The Athletic has defined a one-two as a pair of completed passes where Player A collects a return ball from Player B within three seconds of receiving the initial pass.

However, we are not interested in simple sideways, back-and-forth passes between two centre-backs here, but rather combinations that accelerate their team into advanced areas. Therefore, the return pass from Player B must progress the ball 20 per cent closer to the centre of the opponents’ goal to fit with our definition.