--- title: "Google DeepMind's TacticAI can predict football plays 8 seconds before they happen. Palmeiras is using it first." url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-deepmind-s-tacticai-can-predict-football-plays-8-seconds-before-they-happen-palmeiras-is-usi-4w5vvjwss source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/google-deepmind-tacticai-football-palmeiras-predict-plays type: article source: "The Next Web" published: 2026-06-11T20:26:46.578Z updated: 2026-06-11T20:27:10.444Z tags: ["machine-learning", "computer-vision", "google-deepmind"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Google DeepMind's TacticAI can predict football plays 8 seconds before they happen. Palmeiras is using it first. **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google DeepMind's TacticAI uses geometric deep learning to predict football plays up to 8 seconds ahead using broadcast-style visual data. Originally developed with Liverpool FC, whose experts preferred its tactical suggestions 90% of the time over real match configurations, the system is now being deployed by Brazilian club Palmeiras for live open-play analysis — a first for the technology, which was previously limited to set-piece analysis. Coaches can use a drag-and-drop interface to virtually reposition players and simulate downstream tactical effects. Google also partnered with Brazil's football confederation CBF for World Cup preparation. The underlying approach, treating players as nodes in a dynamic graph, has broader applications in robotics, traffic systems, and logistics. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [LegaBot launches the first football league run entirely by AI agents. It never stops playing.](https://daily.dev/posts/legabot-launches-the-first-football-league-run-entirely-by-ai-agents-it-never-stops-playing--kfq6tkjht) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Self-Optimizing Football Chatbot Guided by Domain Experts on Databricks](https://daily.dev/posts/self-optimizing-football-chatbot-guided-by-domain-experts-on-databricks-biikl5rba) · databricks · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The AI Architecture Behind FIFA World Cup 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/the-ai-architecture-behind-fifa-world-cup-2026-r6j8grqif) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#machine-learning](https://daily.dev/tags/machine-learning), [#computer-vision](https://daily.dev/tags/computer-vision), [#google-deepmind](https://daily.dev/tags/google-deepmind) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/google-deepmind-s-tacticai-can-predict-football-plays-8-seconds-before-they-happen-palmeiras-is-usi-4w5vvjwss)