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Twenty-seven professional soccer players (24.9 \u00b1 3.5 years old) were monitored daily using a 10-Hz global positioning system with a 100-Hz accelerometer. Total distance (TD), running distance (RD), high-speed running (HSR), sprinting distance (SD), player load (PL), number of high accelerations (ACC), and number of high decelerations (DEC) were recorded during training sessions and matches. An individual training\/match ratio (TMr) was calculated for each external load measure. Weeks with five training sessions (5dW) presented meaningfully greater TMr than weeks with four (4dW) or three (3dW) training sessions. Additionally, TDratio (TDr) was significantly greater in 5dW than in 3dW (mean differences dif: 1.23 arbitray units A.U.) and 4dW (dif: 0.80 A.U.); HSRr was significantly greater in 5dW than in 3dW (dif: 0.90 A.U.) and 4dW (dif: 0.68 A.U.); and SDr was significantly greater in 5dW than in 3dW (dif: 0.77 A.U.) and 4dW (dif: 0.90 A.U.). Correlations between the weekly training loads and the match demands of the same week were small for PL (r = 0.250 [0.13;0.36]), ACC (r = 0.292 [0.17;0.40]) and DEC (r = 0.236 [0.11;0.35]). This study reveals that ratios of above 1 were observed for specific measures (e.g., HSR, SD). It was also observed that training sessions are not adjusted according to weekly variations in match demands.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph16173057","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,26]],"date-time":"2019-08-26T04:38:23Z","timestamp":1566794303000},"page":"3057","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":87,"title":["Training\/Match External Load Ratios in Professional Soccer Players: A Full-Season Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9813-2842","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Filipe Manuel","family":"Clemente","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, School of Sport and Leisure, 4960-320 Melga\u00e7o, Portugal"},{"name":"Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es, Delega\u00e7\u00e3o da Covilh\u00e3, 6200-001 Covilh\u00e3, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Alireza","family":"Rabbani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical and Performance Department, Sporting Clube de Portugal, 2890-529 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3551-1030","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniele","family":"Conte","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Sport Science and Innovations, Lithuanian Sports University, 44221 Kaunas, Lithuania"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4159-6475","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniel","family":"Castillo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Isabel I, 09003 Burgos, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2038-393X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jos\u00e9","family":"Afonso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Research, Education, Innovation and Intervention in Sport, Faculty of Sport, University of Porto, 4200-450 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6610-4617","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cain Craig","family":"Truman Clark","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Sport, Exercise and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8030-7122","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pantelis Theodoros","family":"Nikolaidis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Exercise Physiology Laboratory, 18450 Nikaia, Greece"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6436-6306","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Thomas","family":"Rosemann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Primary Care, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2412-9103","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Beat","family":"Knechtle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Primary Care, University of Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland"},{"name":"Medbase St. Gallen Am Vadianplatz, 9001 St. Gallen, Switzerland"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"779","DOI":"10.2165\/11317780-000000000-00000","article-title":"The quantification of training load, the training response and the effect on performance","volume":"39","author":"Borresen","year":"2009","journal-title":"Sport. 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