Spain vs England: Head-to-Head
Kitman Labs has long been fascinated by what it takes to win in Football. Throughout the FIFA Women’s World Cup we have been comparing squads across a number of categories that our Performance Experts have found to be important from years of research and experience of working alongside some of the world’s top sports teams.
Which Semi-Finalist is Going to Win the Women’s World Cup?
As the Women’s World Cup arrives at the penultimate round, Kitman Labs have taken a look at the remaining teams to see which team is best set up to pick up the trophy next Sunday.
World Cupset?
Are the world’s elite underperforming on the biggest stage?
Do mid-week European matches influence European teams’ performance in their domestic league? A 20-year study
Fixture congestion ranks as a top concern in elite European football. But contrary to popular belief, congested fixtures may not necessarily lead to poorer performance in players. Our new study sheds light on this specific performance dynamic and offers practical tips to help teams—both European and non-European—maximise their chance of winning during congested periods. When […]
Practitioner Survey Highlights Optimal Return to Play Process in Elite Football
Injuries to professional athletes can affect team performance and morale, not to mention the bottom line. On average, English Premier League teams lose approximately £45 million per season due to injury-related decrements in performance. Therefore, return-to-play (RTP) strategies aimed at bringing players back to competition in the shortest time possible while reducing the risk of re-injury are of […]
Elite Football Injury Risk Explained, Sprinting x Hamstring Injuries
Hamstring strain injuries remain the most prevalent time loss injuries in professional soccer.
Know Your League Context: Insights for Players Preparation & Recruitment – Part 4: Match-to-Match Player Rotations
Know how football is played in each league can add context to a team’s foreign player recruitment process and help tailor player development.
Know Your League Context: Insight for Players Preparation & Recruitment – Part 3: Player Substitutions
Following our work on team formation and results and goals scored, this third part of our series of short papers focuses on players substitutions over the past two decades in the top seven European leagues.
Know Your League Context: Insights for Players Preparation & Recruitment – Part 2: Results and Goals Scored
In a first-of-its-kind new study, we looked at the top seven European leagues over a 20-year period (21 seasons) to examine what, if any, differences exist between leagues.
Know Your League Context: Insights for Player Preparation & Recruitment – Part 1: Team Formations
The overall study (Parts 1-4) extracted the fixtures data of the top seven European leagues over the past two decades, representing 43 competitions, 269 teams and more than 61,000 fixtures.
