The effect of special technical events in the game on the success of professional soccer teams: Turkish Super League

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https://doi.org/10.22633/rpge.v25i2.15494

Keywords:

Match analysis, Shots on target, Ball possession

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of possession, passing and shooting criteria on the success of the teams in The Turkish Soccer Super League matches in the 2019-2020 season. 612 data of each team of 306 matches played by 18 teams throughout the season were examined. In all matches, the frequencies of the teams' total number of shots, number of shots on target, percentage of possession, percentage of successful passes, number of passing, number of successful passes, key passes and rating scores criteria were collected from Whoscored’s webpage. One-way Anova analysis according to the match results (lose-draw-win) showed that means of the shots on target (p<.001), total number of shots (p=.03), key passes (p=.03) and rating score (p<.001) were significantly higher in win. In the analyzes according to the league ranking (rank 1-6, rank 7-12, rank 13-18).

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Author Biography

Olcay Mulazimoglu, Mugla Sitki Kocman University (MSKU), Muğla

Associate Professor of the Faculty of Sports Sciences.

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01/08/2021

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MULAZIMOGLU, O. The effect of special technical events in the game on the success of professional soccer teams: Turkish Super League. Revista on line de Política e Gestão Educacional, Araraquara, v. 25, n. 2, p. 1418–1431, 2021. DOI: 10.22633/rpge.v25i2.15494. Disponível em: https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/rpge/article/view/15494. Acesso em: 19 dec. 2024.

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