Corinthians among continent's top 10 teams for sprints | OneFootball

Corinthians ranks among the clubs that perform the most sprints in the top national divisions in South America. According to a survey published by the CIES Football Observatory in partnership with SkillCorner, Timão sits ninth in the ranking, averaging 9.25 sprints per player every 90 minutes.

The survey considers matches from the national leagues played this season and includes teams from Brazil and Chile among the top ten positions. The ranking is led by RB Bragantino, with 10.25 sprints per player/90, followed by Cruzeiro with 10.06 and Universidad de Chile with 9.85. Timão appears just behind Universidad Católica, which posts 9.30, and ahead of Deportes Limache, with 9.12.

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The figure does not simply count any high-speed run. The SkillCorner methodology used by CIES defines a sprint as a high-speed run of at least 25 km/h for at least 0.7 seconds. CIES uses this metric in its physical studies on professional football.

Corinthians are just 1 sprint behind the leader

The gap between Corinthians and the top of the ranking is relatively small. RB Bragantino records 10.25 sprints per player/90, while Corinthians has 9.25. That is exactly a 1.00-sprint difference on average. Cruzeiro, in second place, has 10.06, while Universidad de Chile appears with 9.85. Also between Corinthians and the leader are Botafogo (9.41), Internacional (9.36), Audax Italiano (9.35), O’Higgins (9.34), and Universidad Católica (9.30). In other words, Timão is only 0.13 sprint above tenth-placed Deportes Limache.

Brazil dominates the top

The ranking also stands out for the Brazilian presence. Six of the ten clubs on the list are from the Brazilian Championship: RB Bragantino, Cruzeiro, Botafogo, Internacional, Corinthians and, at the top, Bragantino once again. The other four representatives are Chilean: Universidad de Chile, Audax Italiano, O’Higgins and Universidad Católica, in addition to Deportes Limache.

What does the number say about Corinthians’ style?

The figure can be used as an indicator of the physical component and the intensity of Corinthians’ high-speed actions, but it is important not to interpret the 9.25 sprints as a definitive measure of the intensity or quality of the football played by the team.

CIES itself works with different physical variables to analyze teams’ playing characteristics. In another study carried out in partnership with SkillCorner, the observatory used, in addition to sprint frequency, average top speed and acceleration frequency to build a “fast runs” index.

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