A motivating example: Netherlands vs USA in the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Now, let's consider a motivating example of visual analytics in football. We will investigate the match between the Netherlands and the USA in , which took place on at ().

The Netherlands won the match with a score of - (Match highlight).

We would like to answer the following questions:

• Identify the key events in the match.
• Analyze the performance of the teams.

Event data

We will use the event data to analyze the key events in the match. The event data provides detailed information about the events that occurred during the match, such as shots and passes. There are events in the dataset for the match between the Netherlands and the USA.

Possession

Each event has a possession number that indicates the order of possession in the match. A possession data looks like this (hover on circles to see the details):

Time Series

Temporal Distribution

Passes

When we focus on the passes and draw lines for each pass, we can see the following:

We can also analyze the distribution of passes in the match. The following chart shows the distribution of passes by the Netherlands and the USA in the match.

Passers' positions

Pass destinations