Prime Vision will feature xG and player statistics
Service will launch for Tottenham’s game with Villarreal
Amazon Prime Video will give Champions League viewers a new kind of match coverage this season, dripping in data and taking its inspiration from video games.
Prime Vision will offer a version of broadcast coverage in which datapoints will be overlaid on to live play, enabling fans to see a player’s name, their running speed, the distance of a pass and even the passing options as part of the extra information. The service will be unveiled in the UK on Tuesday night for the Tottenham v Villarreal league-phase game and will run alongside traditional coverage.
Alex Green, the managing director of Prime Video Sport international, said the offering would “raise the bar for football fans and offer something meaningfully different” and that there would be further innovation “in the years to come”. Viewers in Germany and Italy will be able to access it from the Champions League’s third matchday.
