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Ju, W, Hawkins, R, Doran, D, Gómez-Díaz, A, Martín-García, A, Evans, M, Laws, A and Bradley, PS (2022) Tier-specific contextualised high-intensity running profiles in the English Premier League: more on-ball movement at the top. Biology of Sport, 40 (2). pp. 561-573. ISSN 0860-021X
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Abstract
The present study aimed to determine the physical-tactical profiles of elite football teams and individual players according to final league rankings. A total of 50 English Premier League matches (n = 100 match and 583 player observations) were analysed by coding the player's physical-tactical actions through synchronising tracking data and video. Final league rankings were categorised into Tiers: (A) 1st-5th ranking (n = 25), (B) 6th-10th ranking (n = 26), (C) 11th-15th ranking (n = 26), and (D) 16th-20th ranking (n = 23). One-way analyses of variance were used to compare match performances between different Tiers, and effect size (ES) was determined for the meaningfulness of the difference. Tier A teams covered 39-51% more high-intensity distance for 'Move to Receive/Exploit Space' (ES: 1.3-1.6, P < 0.01) and 'Run with Ball' (ES: 0.9-1.0, P < 0.05) than Tier C and D, and 23-94% more distance for 'Over/Underlap' (ES: 1.0, P < 0.01), 'Run in Behind/Penetrate' (ES: 0.7, P < 0.05), and 'Break into Box' (ES: 0.9, P < 0.05) compared to Tier C. Central and Wide Defensive Players in Tier A covered 65-551% more high-intensity 'Move to Receive/Exploit Space' distance compared to other Tiers (ES: 0.6-1.0, P < 0.01). Moreover, the additional options within the physical-tactical actions and zonal differences unveiled more meaningful insights into 'HOW' the top Tier teams physically and tactically perform. Thus, the amalgamated physical-tactical data help improve our understanding of a team's playing style relative to their competitive standard.
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| Additional Information: | Ju, W., Hawkins, R., Doran, D., Gómez-Díaz, A., Martín-García, A., & Evans, M. et al. (2023). Tier-specific contextualised high-intensity running profiles in the English Premier League: more on-ball movement at the top. Biology of Sport, 40(2), 561-573. https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2023.118020 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Football; Match performance; Physical-tactical data; Ranking; Standard; 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences; Sport Sciences |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC1200 Sports Medicine |
| Divisions: | Sport & Exercise Sciences |
| Publisher: | Termedia Publishing |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jun 2023 13:40 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jun 2023 13:40 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.5114/BIOLSPORT.2023.118020 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/20144 |
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