Football Intelligence & Performance Archives

08 Jul Return to Competition: A Practical Protocol to Assess Match Readiness After Injury

Posted at 12:42h in Research

Return to competition protocolDescarga A player can be medically cleared, train with the squad, be available for selection and even play minutes… while still not being back to his real competitive level. That is the starting point of this protocol. The key question is not simply: Can he play? The...

04 Feb Stretch Index and Distance to the Ball: The Model Revealing How Top LALIGA EA Sports Teams Organize Differently from the Rest

Posted at 13:58h in Research

https://youtu.be/XWfJQvQbt6U From LALIGA’s Football Intelligence & Performance Department, we have developed an innovative model to understand how teams organize themselves on the pitch based on their performance. Using data from LALIGA EA Sports (2023/24 season), we combined two key spatial metrics: ✅ Stretch Index → Measures how...

30 Ene How to Analyze the Variation of the Opponent’s Defensive Block Based on Match Context

Posted at 12:14h in Research

In football tactical analysis, teams are often classified as defending in a high, mid, or low block. However, this static classification does not reflect the dynamic nature of the game, where a team's defensive block varies depending on multiple factors: the scoreline, opponent intensity, game...

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08 Jul Return to Competition: A Practical Protocol to Assess Match Readiness After Injury

04 Feb Stretch Index and Distance to the Ball: The Model Revealing How Top LALIGA EA Sports Teams Organize Differently from the Rest

30 Ene How to Analyze the Variation of the Opponent’s Defensive Block Based on Match Context