CPL from 2019 to 2025 using current offside rule: 695 matches with 1817 goals (2.61 goal per match) CPL 2026 (half season): 66 matches with 195 goals (2.95 goal per match) There is still another half season so the result is preliminary. Current offside rule: ALL part of the attacker's body that can score level with 2nd to last defender = onside Daylight offside rule (in trial): ANY part of the attacker's body that can score level with the 2nd to last defender = onside p.s. IFAB is not trialing this to solve close offside calls. So comments like "How is this any different in terms of close calls than the current offside rule? All this does is move the line" is not relevant. It's not why IFAB is trialing daylight. IFAB is trialing this to see if it result in more attacking opportunities. There are some leagues and tournaments that would benefit if daylight offside does indeed increase scoring chances. For example: 2025 Africa Cup of Nations: 2.31 goal per match 2023 Africa Cup of Nations: 2.29 2021 Africa Cup of Nations: 1.92 2019 Africa Cup of Nations: 1.96 2017 Africa Cup of Nations: 2.06 2015 Africa Cup of Nations: 2.13 2013 Africa Cup of Nations: 2.16 Copa America 2024: 70 goals scored in 32 matches (2.19 per match) Copa America 2021 : 65 goals scored in 28 matches (2.32 per match) Copa America 2019: 60 goals scored in 26 matches (2.31 per match) Copa America 2016: 91 goals scored in 32 matches (2.84 per match) Copa America 2015: 59 goals scored in 26 matches (2.27 per match) CAF_Champions_League 2023-24: 1.52 per match CAF Champions League 2024-25: 2.15 per match CAF Champions League 2025-26: 1.9 goal per match Argentina 2024 Liga Profesional de Fútbol: 2.03 goal per match Argentina 2025 AFA Liga Profesional de Fútbol: 1.95 goal per match IFAB has made a few rule changes that most would agree that resulted in more attacking football: Original offside rule was this: ALL attackers behind ball = onside 1863 not offside from a goal kick 1866: ALL part of the attacker's body that can score behind 3rd to last defender = onside 1883 not offside from corner kick 1907 not be offside in their own half 1920 not offside on throw in 1925: ALL part of the attacker's body that can score behind the 2nd to last defender = onside (goal went up by 0.91 in 1925-26 season) 1990: ALL part of the attacker's body that can score level with 2nd to last defender = onside 1990 backpass rule prohibit goalkeepers from using their hands to pick up the ball if it is deliberately kicked to them by a teammate 1990 red card for Denying an Obvious Goal-Scoring Opportunity" (DOGSO) rule 2005 passive offside not penalized: stop punishing players who are in an offside position but not actively involved in the play --------------------- Also, is sitting deeper than currently acceptable a good tactic against daylight offside because sitting deeper and invite pressure is not a good tactic currently. You get pin in and can't get out. Let's say a team sit deeper. How do you drop deeper than currently? Do you think teams are saying "nah, leave them a little space at the moment" if you drop deeper, you allow teams to pass the ball around near the top of the penalty box. Long distance shot would become easier with open spaces. The main worry from everyone who has watched the trials is that it gets easier to attack. From BBC: "BBC Sport has been told that the trial results in youth football were largely positive, though there were some concerns there is too much of an advantage to the attacker." UEFA, which has data from the trials, oppose daylight offside because UEFA felt it gave too massive an advantage to attackers and fundamentally make defending harder. UEFA suggested trialing "torso offside" as a compromise. -------------------------------------------------- A football analyst wrote this about the daylight offside: "It punishes high block defenses by making it harder to offside trap attackers. It punishes low block defenses by giving attackers an extra yard of space in a compact area."   submitted by   /u/punishGoalhanging [link]   [comments]