1 Exploring the determinants of success in different clusters of ball 1 possession sequences in soccer 2 Murilo Merlin a* , Sergio Augusto Cunha a , Felipe Arruda Moura b , Ricardo 3 da Silva Torres c , Bruno Gonçalves d and Jaime Sampaio d 4 a School of Physical Education, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil; b Laboratory of Applied 5 Biomechanics, State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil; c Department of ICT and Natural Sciences, 6 Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, NTNU – Norwegian University of 7 Science and Technology, Ålesund, Norway; d Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and 8 Human Development (CIDESD), CreativeLab Research Community, University of Tras-os-Montes and 9 Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal; e Portugal Football School, Portuguese Football Federation, Oeiras, 10 Portugal 11 *CONTACT: Murilo Merlin / E-mail: murilomerlin7@gmail.com / Faculdade de Educação 12 Física, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Av. Érico Veríssimo, 701, Campinas, São Paulo, 13 CEP 13083-851, Brasil. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28