against 4 for the most-travelled club.
Key finding4.0
goals per match at Ironbark Fields over 3 matches (league: 3.3).
Key finding100%
of matches at Ironbark Fields went to the home side (league: 55%).
Key finding121 m
per minute: Newcastle Jets cover the most ground of any club in the tracked matches.
Key finding12.6 km
K. Trewin covers the most ground per match of anyone with five games or more.
Key finding35.9 km/h
Y. Nicolaou hit the top speed of the tracked matches, held for a full second.
Key finding8%
of Wellington Phoenix's running in the last 15 minutes is high-speed: they fade the least from kick-off.
Key finding25%
of Western Sydney Wanderers's time on the ball is build-up from the back, the most in the league.
Key finding+7.7 m
further up the pitch than the average team: where Melbourne City's outfield players stand without the ball, the highest shape in the league.
Key finding⁦17'⁩
more real football in Western Sydney Wanderers ⁦4–1⁩ Wellington Phoenix than in Auckland FC ⁦2–1⁩ Macarthur FC.
Key finding64%
of the ball-in-play minutes in their matches belong to Melbourne City, the most of any team.
Key finding45%
of starting lineups line up ⁦4-4-2⁩, the league's default shape.
Key finding4/4
Western United started in ⁦4-4-2⁩ in 4 of their 4 tracked matches.
Key finding4.8
Teams in front turn 4.8 possessions per 10 minutes into a shot, against 4.0 level and 4.0 behind.
Key finding⁦25 → 27⁩
Melbourne Victory press hardest once behind: presses per 10 minutes, winning against losing.
Key finding⁦−6.6⁩ pts
The biggest move with the ball after the break: Create, from 43% to 36% of the time.
Key finding⁦17% → 5%⁩
Newcastle Jets drop their high block the most after half-time.
Key finding14.3
runs in behind per 30 minutes with the ball: L. Rose makes the most.
Key finding131
dangerous runs in the tracked matches: G. May makes the most.
Key finding17.6%
Of balls won in the final third, 17.6% lead to a shot within 10 seconds. In a team's own third: 0.7%.
Key finding21%
Sydney FC win the highest share of their balls back in the final third.
Key finding2%
The most common route: from the own third, left wing to the middle third, left wing.
Key finding38%
Auckland FC end the most phases in the final third.
Key finding71%
of direct phases end with the ball lost, the riskiest phase on the ball.
Key finding707
losses end in the final third, centre, more than any other zone.
Key finding15.5
completed passes through a defensive line per 30 minutes with the ball: M. Natta leads.
Key finding1.14
xThreat from their passes per 30 minutes with the ball: D. Arzani picks the most dangerous passes in the league.
Key finding4.73
xThreat per 30 minutes with the ball: Melbourne Victory pass with the most danger of any team.
Key finding18%
is how often L. Jovanovic took a dangerous option when one was on: the safest passer in the league.
Key finding111
passes between M. Sutton and D. Leonard (Western United) in 4 tracked matches: the busiest pair in the league.
Key finding156
passes made and received per match: S. Souprayen (Melbourne City) is the busiest hub in the league.
Key finding9%
of Wellington Phoenix's completed passes are long, the most direct passing in the league.
Key finding32%
of Sydney FC's completed passes go forward, more than any other team.
Key finding+2.7 / +0.2
goals' worth of value per 100 passes: a progressive pass against the average open-play pass (EPV).
Key finding28% / 30%
of progressive passes come from full-backs, against midfielders.
Key finding38.8
progressive passes per match: Melbourne Victory move the ball forward more than any club.
Key finding2.77 / 0.132
Z. Machach creates the most chances per 90 minutes; D. Arzani's chances are the most dangerous, by xThreat per chance.
Key finding22%
of chances are set up by a pass played from inside the box: most come from outside it.
Key finding37% / 4%
of Auckland FC's box entries come from crosses, the most in the league; Sydney FC rely on them least.
Key finding+2.9 / -0.4
goals' worth of value per 100 crosses: what a completed cross adds, against what a missed one costs (EPV).
Key finding51% / 49%
of crosses come from the left, against the right; 46% and 39% of them arrive.
Key finding36% / 27%
of goal kicks reach halfway when played short, against long: the long ball gets there faster but is lost more often.
Key finding85% / 36%
Western United play the most goal kicks short; Macarthur FC the fewest.
Key finding52%
of Auckland FC's corners end in a shot, against 33% across the league.
Key finding47% / 22%
of corners met at the far post end in a shot, against corners met at the edge of the box.
Key finding2.3
attackers in the six-yard box at Auckland FC's corners, the most in the league (average 1.3).
Key finding0%
of corners against Western United end in a shot, the fewest in the league (12 faced).
Key finding2
goals conceded from corners by Melbourne Victory, more than any other club.
Key finding5
shots came from F. De Vries's corners (Auckland FC), more than from any other taker.
Key finding4
of their own club's corners reached first by D. Arzani (Melbourne Victory), more than any other attacker.
Key finding63%
of the ball-in-play time is Melbourne City's. They have the ball more than any club at home, away, when leading and when level.
Key finding30%
of Central Coast Mariners's time without the ball is in a low block away, against 16% at home: the biggest home/away gap in the league.
Key finding47–50 m
from goal: where every club's back line sits in a high block. Melbourne City sit highest overall by defending deep least often, not by pushing the line up.
Key finding48%
of Newcastle Jets's medium blocks start in their own half, the most in the league; Melbourne Victory sit back that early only 28% of the time.
Key finding0
shots from 112 attacks against Melbourne City's high block: the only club whose high block conceded none.
Key finding47%
of Western Sydney Wanderers's time without the ball is in a low block when losing, against 22% when winning. League-wide the score barely moves it (22% vs 22%).
Key finding18 m
shorter: teams squeeze from 61 m long in a high block to 43 m in a low one, while width drops only 4 m.
Key finding1,684 m²
Newcastle Jets defend the tightest box in a medium block; Wellington Phoenix the loosest, at 2,129 m².
Key finding508
engagements on the ball carrier per match: Newcastle Jets press the most.
Key finding43%
of Sydney FC's pressing chains won the ball, the best rate in the league.
Key finding23% / 32%
of engagements see the ball won when a player presses alone, against in a chain.
Key finding18%
of balls won in the final third become a shot, against 5% of all regains.
Key finding42%
of shots faced come while running back or defending a set play, only 13% of the time without the ball.
Key finding81
average percentile: A. Cáceres (Midfielder) ranks highest across every measure.
Key finding101.2
presses per 30 minutes without the ball: M. Caputo (Melbourne City) engages the ball carrier most often.
Key finding55.5
off-ball runs per 30 minutes with the ball: R. Piscopo (Melbourne Victory) makes the most.

Projects

SquadsLive

Player Opportunity & Trust Index

Which players do coaches actually rely on, and who is still waiting for a chance?

SquadsLive

Squad Age and Youth Opportunity

Which clubs play old squads, and which give young players minutes?

SubstitutionsLive

Substitution Intelligence

When do coaches make their changes, what is the score when they do, and do substitutes deliver?

SubstitutionsPolishing

Coach Reactions

How fast do coaches react when a goal changes the score, and what do they do with a booked player?

Reacting to GoalsLive
Quickest CoachesCoach names
The Booked GambleCard times
Taken Off Tired?Polishing
Fresh LegsPolishing
Changing the XIEvery match of the season
Rotation by PositionEvery match of the season

GoalsLive

Goals & Scorers

Who scores in the league, how many minutes does each goal take, and which goals decide matches?

GoalsPolishing

Goal Replays

What did each goal look like, with every player on the pitch?

Every Goal, ReplayedPolishing

GoalsLive

Penalties & Own Goals

How often are penalties scored in the league, who scores them, against whom, and where do own goals fall?

ResultsLive

Season Story

How did the title race unfold, and how did each club get there?

StadiumsLive

Stadium Map

Where are matches played, which clubs play where, and which grounds see the most goals?

RunningPolishing

Who Runs the League

Which clubs and players cover the most ground, sprint the most and run fastest?

RunningPolishing

Match Intensity

When in a match do teams run hardest, and when do they fade?

Running by MinutePolishing

TacticsPolishing

Style on the Ball

Do teams build from the back, go direct or live on the counter?

Time in Each PhasePolishing

TacticsPolishing

Team Shape

Where does each player stand, with the ball and without it?

Average PositionsPolishing

TacticsPolishing

Ball in Play

How many minutes of real football does a match have, and who has the ball in them?

TacticsPolishing

Formations

Which shape does each team start in, and how often does it change?

TacticsPolishing

Winning, Drawing, Losing

Do teams play differently when they are ahead, level or behind?

TacticsPolishing

Style by Half

Do teams change how they play after half-time?

AttackingPolishing

Off-Ball Runs

Who makes the runs that open up space, and do they get the ball?

AttackingPolishing

Run Map

Where do a player's runs start and end?

Every Run on the PitchPolishing

AttackingPolishing

Where Attacks Come From

How do teams win the ball and start their possessions, and which starts lead to shots?

AttackingPolishing

Attack Map

Where on the pitch do a team's attacks start and finish?

Where Attacks Start and EndPolishing

AttackingPolishing

Losing the Ball

Which teams and players lose the ball most, and where?

PassingPolishing

Passing

Who passes forward, breaks lines and finds teammates on the run?

PassingPolishing

Dangerous Passing

Who picks the pass that hurts, and who plays it safe?

PassingPolishing

Passing Networks

Who passes to whom?

Who Passes to WhomPolishing

PassingPolishing

Pass Length & Direction

Do teams pass short or long, forward or sideways?

PassingPolishing

Progressive Passes

Who moves the ball towards goal, and from where?

PassingPolishing

Chance Creation

Who sets up the shots, and where are chances made?

PassingPolishing

Crosses

Which teams live on crosses, and do they work?

PassingPolishing

Goal Kicks

Do teams restart short or long, and does it work?

CornersPolishing

Attacking Corners

Who gets the most from their corners?

CornersPolishing

Defending Corners

Who keeps corners from turning into chances?

CornersPolishing

Takers and Targets

Who delivers the corners, and who gets on the end of them?

DefendingPolishing

How High Teams Defend

Which teams defend high up the pitch, and which sit deep?

DefendingPolishing

Defending Shape

How narrow and how compact is each team without the ball?

DefendingPolishing

Pressing

Which teams go after the ball carrier, and how?

DefendingPolishing

Pressing Chains

Which teams press together, and does it win the ball?

DefendingPolishing

Winning the Ball Back

Which teams win the ball back, where, and who does it?

DefendingPolishing

What Gets Through

Where does each defence break, and against what?

PlayersPolishing

Player Profiles

How does a player's season compare with others in the same position?

Season PercentilesPolishing

PlayersPolishing

With and Without the Ball

How much of a player's time is spent with the ball, and what do they do with it?

Squads

Local vs Foreign

Who plays, local or foreign, and where on the pitch?

Who Gets the MinutesPlayer nationality
Foreigners in the XIPlayer nationality
Where They PlayPlayer nationality
Who Scores the GoalsPlayer nationality
Where They Come FromPlayer nationality

Needs player nationality

Squads

Squad Value

Which clubs have the most valuable squads, and does the money buy points?

Needs player market values

Officiating

Referee Profiles

How strict is each referee, how soon do they show the first card, and what do they book players for?

Cards per MatchReferee names
The First CardReferee names
When Cards ComeReferee names
Why Cards Are ShownReferee names
Referee ExplorerReferee names

Needs referee names

Officiating

Discipline

Which clubs collect the most cards, and who gets them: players on the pitch or the bench?

Cards by ClubCard times
Most BookedCard times
Booked at What ScoreCard times

Needs card times

Officiating

Referees and the Score

Does the score change how players are booked, and do referees even things up?

Booked by ScoreCard times + Referee names
Why They're BookedCard times + Referee names
Evening It Up?Card times + Referee names

Needs card times and referee names

ResultsPlanned

Match Story

What really decided this match?

Needs: Event data (shots, passes)