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GAA Performance Analysis:
Dublin Footballers - All Ireland Knockout Series 2013
1 Introduction:
Regular readers will know that we have analysed a number of Dublin games in isolation this season. In this article, we are going to compare a number of the key statistics for Dublin's 3 games in the knockout series. The quarter final v Cork, semi final v Kerry and the final v Mayo.
The article will conclude with some observations on the statistics presented.
2 Key Statistics compared:





3. Observations:
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Dublin conceded more than twice the number of frees in the final v Dublin than they did v Cork in the All Ireland Final Quarter Final.
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Of the 10 measures compared, Dublin achieved their highest score in 6 of these v Kerry in the semi-final. Namely: Tackles made, Turnovers, Shooting Efficiency, Opposition's Shooting Efficiency, Scores from Play and Scores from Frees.
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Goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton had a 80% Shooting Efficiency from 45's in the Knockout series.
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Dublin's highest Turnover count in the Knockout series was 29 in the All Ireland Final v Mayo.
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As the games in the knockout series progressed, Dublin won greater percentages of their own kickouts in each game but lesser percentages of the opposition's kickouts.