Short-term - change on physical capacities of football players within few days before ACL-injury: a retrospective case-control study.

Although distance covered, sprint count, and pass accuracy did not reach statistical significance individually, their temporal patterns revealed a predisposing risk constellation: injured players demonstrated reduced cumulative exposure combined with acute high-intensity spikes at matchday 2, declining technical precision, and increased physical confrontation at matchday 1.

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Injured players displayed slightly higher duel involvement at certain matchdays, but these trends did not achieve significance (Table 1 ).

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