Ability to possess ball during football matches are link to success. Domination of Johor Darul Ta’zim FC (JDT FC) in recent years in Malaysia Super League impressed many. The aim of this study was to compare the performance between JDT FC and their opponents in Malaysia Super League 2015 season. Successful and unsuccessful passes, ball possession rates, attempt on goal, shot on target, and goal scored were selected as Performance Indicator (P.I) in this study. Twelve matches from Malaysia Super League (MSL) season 2015 were selected. The video of 12 matches was obtained from Media Prima Sdn. Bhd., www.youtube.com and live recordings. Longo Match 1.0 match analysis software was used for post-coding. Kolmogorov-Smirnov Z was used to analyses the differences while Spearman's rho correlation test was utilized to determine the correlation. Percentage of successful passes (p=0.034), ball possessions rate (p=0.000), and goal scored (p=0.002) were significantly different between JDT FC and their opponents. There were also positive correlations between possessions and all variables except for unsuccessful passes. This study concluded that in Malaysian football matches, high percentage of successful passes, and high rate of ball possessions influenced total shot in football game.
The ability to possess the ball during soccer matches is linked to success. The
domination of Johor Darul Ta’zim FC (JDT FC) in recent years in the
Malaysia Super League has impressed many. The aim of this study was to
compare the performance between JDT FC and their opponents in Malaysia
Super League 2015 season. Successful and unsuccessful passes, ball
possession rates, attempt on goal, shot on target, and goals scored were
selected as Performance Indicators (P.I) in this study. Twelve matches from
Malaysia Super League (MSL) season 2015 were selected. Video of 12
matches was obtained from Media Prima Sdn. Bhd., www.youtube.com and
live recordings. Longo Match 1.0 match analysis software was used for
post-coding. Kolmogorov-Smirnov Z was used to analyses the differences
while Spearman's rho correlation test was utilized to determine the
correlation. Percentage of successful passes (p=0.034), ball possessions rate
(p=0.000), and goal scored (p=0.002) were significantly difference between
JDT FC and their opponents. There were also positive correlations between
possessions and all variables except for unsuccessful passes. This study
concludes that in Malaysian soccer matches, a high percentage of successful
passes and high rate of ball possessions influence total shots in a soccer
game.