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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,...

14 Dic A multilayer network framework for soccer analysis

Posted at 12:47h in Paper

Modern football is complex. It is not just about passes completed or possession percentage. It is about where the ball moves, how it is lost, and how it is recovered. And always in relation to the opponent. This paper introduces a new way to read the...

06 Oct Technical and tactical evolution of the offensive team sequences in LaLiga between 2008 and 2021. Is Spanish football now a more associative game?

Posted at 11:10h in Paper

Over the last decade, Spanish professional football has not just changed players or systems — it has changed how teams attack. This study analyzed 4,940 LaLiga matches across 13 seasons (2008/09–2020/21) to understand how offensive team sequences have evolved, focusing on collective behavior, not isolated...

19 Ago Distance Between Players During a Soccer Match: The Influence of Player Position

Posted at 11:15h in Paper

When we talk about tactics, we often focus on formations, pressing strategies, or passing networks. But what about the simple question: how close do players really stay to each other during a match? This study analyzed player tracking data from 60 matches of LaLiga (first and...

27 Nov Influence of Players’ Maximum Running Speed on the Team’s Ranking Position at the End of the Spanish LaLiga

Posted at 10:48h in Paper

Practical Summary for Coaches and Analysts Speed is one of the most eye-catching qualities in football. Scouts, coaches, and fans often highlight the “fastest player on the pitch” as a potential game-changer. But does having faster players actually decide whether a team finishes high in the...

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