Simon Brundish is often our go-to guy when it comes to Liverpool FC statistics.
He does great things with our friends at Anfield Index, among others.
And this tweet shared two days ago – focussing on the size of pitches Liverpool perform best on – has got an extraordinary response online.
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Brundish shows that Liverpool perform much better on smaller pitches – and points out that only one of our final six away games is on a ‘big’ one.
Anfield, of course, is small – just the way we like it!
Over the last 2 seasons, Liverpool average 1.33 points per game on pitches bigger than 7000sqm
on smaller pitches, they average 2.6 points per game
Anfield is 6868sqmof the remaining 6 away games, 5 are on pitches smaller than Anfield and Southampton is 6936
— SimonBrundish (@SimonBrundish) March 1, 2019
Brundish also gives his followers a potential reason for this stat – that in simple terms – it’s easier to gegenpress on a smaller pitch – which makes total sense!
before being a twat and responding with some reductive bullshit. Remember our biggest attacking weapon is gegenpressing. Smaller pitch, less space to cover….
— SimonBrundish (@SimonBrundish) March 1, 2019
Old Trafford is 7140 sq. metres; the exact same dimensions as West Ham’s London Stadium.
In both games, we looked lethargic in the press and struggled to create many opportunities – but looked rampant and energetic at home to Bournemouth and Watford either side!
It’s not the defining factor – of course it isn’t – but it’s likely to have played a part nonetheless.