Analysis of goals scored in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina depending in the table ranking positions

Year 2025, Volume: 11 Issue: 1, 45 - 52, 28.02.2025

Sanjin Džajić

https://doi.org/10.31459/turkjkin.1620087

Abstract

The aim of the research was to analyse the goals scored over three seasons (from 2021/22 to 2023/24) in the top football league competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The sample of respondents consists of 1,463 goals scored by teams divided into three sub-samples: teams ranked from first to fourth place, then ones ranked from fifth to eighth place, and teams ranked from ninth to twelfth place. For each goal scored, the following were analysed: time interval, offensive model, zone from which the final shot was taken, and the body part used to score. The chi-square test was used for the evaluation of the differences existence in distributions for each variable within groups of teams, while the difference between sub-samples was determined using the non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test. The obtained results show that the teams at the top of the table scored the most goals. All sub-samples scored the highest number of goals in the last 15 minutes of the match, inside the penalty area, during organized attacks, and with the right foot. The results indicate similarities across all analysed parameters with studies conducted by other authors. Based on obtained results team coaches should pay special attention to the physical, tactical, and psychological preparation of players in the final stages of the match. They need to improve the organization of the attack to create opportunities for shots inside the penalty area and to enhance the realisation of set pieces. Teams at the bottom of the table have to improve their organization of open play attacks as well as their defence against organized attacks and set pieces compared to other groups of teams.

Keywords

Body part, open play, set pieces, shooting zone, time interval

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