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The effect of contextualised match variables on the metabolic power of elite soccer players during English Premier League match-play

Ryland Morgans
1, 2
,
Rafael Oliveira
3, 4
,
Mauro Mandorino
5, 6
,
Ben Ryan
2
,
Piotr Zmijewski
7, 8
,
Toni Modric
9, 10
,
Jose Eduardo Teixeira
11, 12, 13
,
Alexandre Moreira
14

  1. School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK
  2. Brentford FC Football Research Centre, Brentford FC, London, UK
  3. Research Centre in Sports Sciences, Health and Human Development, (CIDESD), Santarém Polytechnic University, 2040-413 Rio Maior, Portugal
  4. Santarém Polytechnic University, School of Sport, 2040-413 Rio Maior, Portugal
  5. Performance and Analytics Department, Parma Calcio 1913, 43121 Parma, Italy
  6. Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome “Foro Italico”, 00135 Rome, Italy
  7. Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, 00-809 Warsaw, Poland
  8. Research and Development Center Legia Lab, Legia Warszawa, Poland
  9. Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, Split, Croatia
  10. High Performance Sport Center, Croatian Olympic Committee, Zagreb, Croatia
  11. Department of Sports Sciences, Polytechnic of Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
  12. Department of Sports Sciences, Polytechnic of Cávado and Ave, Guimarães, Portugal
  13. SPRINT-Sport Physical Activity and Health Research & Innovation Center, Guarda, Portugal
  14. Department of Sport, School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Biol Sport. 2026;43:671–678
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2026.156783
Online publish date: 2025/12/04
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