Provider coding
Stats Perform’s undated Opta definitions explain how its shot events may be classified and amended. Our attempt marks are Opta-style invented teaching examples, not Opta records or every provider’s denominator.
Method / provenance lens
Keep the source beside the mark.
The examples are invented. The definitions are attributed. A law, a provider’s coding rule and a research framework answer different questions and should never be substituted for one another.
Source check: 26 Sep 2026For English readers in Nigeria; no Nigerian data claimNo production feed or live updates
Three distinct authorities
Illustration 07 / source boundariesAnalysis framework
FIFA Training Centre’s 29 Jul 2024 definitions distinguish possession, out of possession and ball in contest. Our 50-minute window is invented arithmetic, not a universal scoreboard reading.
Football law
IFAB’s 2026/27 edition governs the current-law illustrations on sending-off and additional time. Law does not classify provider shot data; this edition is not a claim about an older fixture.
Sources and publication dates for each boundary are listed immediately below. All sources accessed 26 Sep 2026. Recheck undated methods and the applicable law edition before any real-world use.
Recorded
Every number on this site belongs to a labelled fictional set with a stated denominator and period. The four form entries are deliberately selected; the 90-minute attempt record and 50-minute ball window are separate illustrations.
Still unknown
No licensed provider feed, verified fixture, local competition coverage or future result is supplied. A historical claim would need the particular fixture, provider, competition, retrieval time and applicable law edition.
Source register
- Stats Perform, Opta Event Definitions, undated; accessed 26 Sep 2026. Provider-specific on-target, woodwork and blocked-shot categories; notes that VAR-overturned events may be amended or deleted.
- FIFA Training Centre, Data analysis definitions, 29 Jul 2024; accessed 26 Sep 2026. Three-state possession framework and measurement terminology.
- FIFA Training Centre, Part 1: How important is possession?, 9 Nov 2023; accessed 26 Sep 2026. Tournament research indicating possession’s relation to success is contested; not a Nigeria-specific finding.
- Stats Perform, ProVision, undated; accessed 26 Sep 2026. Describes game-state, period and match-clock filtering; does not provide our invented extracts.
- The IFAB, Law 3 — The Players and Law 12 — Fouls and Misconduct, 2026/27 edition; accessed 26 Sep 2026. Sending-off and red-card context.
- The IFAB, Law 7 — The Duration of the Match and VAR protocol, 2026/27 edition; accessed 26 Sep 2026. Minimum additional time and conditional VAR procedure. IFAB’s 28 Feb 2026 announcement describes edition timing subject to competition timing.
Corrections & limits
If a definition or example needs correction, identify the page, passage, source edition or date and the proposed correction. Compare against the primary source, update the nearby claim and source line together, and record what changed in the site revision. No public contact channel is claimed here. This site does not offer picks, odds, predictive promises or operator guidance.