SkillCorner

“SkillCorner were the only provider we thought was good enough to contribute data to our profiles and our evaluations.”

When Crux Football acquired Montpellier FC in October 2025, the goal was clear: to combine the club’s reputation as a developer of young talent with the group’s recruitment expertise to eventually return the team to European competition.

Data was always primed to play a significant role in that process.

We spoke to Ted Knutson, Strategic Director of Football at Crux Football, about the approach they are taking at Montpellier FC and how SkillCorner data fits into the equation 👇

⚽️🇺🇸 Contextual Scouting: An NWSL-Ready Winger

As the NWSL keeps expanding, the need for players suited to the demands of the league also grows. So how can we identify players elsewhere who could step in and look like they really belong?

We used our Game Intelligence and dedicated Women’s Physical Data to identify wingers who don’t play in the NWSL yet but already perform like the league’s best wingers.

See who stood out: skillcorner.com/articles/conte…

Over on LinkedIn, we've just published the latest edition of the SkillCorner Brief newsletter, featuring:

- Advice on building player indexes
- An analysis of cost vs. consistency in recruitment
- How dedicated women's data enables more precise profiling
- A look on winger contributions through the lens of EPV

Check it out below, and if you're active on LinkedIn, please subscribe

linkedin.com/pulse/skillcor…

🏀 Shot Quality Series Episode 1: The shot journey of two players throughout a season.

We can't always be at the top of our game. Slumps can happen. But how does a coach or scout know if it's a one time occurence or something else? Using our Shot Quality model we followed the season of two EuroLeague players. Both had a difficult start, both had a strong finish. The final destination is the same but our players went through two very different journeys to get there. One of them was getting better shots. The other was making the same shots but better.

Discover the full story here 👇
skillcorner.com/articles/shot-…

⚽️ Measuring individual pressure

Our Pressure metric captures individual pressures applied directly to the ball-carrier outside of a coordinated collective chain.

When combined with outcome flags such as Forced Backward or Direct Regain, it allows us to separate players who simply accumulate these actions from those who effectively disrupt the opposition's play.

It is one of the key defensive On-Ball Engagement metrics that form part of our Game Intelligence suite, integrating on and off-ball insights to deliver sharper profiling of player style and performance.

👇 Watch the video below or check out our blog for more detail and an applied use case: skillcorner.com/articles/metri…