Table 1 Technical-tactical performance variables and their definitions
Goal chances | Number of created goal chances, finished with a shot or without a shot |
Shots | Total number of shots to score |
Shots on target | Number of shots within a goal |
Passes | Total number of passes |
Accurate passes | Total number of accurate passes |
Key passes | Passes to a partner who is in a goal scoring position (i.e., one-on-one situation, empty net, etc.) And passes to a partner that “cuts off” the whole defensive line of the opponent’s team (3 or more players) in the attacking phase |
Key passes accurate | Total number of accurate key passes |
Crosses | Number of long passes performed by a player from an offensive zone (last 40 m of pitch between the short side of the penalty area and the lateral side of the field) and directly to the penalty area |
Crosses accurate | Total number of accurate crosses |
Counter attacks | Open play attack after the opponent team loses the ball (a counterattack lasts no longer than 20 s, and the speed of moving to the target in a counterattack is not less than 3 m/s) |
Counter attacks with a shot | Counterattacks that include shots toward the goal |
High pressing | Total number of collective attempts to force the opponents to lose the ball or to stop the development of an attack on the opponent’s half of the pitch |
High pressing success | Number of successfully performed high pressings |
Low pressing | Total number of collective attempts to force the opponents to lose the ball or to stop the development of an attack on one’s own half of the pitch |
Low pressing success | Number of successfully performed low pressings |
Tackles | Active action of a player who tries to tackle the ball from the player possessing it |
Tackles successful | Total number of successful tackles |
Entrances to the opponent’s box | Number of entries into the opponent’s penalty area |
Total actions | Total number of all types of actions (including passes, crosses, set pieces passes, tackles, challenges, shots, etc.) |
Successful actions | Total number of successful actions |