The Double Pivot: Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary

Mike Goodman and Michael Caley
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Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary with hosts Mike Goodman and Michael Caley

  1. 2D AGO

    Liverpool, City, and Early Thoughts on the Evolution of Premier League Tactics

    Liverpool struggled badly against Newcastle while City lost to Spurs, and both matches captured the current tactical meta in different ways. We walk through the history of where the extreme control tactics of contemporary football came from and how clubs are now responding to control with different versions of chaos, pressing, athleticism and directness. Looking back on Pep, Jose, Klopp, Tuchel and how their ideas shaped the game and what might come next.  Support the show

    35 min

  2. AUG 19

    A Very Strange Arsenal Match (with James Benge)

    Arsenal got the three points, but their close-fought 1-0 victory over Manchester United felt strange to watch and was a major statistical outlier in a number of ways. We are joined by CBS Sports' James Benge to discuss what he saw from Arsenal in their opening match and what it might mean for the season. Follow James online: https://bsky.app/profile/jamesbenge.bsky.social And read his article on the match: https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/arsenal-were-faster-than-ever-in-win-at-manchester-united-but-is-new-style-here-to-stay-or-circumstantial/ Support the show

    33 min

  3. AUG 12

    2025 Premier League Preview, Part I

    It's that time again! We go through all 20 Premier League teams, draft our favorites, and talk about why we picked them.  Part II of course available at http://patreon.com/doublepivot Support the show

    43 min

  4. AUG 5

    Is It Possible to Get Promoted to the Premier League and Stay Up?

    We talk about strategies for staying in the Premier League as a promoted side, how much harder it's gotten, what approaches are being employed by Leeds, Sunderland and Burnley, and why we think this season one of them breaks the streak.  Support the show

    32 min

  5. JUL 30

    Luis Diaz or Rodrygo?

    Who do you got? Support the show

    32 min

  6. JUL 22

    2025 Euros with Sophie Lawson

    We are joined by Sophie Lawson to discuss the Women's Euros, which were heading into their semifinals as we were recording. How Spain have established themselves as the best in Europe, why Germany have made the semis but still disappointed so far, how England have shown fight but not yet the quality of ball that they need, and how Italy are just Italy-ing super hard.  Follow Sophie on the various social media sites @lawsonsv including: https://bsky.app/profile/lawsonsv.bsky.social Support the show

    43 min

  7. JUL 20

    Double Pivot Summer Teaser

    Talking about all the agreeable soccer analytics you can listen to if you join at  https://www.patreon.com/c/doublepivot And if you do, here's how to join the Discord https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/212052266-Getting-Discord-access Support the show

    3 min

  8. JUL 18

    Morgan Gibbs-White to Tottenham

    The deal is still held up in contractual, semi-legal limbo, but we talk about Gibbs-White and analyzing players based on per-90 and per-touch metrics, and whether this is a risk worth taking for Tottenham.  Support the show

    27 min
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