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17 Jul When Position Changes, Performance Metrics Change Too: Positional Versatility in LALIGA 2025/26

Posted at 18:07h in Research

A player is often described as versatile when he can play in several positions. However, a brief appearance in a secondary role is not the same as performing there regularly, and moving between two nearby attacking positions is not equivalent to switching from central defence...

15 Jul Post-Loss Defensive Response: Measuring What Happens After a Team Loses the Ball

Posted at 12:01h in Research

Possession tells us how a team attacks. What happens immediately after possession is lost may tell us whether that attack is sustainable. This question becomes especially relevant for dominant teams. The more players they commit ahead of the ball, the greater the potential attacking reward—but also...

14 Jul How Much Do They Shoot—and How Can You Create Shots Against Them?

Posted at 13:19h in Research

A shot-profile matrix for opposition analysis Preparing for the next opponent usually begins with familiar questions. How do they build? Where do they progress? What happens after they regain possession? How do they defend their box? But those questions can be reorganised around two outcomes that matter...

08 Jun From Movement to Advantage: How AI Can Help Us Understand Player Behaviour in Football

Posted at 13:00h in Research

There is a part of football that still escapes most data. Not the pass.Not the shot.Not the sprint.Not the tackle. The movement before all that. The adjustment before receiving.The run that opens a passing lane.The pause that holds an opponent.The step away from the ball that creates space.The...

05 Jun Real Madrid Got More Points Than Expected

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...

05 Dic Beyond Media Narratives: The Scientific Truth About Effective Time and Possession in Football

Posted at 12:00h in Research

For years, football discussions in the media have emphasized the importance of effective time and possession as the keys to success. But do these narratives hold up under scientific scrutiny? Our rigorous data analysis of the 2023/24 LALIGA EA Sports season challenges popular assumptions and...

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