MatchTracker is a performance analysis software designed to support teams with pre-match preparation, live match analysis, and post-match reviews.
The data software allows clubs to enhance their tactical approach with advanced visuals and simplify the way analysts assess the club’s performance.
Catapult were shortlisted in the Best Tech for Data and Analytics category at the 2023 Sports Technology Awards.
The company were recognised for their product ‘Vector’ that integrates wearable technology with video to provide coaches with contextualised performance insights.
This release was an industry-defining moment, since for the first time athlete performance data from Catapult’s Vector wearable devices syncs with MatchTracker.
This is how the Catapult MatchTracker technology works:
Analyse the Competition
Gain insights into the tactical and technical performance of your opponents with real-time match analysis. Track in-game trends as well as patterns across previous matches to enhance performance analysis, pre-match strategies, and talent scouting.
No Limits
Clubs can import an unlimited number of videos from any source. Whether it’s footage from IP cameras or OB truck feeds, any signal or camera can be integrated into the software and shared across all applications within the network.
Teams can combine video with data such as events, tags, player positioning, and biometrics for a comprehensive view during the match. Pre-recorded videos can also be easily synced with data after the match or session has ended.
Visualisation
MatchTracker’s modules cover opposition analysis, scouting, tactical and technical performance, tempo and pace tracking, and game trend reviews.
Each module offers visualisation tools and customisable dashboards, making it easier to create presentations for coaches and players, or quickly compare teams, matches, and individual performances in a clear and consistent format.
Find Key Game Moments
Customisable automatic alerts enable you to identify crucial moments in the game swiftly. These alerts also introduce new metrics to evaluate performance during post-match analysis.
Automatic Tagging
Create sophisticated templates to streamline the tagging process, with the option to integrate this live with Focus, The Hub, or third-party tagging software.
Share Instantly
Once the game is uploaded, it’s instantly available to all users. You can use the data from the match to build custom workbooks, playlists, and whiteboards, all of which can be easily shared with others on the platform. Additionally, images, videos, and data can be exported in seconds to share with staff, players, or fans.
Conclusion
According to Catapult, MatchTracker is trusted by 70% of Premier League clubs and is used by teams and federations in the top leagues across Europe.
None better than a recent partnership confirmed with Bundesliga Champions Bayer Leverkusen, who kicked off their UCL campaign with a stunning 4-0 victory vs Feyenoord.
Their first team will be using MatchTracker to seamlessly integrate physical performance data with tactical insights through video analysis, helping them elevate match preparation and optimise training programs.
Bayer Leverkusen, under manager Xabi Alonso, achieved the incredible feat of winning the Bundesliga without a loss with an exciting, fast style of football.
He was adamant from the get-go that a statistics-driven approach would be the most efficient way to implement his attacking style of football, and this partnership will utilise the features of MatchTracker to replicate last season’s success.
This technology is the future of data analysis in football and its use by many top professional clubs in Europe in its early years suggests it will be a powerhouse technology for years to come.
As data becomes more and more important in the modern game, a system like this becomes almost essential for top clubs to use in order to succeed and the many case studies completed by these clubs in regards to MatchTracker are extremely positive.
