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High-Intensity GPS-Derived Parameters in Semi-Professional Soccer: Home vs. Away Roles of the Team and Their Relationship with the Match’s Final Score
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Physical Activity for Education, Performance and Health (PAEPH) Research Group, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain
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Health, Economy, Motricity and Education (HEME) Research Group, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain
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Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain
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Sensors 2024, 24(15), 4891; https://doi.org/10.3390/s24154891 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 24 June 2024
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Revised: 24 July 2024
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Accepted: 25 July 2024
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Published: 27 July 2024
Abstract
High-intensity activities are related to success in football. We looked at whether high-intensity activity differed between home and away matches and its impact on the final score. Thirty football players (20.3 ± 0.8 years) were recruited from a Spanish semi-professional team. Footballers wore a GPS device to monitor high-intensity parameters from competition matches. The final score of every match was also recorded. Playing at home showed greater total distance (TD) > 24 km/h, >27 km/h, >85% Vmax, and the number of sprints > 24 km/h (all p < 0.05) than playing away. Positive correlations were also found between the match score and high-speed running (HSR) distance covered by the team per minute (r = 0.401), TD > 21 km/h (r = 0.417), TD > 24 km/h (r = 0.343), number of sprints > 24 km/h (r = 0.337), and HSR per minute (r = 0.459) (all p < 0.05). The results suggest that playing at home is associated with greater high-intensity effort than playing away. Moreover, the volume of high-intensity effort influences the final score.
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Carlos-Vivas, J.; Franco-García, J.M.; Mendoza-Muñoz, D.M.; Gómez-Pomares, S.; Pérez-Gómez, J.
High-Intensity GPS-Derived Parameters in Semi-Professional Soccer: Home vs. Away Roles of the Team and Their Relationship with the Match’s Final Score. Sensors 2024, 24, 4891.
https://doi.org/10.3390/s24154891
AMA Style
Carlos-Vivas J, Franco-García JM, Mendoza-Muñoz DM, Gómez-Pomares S, Pérez-Gómez J.
High-Intensity GPS-Derived Parameters in Semi-Professional Soccer: Home vs. Away Roles of the Team and Their Relationship with the Match’s Final Score. Sensors. 2024; 24(15):4891.
https://doi.org/10.3390/s24154891
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Carlos-Vivas, Jorge, Juan Manuel Franco-García, David Manuel Mendoza-Muñoz, Santiago Gómez-Pomares, and Jorge Pérez-Gómez.
2024. "High-Intensity GPS-Derived Parameters in Semi-Professional Soccer: Home vs. Away Roles of the Team and Their Relationship with the Match’s Final Score" Sensors 24, no. 15: 4891.
https://doi.org/10.3390/s24154891
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