The main goal of this paper is to show and analyze the differences in the parameters of the situational efficiency of home and guest matches of the Premier League of BiH clubs in the 2023/24 season. The paper is based on research into current trends of the analysis of situational efficiency parameters in football. The purpose of the paper is to bring the trends closer to all those who love football and statistics. It is to be believed that the paper will contribute to football theory and practice and that it will have its benefits. The paper used statistical indicators collected by notational analysis of 12 clubs in the 2023/24 season, as well as data from the COMET system and the “SofaScore” application. The analysis will contain certain variables with which the parameters of the situational efficiency of the clubs will be compared. These are: ball possession, total shots, shots on goal, shots off goal, corners, goalkeeper saves, yellow cards, red cards, number of spectators (home matches), number of substitutions, number of goals scored per match as a whole set of performance indicators for players and teams. The percentage of ball possession success ranged from 53.45% in home matches to 46.56% in away matches, the number of shots on goal averaged 4.75% in home matches and 3.41% in guest matches. Total shots on goal were 11.71% in home games and 8.45% in away games. The number of corners on average was 5.42% for the home team, while guest teams took 3.79% of corners per game. Goalkeepers had 2.32% of saves in home games, and 3.06% of saves in guest games. Regarding the variable yellow cards, on average teams received 2.07% of cards as home players, and 2.42% of yellow cards in guest games. Also, the variable red cards and the average of red cards is higher in guest games where teams received an average of 0.11%, and as home players 0.07%. Coaches made an average of 4.48% of substitutions per game as home players, and 4.44% of substitutions in guest games out of a possible 5%. The most important variable for which football is played is the number of goals scored, where teams as hosts scored 1.7% of goals per game and 1.1% of goals in guest games. A total of 33 matches were analyzed for each team. Statistically significant differences (p<0.05) in favor of home matches were determined for the parameters ball possession, total shots, number of shots on goal, number of shots off goal, corners and number of goals scored in the match. Teams in guest matches had statistically significantly higher (p<0.05) values in the variables goalkeeper defense and number of yellow cards. Knowledge of the analysis of situational efficiency parameters will enable football coaches to design football tactics more precisely.
Keywords: football, performance, efficiency, statistics
