Analysis of Shots Trajectory and Effectiveness in Women’s and Men’s Football European Championship Matches

Shots on target are a crucial factor in football performance, yet the impact of categorizing shots as low or ground-level and high or parabolic has not been fully explored. The objective of this study was to analyze whether there are differences in the frequency and effectiveness (as measured by xGO...

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Autores: Cruz Torres, Blanca de la, Navarro Castro, Miguel, Ruiz-de-Alarcón-Quintero, Anselmo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/177432
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/177432
https://doi.org/10.3390/bdcc9060157
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Shots on target
Parabolic shot
Success prediction
xGOTX footballX
performance analysis
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Sumario:Shots on target are a crucial factor in football performance, yet the impact of categorizing shots as low or ground-level and high or parabolic has not been fully explored. The objective of this study was to analyze whether there are differences in the frequency and effectiveness (as measured by xGOT) between parabolic and low shots on target in international men’s and women’s football competitions. The results revealed that the most common shot type was the parabolic shot, occurring in 59.86% of shots on goal in the men’s competition (270 shots) and 67.12% in the women’s competition (196 shots). In the overall set of shots, 62.77% were parabolic (466 shots). No significant differences were observed between the competitions (p > 0.05). Regarding the xGOT values, no significant differences were observed for any of the interaction effects analyzed (gender, shot type and shot outcome). The conclusion was that the parabolic shot was the most frequent type of shot on target in both men’s and women’s football.