STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF TECHNICAL, TACTICAL AND MOVEMENT TIME RELATIONSHIPS OF 2018 WORLD CUP MATCHES

Abstract

This research is aimed to evaluate the parameters of the successful teams in the FIFA 2018 World Cup group and Knockout stage matches in terms of technique-tactics and time motion relationship. The data collected for the research were obtained from the official website of FIFA, https://www.fifa.com and https://tr.whoscored.com.The matches covered the matches in which the 90-minute regular time did not end in a draw and there was a winner as a result. SPSS 22.0 package program was used for all the data obtained in the research. The distribution of the data and the homogeneity of the variances were examined. In order to determine the difference between the two independent groups, the indepented t-Test or the Mann Whitney U test were used.Pearson correlation analysis was performed to determine whether there is a linear relationship between two numerical measurements in line with the specified parameters, and if so, what the direction and severity of this relationship is. There were significant differences between the goals scored by the players, the average shot per match, shot success, ball winning and yellow card values (p<0.05). According to the results of the findings regarding the first goal, it was concluded that the teams that scored the first goal were the winners with 86%. In the results of the correlation analysis, it was determined that there was a statistically significant (p<0.05) and positive relationship between the total number of goal attempts and the number of goals, the total number of shots and the number of goals, and the number of key passes and shots.