Is possession always nine tenths of the law? | Stats Analysis
Celtic beat Barcelona 2-1 in the Champions League. If you did not see the game and looked at the data you would have been confused on the basis that Barcelona had 84% Possession and still managed to lose. If we look at the Barcelona data for the game we can see that they had 25 shots, so in relation to possession, that is one shot per 3.36% of possession.
Celtic won the game by restricting the amount of shots on …