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Contextualized high-speed running and sprinting during English Premier League match-play with reference to possession, positional demands and opponent ranking

Ryland Morgans
1, 2
,
Mauro Mandorino
3, 4
,
Marco Beato
5
,
Ben Ryan
2
,
Piotr Zmijewski
6
,
Alexandre Moreira
7
,
Halil Ibrahim Ceylan
8
,
Rafael Oliveira
9, 10

  1. School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK
  2. Brentford FC Football Research Centre, Brentford FC, London, UK
  3. Performance and Analytics Department, Parma Calcio 1913, 43121 Parma, Italy
  4. Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome “Foro Italico”, 00135 Rome, Italy
  5. School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, UK
  6. Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, 00-809 Warsaw, Poland
  7. Department of Sport, School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  8. Faculty of Kazim Karabekir Education, Physical Education of Sports Teaching Department, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
  9. Research Centre in Sports Sciences, Health and Human Development, (CIDESD), Santarém Polytechnic University, 2040-413 Rio Maior, Portugal
  10. Santarém Polytechnic University, School of Sport, 2040-413 Rio Maior, Portugal
Biol Sport. 2025;42(3):119–127
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2025.147011
Online publish date: 2025/01/24
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