ArticleInternational journal of sports medicine2022
How the COVID-19 Pandemic has Changed the Game of Soccer.
Article in International journal of sports medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Impact of COVID-19 on football attacking players' match technical performance: a longitudinal study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Factors affecting match running performance in elite soccer: Analysis of UEFA Champions League matches.Biology of sport · 2023Article
- Impact and control of the COVID pandemic in an elite sports club: Real Madrid.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2023Article
- The influence of removing home advantage on the Chinese Football Super League.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Two Years of COVID-19 Pandemic: How the Brazilian Serie A Championship Was Affected by Home Advantage, Performance and Disciplinary Aspects.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Match Running Performance in UEFA Champions League: Is There a Worthwhile Association with Team Achievement?Biology · 2022Article
- Seasonal analysis of match load in professional soccer players: An observational cohort study of a Swiss U18, U21 and first team.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Euroleague Basketball.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
This study explores the influence of corona-specific training and playing conditions - especially empty stadiums - on match performance, contact behavior, and home advantage in the Bundesliga (BL) and Bundesliga 2 (BL2). We analyzed the 2017/18, 2018/19, and 2019/20 seasons and compared matches in rounds 26-34 before shutdown with "ghost" matches after restart. Results show increased running activity for high intensity distance: (+ 6.1%) and total distance covered (+ 4.3%). In BL2 in particular there were also changes in tactical aspects of the game (time in last third: -6.3%, pressure on pass receiver: -8.6%, success of attacking duels: -7.9%, share of long passes completed: + 15.6%, outplayed opponents per pass: -14.7%). Contact time to other players (< 2 m distance) was 15:35 mins per match. After restart, contact was reduced, especially when the ball was not in the last third (-11.2%). Away wins increased by +44.2% in BL and the home-away difference in yellow cards changed in favor of the away team (+31.2%) in BL2. We conclude that empty stadiums have reduced home advantage and decreased referee bias when awarding yellow cards. Player behavior might have been affected by tactical demands and/or conscious or unconscious self-protection.
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