Space and Control in Soccer

Florian Martens; Uwe Dick; Ulf Brefeld

doi:10.3389/fspor.2021.676179

Space and Control in Soccer

Florian Martens
, Uwe Dick
, Ulf Brefeld

Professorship of Information Systems, in particular Machine Learning

Leuphana University of Lüneburg

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23 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

In many team sports, the ability to control and generate space in dangerous areas on the pitch is crucial for the success of a team. This holds, in particular, for soccer. In this study, we revisit ideas from Fernandez and Bornn (2018) who introduced interesting space-related quantities including pitch control (PC) and pitch value. We identify influence of the player on the pitch with the movements of the player and turn their concepts into data-driven quantities that give rise to a variety of different applications. Furthermore, we devise a novel space generation measure to visualize the strategies of the team and player. We provide empirical evidence for the usefulness of our contribution and showcase our approach in the context of game analyses.

Original language	English
Article number	676179
Journal	Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
Volume	3
Number of pages	13
ISSN	2642-9367
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2021.676179
Publication status	Published - 16.07.2021

Bibliographical note

This publication was funded by the Open Access Publication Fund of Leuphana University Lüneburg.

Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2021 Martens, Dick and Brefeld.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Research areas and keywords

soccer (football)
movement model
motion model
pitch control
soccer analytics
Business informatics
Informatics

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Physiology
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Anthropology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

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