Pressure

Rhodesy is still away so Darth hosts the sports science duo of Barts and Si for the double header of Toulouse and Brentford. The lads discuss: * Europa selection, rotation and injuries * what does the half-time triple sub tell us? * Kelleher concerns? * Jota evolution? * Brentford key match stats: XG, XT, Big Chances, Shots, Possession * A good example to help people understand the difference of XT vs XG * Darwin disallowed goals * Alisson praise part 24214. Save of the season? * LFC tactical flexibility and varied buildup. Good patterns of play * Jota/Tsimikas left-side dynamic * Trent quietly the best playmaker in the PL this season * VVD is back

Rhodesy is away so Darth hosts the sports science duo of Barts and Si for the double header against Bournemouth and Luton. The lads discuss Bournemouth team selection!! Key stats and numbers Impacts for Luton game Luton team selection and gameplan Dominant match stats. Reason why the Reds should have won the game but didn't Darwin Nunez banter era revisited Reds sub-optimal tactics? Narrow pitch, narrow team Trent analysis and discussion Big Chance analysis - what is needed for an LFC forward? Luis Diaz happy ending?

Barts is away but Darth hosts Si and Rhodesy to analyse the 2 wins over Toulouse and Nottingham Forest. On the most positive pod of the season so far, the lads discuss: Toulouse rotation, the "Europa XI" Grav love Endo goalscoring stats Jota surprise and reminiscing on the Jota/Mane statistical profiling Luke Chambers context Forest key stats. Positive XT trends! Is the Darwin Nunez banter era over? AI in-house pressing data. Szobo the Terminator Discussion point: how have LFC managed to create so many attacking transitions against ultra low-blocks Everton and Forest? VVD back to his best? Salah low-key having his best LFC season

Rhodesy is away but Darth hosts the sports science duo of Barts and Si to review the Derby win over Everton. The lads discuss: LFC selection, impact of international break and 1230 kickoff Everton tactics and gameplan. How did LFC manage to get so many transition situations? Key match stats and numbers 11 v 11 period. Calvert-Lewin vs Van Dijk, Diaz vs Ashley Young 11 v 10. After all those periods playing with a man down, how did we fair when a man up? Everton half time changes, LFC slow to react? Konate controversy Last 30 minute positives Discussion point: is this LFC team now too reliant on Mo Salah? Can we create enough in non-transition situations?

On this episode of Under Pressure Dan Kennett is joined by Dan Rhodes & Simon Brunidsh to discuss the season so far as the look at Liverpools start to the season, as well as their competitors for top 4 and maybe the title? Topics discussed: PFA Survey Data discussion Injuries, injury data Team level stats, analysis and trends Player level stats highlights Premier League wide context and trends Expected Goals (XG), Expected Threat (XT), Big Chances, Shot Conversion Opposition analysis: Spurs, Newcastle, Arsenal and Man City

The whole crew are re-united for the double header against Union and Brighton. Darth hosts Rhodesy, Si and Barts and the lads discuss: Union SG Rotation and selection Match statistical summary Gravenberch and Quansah analyis Why Fulham were surprised we went for Elliott Brighton Lineups and detailed match stats. a 50/50 game? Brighton heavily impacted by the Europa League The LFC plan for Elliott LFC in buildup. Szobo isolated, Alisson in midfield. Reds overthinking it? Lack of switches. Errors for opener LFC out of possession. Big changes compared to the same fixture last season. Pressing analysis Grav the turning point Robbo's brain fart

Daniel Rhodes hosts Dan Kennett, Phil Barter and Simon Brundish to discuss the controversial defeat away at Tottenham on Saturday evening. Topics include: - [ ] Line-ups, tactics and team selections - [ ] Match summary and breakdown between sending offs - [ ] Discussion of the best chances in the game - [ ] Run through each key decision: Jones’ sending off, Diaz’s offside, Jota’s double booking - [ ] Salah’’s new creative role - [ ] Alisson’s brilliance - [ ] Defensively superb with nine men - [ ] Are we all biased analysing this? - [ ] The outlier of no second bookings for LFC’s opposition - [ ] Appealing Jones’ sending off - [ ] VAR protocols and the reaction by the club and the PGMOL after the game.

Rhodesy is unwell but Darth hosts the dynamic sports science due of Barts and Si to review the 2 wins over LASK and West Ham. The lads discuss LASK rotation and lineups Who enhanced their reputation in the LASK game? How do we see LFC approaching the Europa League this season? West Ham lineups Summary of key match starts Slow start, West Ham causing us instability. LFC ineffective. Why? An actual penalty for Mo Salah! Importance of a dominant aerial performance vs a big team Vintage VVD Tactical tweaks and improved performance Big 10 minutes after half time with the game tied. 2 big chances for LFC, 1 for West Ham Masterful midfield of Szoboszlai, MacAllister, Jones. Possession control and threat! Are LFC a 90 point team again? Key trends and indicators that we are, key trends and indicators that we're not Introducting Expected Threat (XT) brought to you by the genius of MarkRStats https://x.com/markrstats?s=20 Website: https://markstats.club/ What is XT? How does it relate to XG? Why does it matter? Why LFC need to improve defensively by 40%

Darth hosts Rhodesy, Barts and Si to analyse the comeback win at Wolves. The pod starts with a look at LFC's 16 game unbeaten run as this is Klopp's 5th such run during his time in charge. Before discussing the match itself, the lads have a 20 minute angry nerd section discussing: The impact of so much injury time on p90 metrics and why all the stats websites need to urgently change How can you tell the story of a match with data viz if the data doesn't capture key events? XG and the law of large numbers For the Wolves match the lads go through: Selection, particularly the South American players. Impact of playing at altitude Match summary of key stats First half, system stays the same but with different players. Did it work? Build-up and negative transition problems Wolves aggressive dribbling: Neto and Semedo praise Tactical changes. Gomez no longer inverting, Nunez shows actual link-up Reds take control, Curtis Jones tribute Dom Szoboszlai!!! is he actually a cyborg made in a lab? Record breaking top speed, distance covered LFC goals, too much luck used? Andy Robbo goalscoring analysis

Dan Kennett hosts Simon Brundish,  and Dan Rhodes to revisit the preview of this season, as we now have four games of data and the eye-test to help paint the picture for the season ahead! The trio look at how Liverpool have started, as well as the preparedness for the season ahead. They also look at Liverpool's competitors in the hunt at the top of the table.