Match Performance Indicators (MPI) are the

performance indicator A performance indicator or key performance indicator (KPI) is a type of performance measurement. KPIs evaluate the success of an organization or of a particular activity (such as projects, programs, products and other initiatives) in which it e ...

s of sport.Kubayi A, Toriola A. Match Performance Indicators that Discriminated Between Winning, Drawing and Losing Teams in the 2017 AFCON Soccer Championship. J Hum Kinet. 2020 Mar 31;72:215-221. doi: 10.2478/hukin-2019-0108. PMID 32269662; PMCID: PMC7126255. The term was created by, and is widely used, in the scouting and analyzing system eye4TALENT. MPIs are set up as an indicator of a

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's performance compared to a standard of a specific

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on the field. When judging e.g. a football player's performance, it is then possible to compare his stats with the MPI of his playing position. Since the introduction, the term has widely been used in various Danish media including

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, BT,

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and Kontra Magazine.

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