2 papers
physics.soc-ph2026
Harder, shorter, sharper, forward: A comparison of women's and men's elite football gameplay (2020-2025)
Rebecca Carstens, Raj Deshpande, Pau Esteve +9
Elite football is believed to have evolved in recent years, yet systematic evidence for the pace and form of that change remains sparse. Drawing on event-level records for 13,018 m…
physics.soc-ph2025
Temporal dynamics of goal scoring in soccer
Guteraa Ayana, Alexander Ehlert, Joseph Ehlert +3
We investigated the temporal distribution of goals in soccer using event-level data from 3,433 matches across 21 leagues and competitions. Contrary to the prevailing notion of rand…