The effect of COVID-19 lockdown on ball possession performance in Spanish professional soccer leagues

D. Lobo-Triviño, J.C. Ponce-Bordón, J. Díaz-García, R. López Del Campo, A. Doncel, J. Fernández-Navarro and T. García-Calvo

International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 2024, vol. 24, issue 2, 146-157

Abstract: This research analysed the influence of lockdown and interruption of competitions due to COVID-19 on different ball possession-related variables. Also, match location and the differences between divisions were considering between the pre- and post-lockdown. A total of 144,689 records from 842 soccer matches during the 2019/20 season of the First (n = 380) and Second Spanish Division (n = 462) were collected. Match data were collected using the ChryonHego video-tracking system. Pre-lockdown (1st–27th matchday in First Division and 1st–31st matchday in Second Spanish Division) and post-lockdown periods (28th–38th matchday in First Division and 32nd–42nd matchday in Second Spanish Division) were compared. The match location contextual-related variable was also considered for the analysis. Linear mixed models showed that the number of outplayed players by ball possession (3.1%), successful passes (17.5%) and total passes (18.9%) increased during the post-lockdown period (p

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2023.2277579

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