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Five extra minutes of effective playing time can add almost 3 km of collective running. But that physical cost is far from identical across LALIGA teams—and high-speed running tells a very different story. This analysis explores how Effective Playing Time shapes match demands, why possession...

Across the complete 2025/26 LALIGA EA SPORTS season, the same goalscorer scored 54% more per 90 minutes at home than away. But the most interesting finding lies beneath that number: players did not simply finish better—they generated more opportunities. We analysed 68 goalscorers to uncover...