In the first half of the 2022/23 season, games in the Dutch Eredivisie had the highest average in-play time, at 59.1 percent. Meanwhile, games in the Scottish Premiership had an average in-play time of only 52.3 percent, meaning that the ball was not in play for nearly half of a typical match.
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Sky Sports. (January 13, 2023). Share of in-play game time in selected soccer leagues in Europe in 2022/23 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1360082/europe-soccer-leagues-in-play-time-percentage/
Sky Sports. "Share of in-play game time in selected soccer leagues in Europe in 2022/23." Chart. January 13, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1360082/europe-soccer-leagues-in-play-time-percentage/
Sky Sports. (2023). Share of in-play game time in selected soccer leagues in Europe in 2022/23. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1360082/europe-soccer-leagues-in-play-time-percentage/
Sky Sports. "Share of In-play Game Time in Selected Soccer Leagues in Europe in 2022/23." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1360082/europe-soccer-leagues-in-play-time-percentage/
Sky Sports, Share of in-play game time in selected soccer leagues in Europe in 2022/23 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1360082/europe-soccer-leagues-in-play-time-percentage/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Share of in-play game time in selected soccer leagues in Europe in 2022/23 [Graph], Sky Sports, January 13, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1360082/europe-soccer-leagues-in-play-time-percentage/