Football match (soccer) performance analysis

Produce a source-grounded post-match brief from one SofaScore event. The goal is to describe what the source recorded and which interpretations it supports, not to reconstruct tactics or predict a rematch from a few box-score fields.

Scope and event identity

Set the competition, teams, match date, and time zone from the request. Resolve the event through SofaScore search, then verify both participants, competition, scheduled start, and status from the returned event before collecting detail. A team-name match alone is not enough; reserve, youth, women's, and senior teams can share names.

Analyze completed matches as post-match reports. For live or upcoming matches, label the output as a snapshot and do not use final-match language. Preserve the provider's status, period, and any extra-time or shootout distinction.

Collect a bounded event record

1. Resolve and verify the SofaScore event ID.
2. Fetch the event summary and statistics for that same event ID. Keep each statistic's source label, value, unit, and period; missing categories stay unknown rather than zero.
3. Fetch incidents and lineups for chronology and starting-player context. Do not infer a player's role, injury, or tactical assignment beyond fields the response actually exposes.
4. Use head-to-head or recent team events only when the user asks for historical context. Confirm every team ID from the event response. For team events, direction is next or last; do not mix future fixtures into completed-match form.
5. Fetch event odds only when explicitly useful. Label the returned odds as a retrieved snapshot; do not call them pre-match odds unless the source provides that timing.

Use one match as the default scope. Ask before collecting a broad match cohort or repeated snapshots; extra calls can add cost without making the causal story stronger.