Effect of match location on the playing style of teams coached by ‘Pep’ Guardiola

Autor: Luis Pueyo, Víctor Murillo, Javier Álvarez, Alberto Sarmiento, Mario Amatria
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 15 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1664-1078
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1502199
Popis: IntroductionAnalysis in football seeks to find the performance factors that bring teams closer to success.MethodsThis study aims to analyze the playing styles of two teams managed by Pep Guardiola (F.C. Barcelona and Manchester City) based on match location (home or away). Two methods of analysis were used: descriptive statistics through chi-square tests to evaluate game characteristics and the polar coordinates technique to analyze the relationships between the different lines of each team (goalkeeper, defenders, midfielders, and forwards).ResultsThe results showed that F.C. Barcelona maintained a consistent playing style regardless of location, exhibiting significant differences only in actions that involved shots or header (p = 0.035), with better performance at home. In contrast, Manchester City displayed significantly different performance in action success (p
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