Identifying the optimal characteristics of ball possession and movement in elite women’s soccer

Joshua W. Dipple, Lyndell Bruce and Dan B. Dwyer

International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 2022, vol. 22, issue 4, 594-603

Abstract: The aim of this study was to determine whether the ball passing characteristics of elite women’s soccer teams are associated with measures of team performance. In total, 170 matches from two professional women’s competitions were used in the analysis. Twenty passing characteristics were analysed to determine their association with match outcome and two score-related variables, shots on target and big chances. The value of 18 passing characteristics was different between teams that won or lost their match, when both leagues were analysed together. When the leagues were analysed separately, there were only three characteristics whose value was consistently higher for teams that won; proportions of passes in the defensive third, successful long passes and successful backward passes. Regression models demonstrated that there were relationships between passing characteristics and measures of team performance, such as shots on target (r2 = 0.434, p

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2022.2101837

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