effective playing time Tag

28 Jul “Do Teams Really Run More Without the Ball? It Depends on How Long They Have It”

Posted at 13:51h in Research

Does a team always run more without the ball? This data-driven analysis of over 8,000 LALIGA match records shows that physical effort during in-possession phases can exceed out-of-possession demands—especially when ball possession drops below 36%. Discover how possession percentage reshapes match running performance and what...

20 Dic Match running performance is similar in lower and higher competitive standards of Spanish professional soccer accounting for effective playing time

Posted at 13:10h in Paper

For years, match data seemed to tell a clear story. Higher-level teams run more. More sprints. More high-speed actions. More physical demands. This paper challenges that idea directly. The study analysed almost 2,800 matches from LaLiga and LaLiga Smartbank across two full seasons. It used the...

19 Dic Tell me how much your opponent team runs and I will tell you how much you should run: A predictive model applied to Spanish high-level football

Posted at 12:58h in Paper

Football is not played in isolation. Every physical demand your team faces is shaped by the opponent. This study confirms that idea with real competition data from LaLiga. It shows that how much your players run is strongly linked to how much the opponent runs,...