Table 1.
Frequencies of initial team formations used by teams and their possible variants.
| Team formation | n | Variants |
|---|---|---|
| 3.5.2 | 232 | 3.1-4.2 / 3.5.1-1 / 3.2-3.2 |
| 3.4.3 | 190 | 3.4.2-1 / 3.4.1-2 / 3.1-2-1.3 |
| 4.3.3 | 1135 | - |
| 4.5.1 | 368 | 4.1-4.1 / 4.3-2.1 |
| 4.2-3.1 | 2663 | - |
| 4.4.2 | 2006 | 4.2-2.2 / 4.3-1.2 / 4.4.1-1, 4.1-3.2 / 4.1-2-1.2 |
| 5.3.2 | 155 | - |
| 5.4.1 | 91 | - |
| Total | 6840 |
The number separated by a dot indicates different lines. The number separated by a hyphen represents a variant in the position of the players within the same line.