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Offset, Rotation, Scaling

Change rotation, stretch or reduce touchfield dimension

Get parameter for changing rotation, stretching or reducing touchfield dimension with this tool: Editor for linux x11 xinput calibration. Some background information of this tool here:
github discussion and update your /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf file.

Test with X window server in background

sudo -b /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg :0
Test with calling e.g. DISPLAY=:0.0 xcalc

if it does not fit, then kill X window server in background with sudo kill <pid>. You can get the pid with ps -ef. Update your /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf file. And test again until it fits.

Change x,y offset of the touchfield (calibrate)

Calibrate with xinput_calibrator

xinput_calibrator -v --output-type xorg.conf.d

copy output to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-calibration.conf file.