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Match data
Football match data explained clearly: tracking, statistics, heatmaps and performance data – and how your club can use them in training and matches.
Veo Analytics 2 / Play by Play: Features, Player-Tracking & Alternatives
What does Veo Play by Play offer – and what are the alternatives? Learn how zone14 STATS enables football tracking and performance data without GPS.
2026 World Cup Stats Guide: The Numbers Coaches Should Watch
The World Cup 2026 stats coaches should watch: xG, pressing data, line breaks, sprint maps, heat maps and team compactness – explained practically.
The Best Football Trackers 2026: A Comparison of GPS Vests, Wearables, and Video-Based Tracking
The Best Football Trackers 2026 Compared: GPS Vests, Wearables, and Video-Based Tracking. Find out which solution fits your club.
Team Compactness in Football: What It Means and How to Use It
Learn what team compactness means in soccer, why it's important, and how coaches can analyze compactness using zone14 STATS without GPS vests.
Catapult tracker or zone14? Football statistics tools compared
Catapult tracker, GPS vest or video? Your guide to football statistics tools: Catapult, Hudl, Wyscout and the complete solution zone14 compared.
Wearable Technology in Football: Trackers, Vests and Monitors
From GPS trackers and heart rate monitors to AI-controlled cameras - modern technologies optimise and enable a data-driven future.
GPS Tracker Vests in Football: Better Performance, Fewer Injuries
GPS tracker vests record movement and body data to improve performance and prevent injuries. How they work – and why video tracking is a cheaper alternative.
Innovation in football through artificial intelligence
How artificial intelligence, data analytics and tracking are changing football: from heatmaps and running data to scouting and automated video analysis.
Euro 2024: The Pinnacle of Technological Advancements in Football
The technology of Euro 2024: AI talent scouting, ball and player tracking, fan experience, crowd management and video analysis in match preparation.
Data Analysis at the European Championship and World Cup
How data analysis at the Euros and World Cup evolved from manual notes to AI – with examples from Spain, Germany and Italy and the role of analysts.
The futuristic world of video analysis in football
Let's imagine a future in which advanced technologies erase the boundaries between reality and simulation in soccer.
Brighton & Hove Albion: The Scouting System Behind Modern Football
How Brighton & Hove Albion use a scouting system, data analysis and smart planning to compete with richer clubs – and what smaller clubs can learn.
Improving Performance Through Running Statistics in Football
What running stats reveal in football: distance, high-intensity runs and speed for fitness, tactics and injury prevention – and how clubs can track them.
Action Heatmaps in Football: Data Visualisation for Video Analysis
Football heatmaps show where players move and which zones a team uses – how action heatmaps work and how to use them in video analysis.
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