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ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2026

Large-sided games do not replicate the positional worst-case scenarios of official matches in professional football.

Lukas Herzig, Jörg Stöckert, Matthias Lochmann, Michael C Rumpf

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Lukas HerzigDepartment of Sport Science and Sport, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Jörg Stöckert1. FC Nürnberg e.V., Nürnberg, Germany.
Matthias LochmannDepartment of Sport Science and Sport, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Michael C RumpfDepartment of Sport Science and Sport, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine if positional Worst-Case-Scenarios (WCS) during official games (OG) are replicated in Large-Sided Games (LSG) with a similar Area per Player (ApP) as OG. Twenty-one football players from the second team of a professional German football club were monitored during OG and LSG. WCS of 1 min (WCS1), 3 min (WCS3), and 5 min (WCS5) were calculated for OG and LSG using rolling average methods for Total Distance (TD), Medium-Speed-Running (MSR), High-Speed-Running (HSR), and Sprint Distance (SPD), in addition to low-, medium-, and high-intensity Accelerations (ACC1, ACC2, ACC3) and Decelerations (DEC1, DEC2, DEC3). LSG displayed significantly lower values (

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conditioningexternal loadload managementpeak-match-demandssoccer (football)various-sided-games

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PMID42007456
PMCPMC13083062

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