# Influence of Game Indicators on the Ranking of Teams in the Spanish Soccer League
## 3 Results
### Partial Ranking of the LaLiga Teams  
The differences in game indicators according to the partial ranking are shown in Table 1. Thus, in the pre-COVID-19 period, there were significant statistical differences in six game indicators: yellow cards, red cards, total shots, shots on goals, free kicks, and fouls committed. In the COVID-19 period, there were only significant statistical differences in two game indicators: shots off goal, and total passes. In the post-COVID-19 period, there were significant statistical differences in five game indicators: shots on goals, free kicks, offside, fouls committed, and total passes. Despite the significant differences noted, there was no effect (0.000-0.009) or a small effect (0.010-0.059) in these game indicators (Table 1). \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Game Indicator**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Ranking**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Pre-COVID-19**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**COVID-19**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Post-COVID-19**} \\ \cline{3-14}  & & \(M\) & _SD_ & \(F\) & \(p\) (_q_\({}^{\star}\)) & \(M\) & _SD_ & \(F\) & \(p\) (_q_\({}^{\star}\)) & \(M\) & _SD_ & \(F\) & \(p\) (_q_\({}^{\star}\)) \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Yellow cards} & Equaled & 2.83 & 1.60 & 17.31 & \(<\)0.001 \({}^{\star}\) & 2.61 & 1.51 & 0.09 & 0.91 & 2.26 & 1.42 & 1.97 & 0.14 \\  & Unbalanced & 2.62 & 1.56 & (0.01) & 2.57 & 1.54 & & (0.00) & 2.32 & 1.48 & & (0.01) \\  & Very unbalanced & 2.46 & 1.58 & & & 2.57 & 1.52 & & & 2.03 & 1.36 & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Red cards} & Equaled & 0.13 & 0.36 & 4.29 & 0.01 \({}^{\star}\) & 0.12 & 0.38 & 0.05 & 0.95 & 0.09 & 0.30 & 0.20 & 0.82 \\  & Unbalanced & 0.12 & 0.34 & & (0.00) & 0.12 & 0.34 & & (0.00) & 0.10 & 0.33 & & (0.00) \\  & Very unbalanced & 0.09 & 0.30 & & & 0.11 & 0.31 & & & 0.08 & 0.27 & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Ball possession} & Equaled & 50.00 & 10.19 & 0.00 & 1.00 & 50.00 & 10.99 & 0.00 & 1.00 & 50.00 & 11.41 & 0.00 & 1.00 \\  & Unbalanced & 50.00 & 10.64 & & (0.00) & 50.00 & 10.73 & & (0.00) & 50.00 & 13.42 & & (0.00) \\  & Very unbalanced & 50.00 & 12.35 & & & 50.00 & 13.11 & & & 50.00 & 14.04 & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Total shots} & Equaled & 11.81 & 4.61 & 4.30 & 0.01 \({}^{\star}\) & 11.31 & 4.50 & 0.99 & 0.37 & 10.45 & 4.24 & 1.26 & 0.29 \\  & Unbalanced & 12.01 & 4.70 & & (0.00) & 11.59 & 4.70 & & (0.00) & 10.76 & 5.01 & & (0.00) \\  & Very unbalanced & 12.38 & 5.22 & & & 10.93 & 4.56 & & & 11.12 & 4.70 & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Shots on goal} & Equaled & 4.17 & 2.31 & 6.56 & 0.00 \({}^{\star}\) & 4.06 & 2.33 & 1.86 & 0.16 & 3.61 & 2.07 & 3.88 & 0.02 \({}^{\star}\) \\  & Unbalanced & 4.30 & 2.35 & & (0.00) & 3.69 & 2.09 & & (0.01) & 3.56 & 2.11 & & (0.01) \\  & Very unbalanced & 4.53 & 2.76 & & & 3.93 & 2.27 & & & 4.13 & 2.33 & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Shots off goal} & Equaled & 7.64 & 3.57 & 1.03 & 0.36 & 7.25 & 3.50 & 3.41 & 0.03 \({}^{\star}\) & 6.83 & 3.33 & 0.72 & 0.49 \\  & Unbalanced & 7.70 & 3.65 & & (0.00) & 7.90 & 3.86 & & (0.01) & 7.19 & 3.91 & & (0.00) \\  & Very unbalanced & 7.85 & 3.73 & & & 7.00 & 3.65 & & & 6.99 & 3.47 & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Free kicks} & Equaled & 16.07 & 4.55 & 7.74 & +0.001 \({}^{\star}\) & 15.60 & 4.24 & 0.62 & 0.54 & 16.98 & 5.27 & 7.84 \(<\)0.001 \({}^{\star}\) \\  & Unbalanced & 15.85 & 4.52 & & (0.00) & 15.28 & 4.52 & & (0.00) & 16.33 & 5.43 & & (0.02) \\  & Very unbalanced & 15.34 & 4.50 & & & 15.76 & 4.65 & & & 15.02 & 4.76 & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Comers} & Equaled & 4.89 & 2.70 & 0.66 & 0.52 & 4.78 & 2.61 & 1.49 & 0.23 & 4.46 & 2.71 & 0.42 & 0.66 \\  & Unbalanced & 4.91 & 2.85 & & (0.00) & 4.52 & 2.48 & & (0.00) & 4.27 & 2.54 & & (0.00) \\  & Very unbalanced & 5.02 & 2.78 & & & 4.40 & 2.46 & & & 4.29 & 2.61