"Gegenpressing Intensity" New Metric Announcement | Live Streaming Event

Gegenpressing, or counterpressing, is now a well-established strategy in many possession-based teams. To capture this aspect of the game, we introduce a new metric, called Gegenpressing Intensity (GPI), which measures the fraction of times a team immediately attempts to regain the ball after losing possession in attacking areas, rather than falling back. We find that GPI correlates with territorial dominance (Field tilt) and pressing efficiency (BDP). We also find evidence that teams tend to counterpress less aggressively when winning. Looking at league seasonal averages, we see that counterpressing is a rising tactical trend, with GPI going up in the top European leagues during the past six seasons (Premier League e Bundesliga show higher GPI vs other leagues). With the implementation of GPI and its framework in Soccerment’s analytics platform, we provide the first set of counterpressing metrics available in a public space.

Register now and attend our LiveStream to discover more on our new metric and how to implement GPI in your analysis!

You may find more info in our latest blog post: https://soccerment.com/introducing-gegenpressing-intensity-gpi/