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Ball in Play

How many minutes of real football does a match have, and who has the ball in them?

Ball in play per match
⁦53.0'⁩
Most in a match
⁦62.5'⁩
Western Sydney Wanderers ⁦4–1⁩ Wellington Phoenix
Least in a match
⁦45.8'⁩
Auckland FC ⁦2–1⁩ Macarthur FC
1st / 2nd half (avg min)
27.4 / 25.6

Key finding⁦17'⁩
more real football in Western Sydney Wanderers ⁦4–1⁩ Wellington Phoenix than in Auckland FC ⁦2–1⁩ Macarthur FC.
Key finding64%
of the ball-in-play minutes in their matches belong to Melbourne City, the most of any team.

Real Minutes per Match

Minutes the ball was in play in every tracked match, half by half.

1st half
2nd half

Average 53.0

⁦62.5'⁩

⁦60.0'⁩

⁦56.5'⁩

⁦55.4'⁩

⁦54.7'⁩

⁦54.6'⁩

⁦54.6'⁩

⁦54.3'⁩

⁦53.8'⁩

⁦53.6'⁩

⁦53.4'⁩

⁦53.3'⁩

⁦52.9'⁩

⁦52.0'⁩

⁦51.1'⁩

⁦49.7'⁩

⁦49.3'⁩

⁦47.3'⁩

⁦46.0'⁩

⁦45.8'⁩

SkillCorner - Tracking data

Who Has the Ball

Each team's average ball-in-play minutes and its share of them.

They had the ball
Opponent had it

Average 53.0

Western Sydney Wanderers

⁦58.0' · 49%⁩

Central Coast Mariners

⁦55.0' · 41%⁩

⁦54.7' · 51%⁩

⁦54.6' · 43%⁩

Adelaide United

⁦54.5' · 53%⁩

⁦54.3' · 64%⁩

⁦53.3' · 42%⁩

⁦53.2' · 53%⁩

⁦52.8' · 47%⁩

Wellington Phoenix

⁦52.8' · 49%⁩

⁦51.1' · 52%⁩

⁦49.8' · 43%⁩

Melbourne Victory

⁦49.7' · 55%⁩

SkillCorner - Tracking data

First Half vs Second

Ball in play and each team's share of it, half by half.

1st half
2nd half

2nd vs 1st

League

⁦−1.8'⁩

⁦+1.8'⁩

⁦+0.9'⁩

Melbourne Victory

⁦−0.8'⁩

Wellington Phoenix

⁦−1.1'⁩

Adelaide United

⁦−1.3'⁩

⁦−1.4'⁩

Western Sydney Wanderers

⁦−2.2'⁩

Central Coast Mariners

⁦−2.7'⁩

⁦−2.8'⁩

⁦−2.8'⁩

⁦−2.9'⁩

⁦−3.7'⁩

⁦−5.1'⁩

SkillCorner - Tracking data