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10 Jul Do you measure how long a player is on the pitch—or what they actually do while they are there?

Posted at 12:20h in Research

Football performance is usually normalised by time. Metres per minute. High-intensity distance per minute. Accelerations per minute. Technical actions per 90. This approach is useful, consolidated and easy to interpret. But it places one variable at the centre of the analysis: time on the pitch. What happens when...

03 Jul Optimal Acceleration Profile: It Does Not Mean Maximum, It Means Matched to the Demand

Posted at 11:03h in Research

Two wingers can cover the same sprint distance. Two centre-backs can perform the same number of accelerations. Two forwards can reach similar peak speeds. And yet, their acceleration profiles may be completely different. That difference matters. Because in football, acceleration is not only about how often a player accelerates....

30 Jun The Average Forward Does Not Exist: Why Goals Follow Different Physical Pathways

Posted at 13:11h in Research

Introduction There is a simple question behind this analysis: Do forwards change their physical behaviour in the matches where they score? At first, the answer seems easy to look for. We can separate matches into two groups: those in which the forward scored and those in which he...

26 Jun Has football become faster? Not when we analyse possession sequences

Posted at 17:42h in Research

Menor_velocidad_posesion_10_ultimas_temporadasDescarga Football is often described as faster, more intense and more demanding than ever. But there is a problem: football is not naturally organised in minutes, five-minute periods or arbitrary time windows. Football is organised in possession sequences. A possession sequence starts when a team gains possession and ends...

23 Jun Looking Beyond the Goalscoring Table: What Do Goals Really Tell Us?

Posted at 13:00h in Research

At the end of every season, one ranking inevitably captures the spotlight: the goalscoring table. The logic seems straightforward. More goals should mean better attacking performance. But football is rarely that simple. While total goals provide an important starting point, they reveal very little about how...

19 Jun The Higher the Intensity, the More Football Becomes a Deceleration Game

Posted at 10:17h in Research

Football loves acceleration. Sprints.Explosive runs.Maximum speed.High-speed distance. But our data show something that should change the conversation: At medium intensity, players accelerate more than they decelerate.At high intensity, the game flips. At high intensity, football becomes dominated by deceleration. Not slightly. Clearly. Across professional players: High intensity total: +61% more decelerations than accelerations High...

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