Effect of goalkeepers’ offensive participation on team performance in the women Spanish La Liga: a multinomial logistic regression analysis

  1. Claudio A. Casal 1
  2. Joseph A. Stone 2
  3. Iyán Iván-Baragaño 3
  4. Losada, José 4
  1. 1 Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
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    Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir

    Valencia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03d7a9c68

  2. 2 Sheffield Hallam University
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    Sheffield Hallam University

    Sheffield, Reino Unido

    ROR https://ror.org/019wt1929

  3. 3 Faculty of Sport Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid
  4. 4 Universitat de Barcelona
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    Universitat de Barcelona

    Barcelona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/021018s57

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Revista:
Biology of Sport

ISSN: 0860-021X,  2083-1862

Año de publicación: 2023

Volumen: 41

Número: 1

Páginas: 29-39

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5114/BIOLSPORT.2024.125592 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Biology of Sport

Resumen

This study aimed to examine the effect of goalkeeper distribution on offensive team performance,during the 2018/2019 and 2019–2020 seasons of the Women Spanish La Liga. A total of 10,868 distributions,during 376 matches were analyzed by systematic observation. Two UEFA PRO coaches designed an ad hocobservation instrument “GOALDFOOT” and one observer coded the data after a training process. An intraobserver reliability kappa index of 0.94 was established. Results show how the offensive effectiveness of thegoalkeepers was similar to outfield players, with 0.4% of possessions ending in a goal, 2.2% ending in anattempt on goal, with 79.4% ending unsuccessfully. The goalkeeper lost possession from their distribution32.5% of the time. Multivariate analysis identified several predictors of goalkeepers’ distributions. The resultsshow that teams classified in the middle zone of the final classification of the regular league had 1.2 timesmore probability of being successfulcompared with the lowest ranked teams(p < 0.05). Goalkeeper’s distributionbeginning during Open play after a transition, represented an increase success rate of almost 3 times comparedto being performed from a free kick (p < 0.05). Passes from outfield players to a goalkeeper made from distantzones to the own goal, decreased the probability of success (p < 0.001). The pitch location of the distributionoutcome near to the opponent goal offered the best probability of success. In conclusion, the most effectiveoffensive sequences occur with dynamic transitions initiated with short passes. This information can providecoaches and players with insights to improve the offensive performance of goalkeepers.

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