Notational Analysis on Goal Scoring and Comparison in Two of the Most Important Soccer Leagues: Spanish <i>La Liga</i> and English Premier League by Vítor Gouveia, João Pedro Duarte, António Nóbrega, Hugo Sarmento, Eduardo Pimenta, Flávio Domingos, Raul Antunes, Diogo Monteiro, Rui Matos, Nuno Amaro, Inês Araújo

“…Goals scored are the most important performance indicator and may be a good tool to analyze game style predominance within different leagues. The aims of this study are to describe how goals are scored in the two major soccer leagues in the season of 2020/21, and to compare both leagues to watch possible differences in the offensive sequences that lead to goal-scoring. …”
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Handball Offensive Analysis: Comparative Evolution of Linear Tendency Lines between Finalist Teams in the EHF CL by Vasco Vaz, Willian Ferrari, Hugo Sarmento, Micael Couceiro, Tiago Sousa, Gonçalo Dias

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Knee and hip muscle strength of professional football players from different competitive levels by Cíntia França, Francisco Martins, Krzysztof Przednowek, Adilson Marques, Andreas Ihle, Hugo Sarmento, Élvio Rúbio Gouveia

“…This study considered 33 professional football players: 13 were in the elite group (EG) competing in the First Portuguese Football League, and 20 were in the sub-elite group (SEG) competing in the Fourth Portuguese Football League. …”
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TACTICAL ANALYSIS OF ELITE FOOTBALL TEAMS – A MIXED METHOD APROACH by Hugo Sarmento, Antonino Pereira, Jorge Campaniço, Jorge Arede, José Leitão

“…<br />Objectives: This study aimed to detect and analyse regular patterns of play in the counterattack of football teams, through the combination of the sequential analysis technique and interviews to first League Portuguese coaches. <br /><br />…”
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Body composition variations between injured and non-injured professional soccer players by Francisco Martins, Cíntia França, Ricardo Henriques, Andreas Ihle, Krzysztof Przednowek, Adilson Marques, Hélder Lopes, Hugo Sarmento, Élvio Rúbio Gouveia

“…The sample comprised 31 male professional soccer players competing in the First Portuguese Soccer League. Older players had a higher prevalence of muscular injuries. …”
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Predictive Modeling of Injury Risk Based on Body Composition and Selected Physical Fitness Tests for Elite Football Players by Francisco Martins, Krzysztof Przednowek, Cíntia França, Helder Lopes, Marcelo de Maio Nascimento, Hugo Sarmento, Adilson Marques, Andreas Ihle, Ricardo Henriques, Élvio Rúbio Gouveia

“…The sample comprised 36 male elite football players who competed in the First Portuguese Soccer League in the 2020/2021 season. The models were calculated based on 22 independent variables that included players’ information, body composition, physical fitness, and one dependent variable, the number of injuries per season. …”
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Sports injuries of a Portuguese professional football team: a 3-year longitudinal study by Francisco Martins, Cíntia França, Hugo Sarmento, Krzysztof Przednowek, Adilson Marques, Andreas Ihle, Helder Lopes, Élvio Gouveia

“…This study aimed to describe and characterise the sportive injuries of a First Portuguese Football League professional football team over three consecutive seasons. …”
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Relationships between Fitness Status and Match Running Performance in Adult Women Soccer Players: A Cohort Study by Lillian Gonçalves, Filipe Manuel Clemente, Joel Ignacio Barrera, Hugo Sarmento, Francisco Tomás González-Fernández, Luiz H. Palucci Vieira, António José Figueiredo, Cain C. T. Clark, J. M. Cancela Carral

“…Twenty-two Portuguese women soccer players competing at the first-league level were monitored for 22 weeks. These players were tested three times during the cohort period. …”
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Contemporary practices of physical trainers in professional soccer: A qualitative study by Joel Barrera-Díaz, António J. Figueiredo, Adam Field, Bruno Ferreira, Sérgio M. Querido, João Renato Silva, João Ribeiro, João Ribeiro, Ismael Pinto, Patricio Cornejo, Hernan Torres, Alvaro Saffa, Hugo Sarmento

“…Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with eight PTs from different professional teams in European and South American leagues. Interview questions were designed to extract information on the evaluation of physical abilities, monitoring and control of training and injury prevention. …”
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