And thanks to our new partners, Betfair, each week we’ll be looking at a treble of fascinating things to watch out for in the televised games (which is all of them for now) …. Home F365 Features The Treble: Bielsa tactics, a Jose revival and gung-ho Chelsea, Date published: Thursday 10th September 2020 5:07, The Premier League is almost back. In a league like the Championship, the pressing style of Bielsa is not the norm as the teams like Nottingham Forest prefer to sit back and defend, then counter-attacking when gaining control of the ball. You have entered an incorrect email address! The team averages 0.83 goals conceded per game and have the joint lowest goals conceded at 34 goals. Or they could pull off a tactical master-class and steal a famous win. Back double chance Brighton/draw v Chelsea at 5/4 (Betfair), Back over 3.5 goals in Liverpool v Leeds, double chance Brighton/draw v Chelsea, and Tottenham to beat Everton at 9.37/1 (Betfair). The other two centre-backs have options to pass to Phillips, who transitions the ball to the next diamond, or directly to the full-backs, which takes us to the next diamond: This diamond involves the two full-backs, the Enganche and the central midfielder. The ability of the full-backs to play the entire width of the pitch is an important element of Bielsa’s ball progression. When the attacking midfielder gets the ball, he has two options. But, in most of the 21st century, Leeds have languished in the Championship and League One divisions of English football. We take a look. How do you improve a team that created the second most chances (and had the second most shots) last season, but conceded the ninth most goals? Recreating Bielsa's 3-3-1-3 tactic has always been my football manager dream. CTRL + SPACE for auto-complete. The next movement noted here is the movement of one of the central two midfielders transitioning from Central Midfielder to Central Attacking Midfielder. Liverpool will inevitably dominate possession, which means Leeds forced onto the back foot – and a pretty drastic reduction in those helter-skelter positional interchanges that have famously defined Bielsa teams. assists this season. But, towards the higher parts of the pitch, the wingers cut inside to pass to the target man, Bamford, or to shoot on target. Perhaps the new-look Brighton defensive partnership of Ben White and Lewis Dunk can hold firm against forwards making their debuts in English football – and, thinking back to their smash-and-grab 3-0 victory over a fumbling Tottenham in October, perhaps Adam Lallana can release Aaron Connolly and Neal Maupay in behind Chelsea’s high line. I had some success in previous years but the tactics never worked exactly as planned. Fortunately, an unbeaten final last six games of the season – leaving them fourth in the form table since Jose’s appointment – puts them in a strong position to do just that.
Leeds have a PPDA of 5.86 per match, which is the lowest in the Championship and way lower than the league average of 9.22.