Success-Score in Professional Soccer – Validation of a Dynamic Key Performance Indicator Combining Space Control and Ball Control within Goalscoring Opportunities

Abstract Typical performance indicators in professional quantitative soccer analysis simplify complex matters, resulting loss of information. Hence, a novel approach to characterize the teams was investigated: Success-Scores, combining space control with ball and correlation between two. Success-Score Profiles were calculated for 14 games from German Bundesliga. The dataset split into two groups: all data points above resp. below 80 th percentile Success-Scores. Subsequently, relative goalscoring frequency those groups compared. All sorted according their equally sized eighths. These tested rank order number scored goals. Finally, Success-Scores different success levels as well opponents’ Results indicated significantly higher frequencies 80th statistically significant goals, r s (6) = 0.73, p .04. more successful team showed This indicator shows connections defined scoring goals final ranking elite therefore potential reconizing underlying performance.