How stats technology helped Ireland navigate way to Euro 2016

As a nation sweated on the fitness of Shane Long and John O’Shea in the build-up to Ireland’s Euro 2016 play-off, Martin O’Neill’s backroom team could pore over a dizzying array of stats assessing his players’ readiness to play against Bosnia-Herzegovina.

And clubs are also kept in the loop on decisions made about their valuable assets.

Statsports — the company behind the technology — is an Irish success story in its own right.