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Ball (not) in play: Effective time in football

Match Quality Metrics, Team Performance

In my previous post on match tempo, I presented a chart that compared final league position to average possessions per game and average effective time in a match. It was rude of me to introduce a term and not define it, much less discuss it, so I’ll do so now.I’ve been fascinated by the idea […]

On tempo in football

High-Level Discussions, Match Quality Metrics, Team Performance

Match tempo is an important metric in soccer and other field invasion sports because it provides the context for understanding other in-game actions such as possession and offensive and defensive output. Much of the pioneering work in tempo in sport started with people such as Dean Oliver, John Hollinger, and Ken Pomeroy in basketball and […]