Football, Tactics & Glory News

This is part of a series of articles that talk about the many new features that will appear in the next major expansion. You can find past articles there.

When you love your club, when you put efforts in each match, sometimes you want to see a big picture of how you play. Do you score more at home or away? How do you score the most goals? How do you concede most of the goals? How many red and yellow cards do you get per season? How many injuries did your footballers have? Etc.

Also, when you have played 5 or more seasons, it is interesting to look back and compare your current successes with past ones. Did the winning percentage in away matches increase? Have you started to score more with a Cannon shot? Has the number of injuries decreased?

Such information would be great to see in diagrams and graphs, rather than in dry numbers.

To answer these questions, we created two new screens: Seasons and Trends.


We collected some pieces of global statistical data, placed them on the charts in such a way that it's very easy to look at and evaluate the changes which happened in every season.



At first glance, the screen seems scary. But when you start to delve into the data, you will see that they are placed logically and easily for perception.

For example, the screenshot shows that in the season 2023/2024 in home matches I mainly won. But in the away, I had fewer victories, but many draws and defeats.

However, in the season 2025/2026, I was able to ensure that in away matches I had more wins and fewer losses. Given that I won the European Cup this season, we can assume that away victories were earned precisely in the play-off matches when it was necessary to get the victory in order to go to the higher rounds.



At the bottom of the screen, there is a switch that filters only matches of the league, cup and continental tournaments. So you can switch and see if your assumptions are correct.

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Another very interesting feature is the ability to see on the charts how you scored and missed goals.



For example, see how the ratio of goals scored by a Cannon shot (red sector) has changed over the past three seasons. In the year 2023, I bought several young forwards with this skill, began to train the skill in training, and more often put forwards on the matches.



As a result, in the last season, the forwards improved their skill level and began to score a lot, having displaced the Rainbow feint from the first place. It's worth noting that the share of Rainbow feint decreased partially because I sold an old forward with the third level of this skill.

By the way, the charts clearly show that I really like to score goals after crosses (orange sector).



In fact, we show almost the same data in the form of graphs. The graphs allow you to look differently at how your progress has changed over time.



The graph shows how the number of my victories grew and the defeats fell over time.

You can see the absolute values ​​of victories and defeats, but they make little sense if you play a different number of matches in each season. Therefore, we introduced an option that allows you to divide the number of pieces of statistics by the number of matches played. So the graphs will provide more logical information.

But if you look at the screenshot, you might think that it would be great to compare the successes in matches with your progression in the league. After all, it's interesting to correlate the number of your victories with what place in the league you took and whether you won any trophy.

We have added such an opportunity. The left bar shows statistics, and the right one - the place taken in the league.



Now it has become more interesting. After all, you can, for example, see that in the third season I took seventh place. And this was the season in which the number of victories fell and the number of defeats increased.

This screen also shows other statistics. Here, for example, is a comparison of different kinds of scored goals for each season:



See how rapidly the number of goals scored by the Cannon shot has risen.

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Despite the fact that in the next major expansion we make a huge emphasis on statistics, many other game elements will be improved as well.

Today I want to talk about how the substitutions mechanics will be improved.


Earlier, when the substitution took place, you learned about it from the fast-moving text at the bottom of the screen. This was not obvious, especially if the substitution was made by your opponent.

Same with injuries and cards. You might have missed when a footballer was sent off the pitch.

Now, the game will be showing when such events happen.



We prepared different poses for substitutions, so they can be selected depending on the game context: footballers can leave the pitch being happy or disappointed.

Sure thing, the poses for the yellow and red cards will be different as well. For us, details matter.


Earlier, in order to make a substitution before performing, for example, a free kick, you had to very quickly press the “Substitution” button before the free kick mechanics started.

In the next expansion, we introduce the concept of 'Stopping Time.' Now, while you have not moved a single player during the free kick, penalty kick or the throw-in, you can make a substitution.

The game will show when the instant substitution is available.




Despite the fact that you quickly get used to the 'Skills are not available after kick off' rule, some players complained that they constantly forget about it. Therefore, now we will inform you when skills are not available. It will be shown at the bottom of the screen.



Also, now we will inform you about what phase of the penalty/corner/throw-in/free kick you are currently on. You can see that on the screenshot which shows the stopping time.

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Earlier I was telling how the next major expansion will show detailed statistics for each tournament.

Now, we started working on the club's statistics.


In the current version of the game, you can trace how the position of each club has been changing on the historical chart. It also shows what the strength of the club at the end of the season was and what trophies the club won.

But we decided that this is not the most convenient way to track the historical statistics of the clubs. We want to know more details. Therefore, for the next expansion, we developed a separate club's history screen.


First of all, you can see how many trophies the club has won in its entire history. On the chart, you can evaluate the ratio of the trophies won.

We also decided to introduce a historical scale into the game, which will help to quickly assess the success of the club in different seasons. If the club won a trophy, it will be displayed above or below the scale. If the club relegated from the league, this year will be colored in red. If it promoted (or got into the top 3 in the Premier League), then the selected season will turn green. If the club won a gold double (became the champion of the league and won National cup), then we color it with orange.

When you spend several seasons in the game, it is interesting to go to the screen of the clubs you are interested in and study their achievements: do they have the doubles, what is the highest place they reached in their history, how high they got in the cup.




Separately, we decided to show what important trophies the club won or tried to win. If the club participated in the Premier League, the National Cup and/or any continental tournament, then the game will show what the club achieved in these tournaments.




The strength of the team is seen not only by its trophies but also by the value of all club players. And if we can show this information, then why not to show other interesting data related to the players?

For example, now you can see the average age and level of the club's players, the most expensive acquisition, the most expensive sale, the football player on which the club made the best money.




Over the course of several seasons, each club shows regularities in which opponents it is easier to play with and which ones are more difficult. It used to be unrealistic to track. And the expansion, in a separate field you will be able to see it easily.

The screenshot, for example, shows the rivals of my club Dortmund FC. Surprisingly, the easiest opponent is the league leader Munich FC.



These stats can be tracked for every club. For example, here are the data for Munich FC:




On the tournament statistics screens, we have already shown information on successful and unsuccessful streaks. But when we introduced similar statistics for each club separately, we thought about the following:

Each club has ups and downs. In some seasons, the club will sweep away everyone in its way, and in other seasons, the competition will appear in the league, and it is no longer easy to win. The streaks sometimes represent such ups and downs of the competition, struggle, easy wins to hard losses.

If we can't “see” the streaks visually, then this information is almost useless. It is difficult to perceive.

Therefore, we invented a special way to visually see when the club had the best streaks.

Here, for example, the statistics of the club Munich FC:



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The page of the next big add-on for Football, Tactics & Glory is already available in Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1293080/

While you can't purchase it now, _you can add it to Wishlist_. It will allow you to not miss the moment when the add-on is live.

At the same time, we want to please you with the news that the add-on will include the feature which many of you have been asking us for: cup celebration animations! Now, when you win any tournament, you will see one of the several new animations in which the players you get used to are celebrating the win.

Moreover, you will no only joy together with the team, you will be able to take a photo of this precious moment!



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In addition to implementing statistics, we are also working on the introduction of several features that will allow you to better feel the game world. Today I will talk about two such new features: Man of the match and Team of the round.


Earlier, the best player in a match was determined only in the match in which your team participated. And even then, regardless of whether the team won or lost, each team had its own best player.

Now the game determines only one best player in each match. The game evaluates all the actions of a footballer in a match. As a result, in each match, only one footballer will be the Man of the match.

If your player has become the Man of the match, he will earn additional experience. In the screenshot, this player is marked with a crown icon. Look at the hint above: it shows how much XP points the player earned for becoming the MoM.



Alongside the top-10 tables (best scorers, best assistants etc) there will be a table which shows the best players. At the end of the season, your footballers, who got to the top 3 best players list, will bring additional Glory.




After each match, the game will comprise a team of those players who played best in the previous round. Such a team will be composed for all tournaments.



If the footballers of your team got into the team of the round, then the number of your fans will increase.

If it is your club that becomes the source of most players in the best team of the round, then you will earn bonus Glory points.

Moreover, we also show what the selected players did in the match so the journalists decided to select them to the top-11.



To make the list even more interesting, we decided to track and show some special important factors:

• saving a penalty
  
• scoring a deciding goal
  
• scoring a hat-trick
  

At the end of a season, you will be able to see the team of the season for every tournament separately. If your players get to any of these teams, your team will earn fans and Glory.

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Both of these mechanics do not affect the gameplay significantly. Rather they make the game world more lively and interesting. If I remember correctly, no one asked us for them in the forums. I wonder if there are those among you who wished about having such features to appear in the game ;)

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