Factors Associated with Goals and Goal Scoring Opportunities in Professional Soccer

Wright, Craig; Atkins, Steve; Polman, Remco; Jones, Bryan A.; Sargeson, Lee

doi:10.1080/24748668.2011.11868563

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“…A high pressure style could cause a risky situation for the defensive team due to the space produced behind the defensive players or the space between players in case that the team failed to keep compactness. However, it can also influence scoring opportunities because the ball can be regained closer to the opponent's goal, while increasing the likelihood of facing an imbalanced defense (Bell-Walker, McRobert, Ford, & Williams, 2006;Garganta et al, 1997;Grant, Williams, Reilly, & Borrie, 1998;Pollard & Reep, 1997;Russell, 2006;Scoulding et al, 2004;Wright et al, 2011). Successful teams from European Leagues and World Cups tend to have higher attacking third regains (Bell-Walker et al, 2006;Garganta et al, 1997).…”

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“…High pressure and low pressure have for example been defined as defending styles (Bangsbo & Peitersen, 2000;Wright, Atkins, Polman, Jones, & Sargeson, 2011). These two defending styles of play are characterised by the specific location on the pitch where teams apply defensive pressure on the opponent in possession, considering pressure as reducing the distance to player in possession and other near opponents in order to regain the ball as quick as possible.…”

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Attacking and defensive styles of play in soccer: analysis of Spanish and English elite teams

Fernández-Navarro

Fradua

Zubillaga

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Attacking and defensive styles of play in soccer: analysis of Spanish and English elite teams

Fernández-Navarro

Fradua

Zubillaga

et al. 2016

Journal of Sports Sciences

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“…Kapidžić, Bećirović and Imamović [60] also identified shots on goal as a significant predictor for goal scoring (p=0.027). Wright, Atkins, Polman, Jones and Sargeson [61] postulated position of attempt, goal keepers' position and type of shot as the three predictors for goal scoring. Tenga, Holme, Ronglan and Bahr [62] and Tenga, Ronglan and Bahr [63] used the same data set with different methods for their analysis.…”

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How to be Successful in Football: A Systematic Review

Lepschy¹,

Wäsche²,

Wöll³

2018

TOSSJ

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Background:Despite the popularity of football, the analysis of success factors in football remains a challenge. While reviews on performance indicators in football are available, none focuses solely on the identification of success factors and addresses the large and growing body of recent research up until 2016. Objective:To find out what determines success in football and to organize the body of literature, a systematic literature review analyzing existing studies with regard to success factors in football was undertaken. Methods:The studies included in this review had to deal with performance indicators related to success in football. The studies were published in 2016 or before. The initial search revealed 19,161 articles. Finally, sixty-eight articles were included in this review. The studies were clustered with regard to comparative analyses, predictive analyses and analyses of home advantage. Results:In total, 76 different variables were investigated in the reviewed papers. It appeared that the most significant variables are efficiency (number of goals divided by the number of shots), shots on goal, ball possession, pass accuracy/successful passes as well as the quality of opponent and match location. Moreover, new statistical methods were used to reveal interactions among these variables such as discriminant analysis, factor analysis and regression analysis. The studies showed methodological deficits such as clear operational definitions of investigated variables and small sample sizes. Conclusion:The review allows a comprehensive identification of critical success factors in football and sheds light on utilized methodological approaches. Future research should consider precise operational definitions of the investigated variables, adequate sample sizes and the involvement of situational variables as well as their interaction.

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“…Scoring goals or creating goal-scoring opportunities depends on various technical and tactical parameters, as well as on the situation of the game. Research papers like Ensum et al (2005), Hughes and Franks (2005), Konstadinidou and Tsigilis (2005), Janković et al (2011)), Lago-Penas et al (2010a) Tenga and Sigmundstad (2011), Wright et al (2011) etc. identified various determinants including passing accuracy, shooting accuracy and success, possession, types of passes and passing sequences, attacking third entry, position of attempt and type of shoot, distance covered, formation etc.…”

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Pitch actions that distinguish high scoring teams: Findings from five European football leagues in 2015-16

Sarkar

Chakraborty

2018

JSA

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Abstract. In order to find the determinants of non-penalty goals scored per match, in association football (soccer), this paper developed a regression model consisting of 8 explanatory variables, based on observations for 98 teams playing in the top tiers of club football in England, Spain, Germany, France and Italy. We started with a framework that considered twenty-one different pitch actions that included both technical and tactical variables. Using data for the 2015-16 football season we narrowed down to the 8 variable model. The paper used a log-linear regression model in order to remove heteroscedasticity. The model estimated the number of non-penalty goals per game with error of less than |0.33| for 93 teams out of 98. For 52 teams the margin of error was less than |0.1|. Shots from penalty box per game, share of shots from goal box in total shots and long pass accuracy were found to have statistically significant positive impact on non-penalty goals scored per game. Share of long passes in total passes and crosses per game have significant negative impact.

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Factors Associated with Goals and Goal Scoring Opportunities in Professional Soccer

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Attacking and defensive styles of play in soccer: analysis of Spanish and English elite teams

Attacking and defensive styles of play in soccer: analysis of Spanish and English elite teams

How to be Successful in Football: A Systematic Review

Pitch actions that distinguish high scoring teams: Findings from five European football leagues in 2015-16

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