After almost two years of research, design, and testing, Ioannis Laftsoglou developed Space-Time Ball Possession (STBP) in August 2023, an innovative football analytics metric designed to redefine how football dominance and ball possession are measured. The final submission was presented at the Global Institute of Sport (GIS), where the metric was reviewed by football industry academics and professionals and received highly positive feedback and critiques.

Unlike the traditional ball possession metric that merely tally the time each team controls the ball, my advanced model delves deeper. Space-Time Ball Possession considers the specific areas of the pitch where possession occurs, evaluating the risk value per zone area based on distance and angle from both goals. This comprehensive approach not only measures possession per zone area but also captures overall dominance in a single metric. This metric offers insights into how advantageous or disadvantageous the team's ball possession was throughout the game compared to their opponents.