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Goal Kicks

Do teams restart short or long, and does it work?

Goal kicks per team per match
5.7
Played short
58%
First touch kept
71%
Led to a shot
5%

Key finding36% / 27%
of goal kicks reach halfway when played short, against long: the long ball gets there faster but is lost more often.
Key finding85% / 36%
Western United play the most goal kicks short; Macarthur FC the fewest.

What Goal Kicks Lead To

Each club's goal kicks, by how far the move got afterwards.

Led to a shot
Reached the final third
Reached halfway
Stayed in own half
Lost the first touch

League 5.7

Club

Goal kicks / match

11.0

8.3

7.5

6.5

6.3

5.5

5.3

4.8

3.9

3.5

3.0

SkillCorner - Tracking data

Keepers' Goal Kicks

Which keepers play short and which go long.

Average 58%

Player

Short %

M. SuttonGK

Western United

85%

R. ScottGK

Newcastle Jets

82%

J. DelianovGK

Adelaide United

80%

M. VartuliGK

Adelaide United

80%

M. FrekeGK

Brisbane Roar

74%

L. ThomasGK

Western Sydney Wanderers

67%

M. LangerakGK

Melbourne Victory

67%

J. OluwayemiGK

Wellington Phoenix

58%

E. CoxGK

Adelaide United

56%

H. Devenish-MearesGK

Sydney FC

54%

SkillCorner - Tracking data

Where Goal Kicks Land

The first touch after each of a club's goal kicks, and what came of it.

Led to a shot
Reached the final third
Reached halfway
Stayed in own half
Lost the first touch

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SkillCorner - Tracking data

Goal Kicks

What Goal Kicks Lead To

What Goal Kicks Lead To

Coach

Goal kicks

Keepers' Goal Kicks

Keepers' Goal Kicks

Goal kicks

Where Goal Kicks Land

Where Goal Kicks Land

Coach

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