All the info we collect are based on the game animation and the animation is not clear at all. I can't really tell which shots are headers and which foot the player used. My thought came after noticing that a right footed ST that I had sent his balls too far on the left when being played on the left side.
At the time of the example I gave above, there was no animation, so we had to rely on the match commentary. One can't argue with the Match report when it says '<Goal time> 'O. Hansen (J. Shaqiri)', and that's what I base my statistics on...
Any formation or tactics advice given is based purely on experience with my teams...