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- Did the player attempt to apply pressure? Were they successful? Was the opponent or distribution lane pressured?
- Were positional lines broken or attempted to be broken?
- What was the body orientation of the target receiver?
- Did the receiver have to adjust to an inaccurate pass to make it complete?
For a simple possession with just one pass, PFF FC collects 47 data points, of which 15 are brand new to the market.
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Apps using PFF FC’s API are fast and stable because you control the data you get, not the server.
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Connect the dots between off and on-ball player movement.
Using broadcast tracking technology, all PFF FC events are synchronized with player positioning data and seamlessly delivered into your workflows.
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Data Science
Streamline and integrate workflows to power your apps, and roll them out in record time.
Access the full depth and breadth of PFF FC data from a single endpoint.
Recruitment
Attack your club's next transfer window with confidence.
Create shadow lists packed with context for each target. Minimize groupthink and anchoring bias throughout your scouting workflow.
Performance Analysis
Maximize your staff's ability to understand, compare, and communicate your analysis.
Conduct data-driven monitoring to align player and team goals to actual outcomes.
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PFF works with a wide range of companies across different market segments.
Teams
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The information you need to win - we empower team professionals around the world to win what’s next.
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Actionable context matched only by your passion to find an edge.
Informed predictions require deeply contextual datasets. Our approach illuminates historical performance relative to expectation.
Publishers &
Content Creators
Your story matters. We can help contextualize it.
Informed predictions require deeply contextual datasets. Our approach illuminates historical performance relative to expectation.
Quality Data
Doesn't just ground
effective analysis;
it builds trust.
Show your organization how your recommendations align with their goals with our robust dataset that’s the deepest in the industry.
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Development Kits
Python and R Languages
PFF FC resources for Python and R are here to make it quick and easy to integrate our API into your workflow.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is PFF data collected?
PFF FC data is collected using a proprietary, internally-developed platform. Using high definition TV broadcast our team completes multiple processes which deliver answers to the following questions, among others:
- What is the situation? (e.g. game clock, half, score)
- Who is on the ball and for how long?
- What happened and how? (e.g. body part, ball height, event type, outcome)
- Was pressure attempted and/or applied and how?
- What was the players’ PFF Grade for that particular event?
- Includes positioning and off-ball movement
From August 2022, both spatiotemporal and physical data processes will be brought online and be available for our customers.
Who collects PFF FC data?
PFF FC employs a diverse variety of people who collect our data. We have both former club analysts and professional players, along with other part-time employees who are assigned to various processes. New analysts start by collecting who is on the ball and when, and the events that happen during that possession.
Only experienced analysts collect contextualized data & perform grading analysis. Training is rigorous and well-documented to ensure maximum data integrity.
Multiple analysts make multiple passes on each game to ensure that any mistakes and discrepancies are caught before the data reaches our customers. We also rely on automatic data validations throughout all of our processes.
How accessible is the data?
Currently, PFF FC data is available via our API for you to use at your convenience. However, we are actively developing an easy-to-use, web-based platform which will allow you to easily access, filter, save/share and watch our event data as it’s made available.
To receive a notification once our platform is ready, please contact [email protected] and get added to our early release list.
Do you have any reference materials that help explain the data?
We have a few different reference materials to get you started. If you don’t find what you’re looking for, please don’t hesitate to reach out and let us know how we can help.
Which competitions does PFF FC offer?
For the 2021/22 seasons, we offer event data packages for the following competitions: English Premier League, German Bundesliga, Major League Soccer, Ligue 1 and Liga MX.
From August 2022, event data coverage will expand to include the following: EFL Championship, La Liga, Serie A (ITA), and 2. Bundesliga.
Additionally, coverage for player positioning and physical data will be available above and beyond the leagues listed here. To discuss how PFF FC can design a package that supports your organization’s needs, please contact [email protected].
Beyond 2022, we plan to grow the number of offered competitions based on the requirement that we remain flexible to our customers’ evolving priorities and coverage goals.
Do you offer any programming resources to help me get started?
We are actively building developer toolkits for both Python and R which once complete, should smooth the flow of PFF FC data into either programming language to suit your needs. For more information or to receive a notification once these packages are complete, please contact [email protected].
About Us. Every Player. Every Play. Every Game.
PFF FC is the essential partner to the world’s highest performing organizations, offering analysis and solutions that unlock the potential of data. Obsessed with sport and dissatisfied with accepted conventions and limitations, we set out to redefine the meaning of truly great sports analysis. Today, we continue to break past complacency and subjectivity, analyzing every player and every play as we lead the way to truly unrivaled performance.