5 papers
Wide Open Gazes: Quantifying Visual Exploratory Behavior in Soccer with Pose Enhanced Positional Data
Joris Bekkers
Traditional approaches to measuring visual exploratory behavior in soccer rely on counting visual exploratory actions (VEAs) based on rapid head movements exceeding 125°/s, but th…
Common Data Format (CDF): A Standardized Format for Match-Data in Football (Soccer)
Gabriel Anzer, Kilian Arnsmeyer, Pascal Bauer +8
During football matches, a variety of different parties (e.g., companies) each collect (possibly overlapping) data about the match ranging from basic information (e.g., starting pl…
EFPI: Elastic Formation and Position Identification in Football (Soccer) using Template Matching and Linear Assignment
Joris Bekkers
Understanding team formations and player positioning is crucial for tactical analysis in football (soccer). This paper presents a flexible method for formation recognition and play…
Pressing Intensity: An Intuitive Measure for Pressing in Soccer
Joris Bekkers
Pressing is a fundamental defensive strategy in football, characterized by applying pressure on the ball owning team to regain possession. Despite its significance, existing metric…
A Graph Neural Network deep-dive into successful counterattacks
Joris Bekkers, Amod Sahasrabudhe
A counterattack in soccer is a high speed, high intensity direct attack that can occur when a team transitions from a defensive state to an attacking state after regaining possessi…