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Biology of Sport
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Contextualized acceleration and deceleration profiles of elite soccer players during English Premier League match-play. The effect of possession, positional demands and opponent ranking

Ryland Morgans
1, 2
,
Mauro Mandorino
3, 4
,
Ben Ryan
2
,
Piotr Zmijewski
5, 6
,
Alexandre Moreira
7
,
Rafael Oliveira
8, 9

  1. School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK
  2. Brentford FC Football Research Centre, Brentford FC, London, UK
  3. Performance and Analytics Department, Parma Calcio 1913, 43121 Parma, Italy
  4. Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome “Foro Italico”, 00135 Rome, Italy
  5. Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, 00-809 Warsaw, Poland
  6. Research and Development Center Legia Lab, Legia Warszawa, Poland
  7. Department of Sport, School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  8. Research Centre in Sports Sciences, Health and Human Development, (CIDESD), Santarém Polytechnic University, 2040-413 Rio Maior, Portugal
  9. Santarém Polytechnic University, School of Sport, 2040-413 Rio Maior, Portugal
Biol Sport. 2025;42(4):67–75
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2025.148540
Online publish date: 2025/04/14
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