Author: Dr. López del Campo

11 Jun

Posted at 13:20h in Research

Most football analysis tries to answer the same question: What metrics explain winning? But for coaches, that question is often too generic. A better question is: What changes when my team wins compared with when my team loses? That small shift matters. Because the same metric can mean very different things...

06 Jun

Posted at 18:35h in Research

Running more can mean two very different things in football. Sometimes it means you are hurting the opponent. Sometimes it means the opponent is hurting you. That is why high-intensity distance should never be interpreted as a simple “more is better” metric. Its meaning depends on the...

05 Jun

Posted at 16:37h in Research

Not traditional xPoints: a clearer way to see which LALIGA teams got the most — and the least — from the danger they created and conceded The league table tells us who collected the most points. But it does not always tell us how much each team...