RT Journal Article
T1 Game-related statistics that discriminated winning, drawing and losing teams from the Spanish soccer league
A1 Lago-Peñas, Carlos
A1 Lago Ballesteros, Joaquín
A1 Dellal, Alexandre
A1 Gómez, María Teresa
K1 Association football
K1 Game-related statistics
K1 Discriminant analysis
K1 Match analysis
AB The aim of the present study was to analyze men's football competitions, trying to identify which game-related statistics allow to discriminate winning, drawing and losing teams. The sample used corresponded to 380 games from the 2008-2009 season of the Spanish Men's Professional League. The game-related statistics gathered were: total shots, shots on goal, effectiveness, assists, crosses, offsides commited and received, corners, ball possession, crosses against, fouls committed and received, corners against, yellow and red cards, and venue. An univariate (t-test) and multivariate (discriminant) analysis of data was done. The results showed that winning teams had averages that were significantly higher for the following game statistics: total shots (p < 0.001), shots on goal (p < 0.01), effectiveness (p < 0.01), assists (p < 0.01), offsides committed (p < 0.01) and crosses against (p < 0.01). Losing teams had significantly higher averages in the variable crosses (p < 0.01), offsides received (p < 0. 01) and red cards (p < 0.01). Discriminant analysis allowed to conclude the following: the variables that discriminate between winning, drawing and losing teams were the total shots, shots on goal, crosses, crosses against, ball possession and venue. Coaches and players should be aware for these different profiles in order to increase knowledge about game cognitive and motor solicitation and, therefore, to evaluate specificity at the time of practice and game planning.
PB University of Uludag
SN 1303-2968
YR 2010
FD 2010-06-01
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/17611
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/17611
LA eng
NO Lago-Peñas, C., Lago-Ballesteros, J., Dellal, A., & Gómez, M. (2010). Game-related statistics that discriminated winning, drawing and losing teams from the Spanish soccer league. Journal of sports science & medicine, 9(2), 288-293.
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