Sports gameshave come under heavy scrutiny in recent years, with many gamers criticizing the genre for a lack of innovation implemented between entries. Although theFootball Managerseries doesn’t come under as much fire asfranchises likeFIFAandNBA 2K, it’s hard to disagree that it suffers from the same issues.
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Consequently, when a new feature is announced fora sports game, it is usually cherished by the series' fans.Football Manager 22has implemented a new feature known as the Data Hub which, as the name suggests, puts all of the game’s statistical breakdowns and analytical visualizations into one place. The array of facts and figures listed in the Data Hub can make it tricky to understand, so we’ve produced this guide to give players an idea of how it works.
Overview
The first tab in the Data Hub is Overview, which crams in a ton of useful information. The section provides general stats and figures for key aspects of the team’s performance like goalscoring, passing, defending, and chance creation.
The Last Match Passes portion of Key Findings is particularly helpful. It roughly shows what the team’s shape was in the last game, how frequently and infrequently certain passing lanes were used, and how heavily involved every player was.It’s worth taking the time to look at Last Match Passes after each game.
Like the Team section, the Player section is initially blank.
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The section again lets the manager ask their data analyst for a huge range of reports. As the name suggests, the Player tab provides reports based on the team’s individual player performances and usually compares them to other players in the league who play in the same position.
Matches
The Matches tab provides information on previous games and is broken down into two tabs:
Next Opponent
The Next Opponent tab is very in-depth and is broken down into five different sections about the team’s upcoming opposition:
Football Manager 22’s beta is out now. The full game releases on November 9th on PC, Xbox, and Mobile. A Nintendo Switch version is currently in the works.
