The association between situational, technical and tactical parameters and performance in football<b/>

Objective: To determine and analyse the influence of techni-cal and tactical parameters on performance in the Croatian First Football League during the first phase of the competi-tion in the 2021/2022 season. Methods: The sample comprised 90 matches in the Croatian First Football League, which was played in a round-robin tournament and included 10 clubs in the season. A sam-ple of 30 situational efficiency variables obtained from the SofaScore application was used to assess the signifi-cance of individual variables’ impact on match outcomes: Multinomial logistic regression was conducted. Results: The variables with a statistically significant influ-ence on the outcome of matches in the First Croatian Football League were=ball possession (odds ratio (OR)=0.045; 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.002–0.951), shots OR=0.922; 95% CI=0.863–0.985), shots on target (OR=0.669; 95% CI=0.557–0.805), offside (OR=0.684; 95% CI=0.515–0.907) and big chances (OR=0.538; 95% CI=0.393–0.737). Conclusion: An attacking style of football, characterised by a high proportion of possession and a high attacking frequen-cy (shots, shots on target, offside and big chances), has been shown to be significantly related to a team’s success. This study can help coaches and football experts to better plan and structure training processes, strategy and match exe-cution.