. 2019 Mar 14;36(2):171–180. doi: 10.5114/biolsport.2019.83507

TABLE 3.

Game formats and competitive match percentage according to the MDP.

Variable	Position	SSG5 (%)	SSG6 (%)	LSG9 (%)	LSG10 (%)	Official Match (%)	ES;p
DIS	CD	82.2 ± 6.9	78.3 ± 6.7	90.7 ± 8.1^{*,†, ⊗}	97.4 ± 6.6^{*,†,∆, ⊗}	86.1 ± 4.9^†	ES: 0.9-2.9; p<0.001
	FB	83.3 ± 3.1^c,d	81.6 ± 6.9^c	91.9 ± 6.7^{*,†, ⊗}	97.4 ± 6.3^{*,†,∆, ⊗}	86.3 ± 4.9^*,†	ES: 0.8-2.4; p<0.001
	MF	77.4 ± 4.1	69.8 ± 8.6	90.3 ± 9.8^*,†	96.5 ± 7.3^{*,†, ⊗}	87.9 ± 5.7^*,†	ES: 0.7-3.4; p<0.001
	OMF	77.4 ± 6.1	77.8 ± 1.5	91.0 ± 9.9^*	97.3 ± 9.2^{*,†, ⊗}	85.5 ± 6.5	ES: 0.7-2.3; p<0.001
	FW	82.1 ± 6.4	78.7 ± 11.8	93.3 ± 9.5^{*,†, ⊗}	100.4 ± 10^{*,†, ⊗}	83.2 ± 9.6	ES: 0.7-2.1; p<0.001
	ES;p	ES: 0.2-1.7; p=0.012	ES: 0.3-1.6; p=0.004	ES: 0.2-0.3; p=0.505	ES: 0.4-0.5; p=0.359	ES: 0.3-0.6; p=0.019
HSR	CD	12.1 ± 12.6	24.0 ± 14.8	91.2 ± 48.4^c,*,†	113.5 ± 56.7^{c,*,†, ⊗}	73.1 ± 1.9^*,†	ES: 0.4-2.0; p=0.004
	FB	17.8 ± 12.6	24.2 ± 20.2	88.4 ± 39.9^{c,*,†, ⊗}	103.1 ± 34.2^{*,†, ⊗}	63.9 ± 16.9^*,†	ES: 1.5-2.9; p<0.001
	MF	19.3 ± 14.9	29.5 ± 21.6	55.3 ± 41.1^*	73.6 ± 41.7^*,†	76.9 ± 24.7^*,†	ES: 0.1-2.5; p<0.001
	OMF	24.3 ± 14.5	21.4 ± 17.9	69.2 ± 42.4^*	97.5 ± 47.7^*,†	68.9 ± 22.8^*	ES: 0.6-1.9; p<0.001
	FW	13.1 ± 9.9	13.7 ± 13.1	69.3 ± 33.7^*,†	104.5 ± 58.9^{*,†, ⊗}	63.2 ± 24.3^*,†	ES: 0.7-1.7; p<0.001
	ES;p	ES: 0.3-0.9; p=0.328	ES: 0.3-0.9; p=0.249	ES: 0.1-0.8; p=0.013	ES: 0.2-0.8; p=0.041	ES: 0.2-0.6; p=0.018
SPR	CD	2.6 ± 7.3	0.5 ± 1.6	79.6 ± 109.8^*,†	124.0 ± 122.0^*,†	69.0 ± 34.5^*,†	ES: 0.4-1.1; p<0.001
	FB	1.4 ± 5.0	11.7 ± 23.6	74.7 ± 76.3^*,†	121.5 ± 80.1^{*,†, ⊗}	59.1 ± 30.3^*,†	ES: 0.6-1.8; p=0.004
	MF	2.1 ± 7.3	21.3 ± 52.1	64.6 ± 174.8	90.1 ± 154.3	80.5 ± 45.2^a,e,*,†	ES: 0.1-0.7; p=0.104
	OMF	7.3 ± 13.2	33.3 ± 48.8	57.5 ± 77.9	116.8 ± 119.7^*	67.6 ± 41.5^*	ES: 0.6-1.1; p=0.006
	FW	0.4 ± 0.0	1.2 ± 4.6	53.7 ± 53.4^*,†	143.7 ± 140.2^*,†,∆	72.9 ± 46.9^*,†	ES: 0.8-1.2; p<0.001
	ES;p	ES: 0.3-0.8; p=0.343	ES: 0.2-0.9; p=0.193	ES: 0.1-0.3; p=0.875	ES: 0.2-0.4; p=0.610	ES: 0.2-0.6; p=0.011
HMLD	CD	69.6 ± 14.5	58.9 ± 7.6	85.8 ± 19.3^†	95.5 ± 19.1^{*,†, ⊗}	73.4 ± 8.6^†	ES: 0.5-2.1; p=0.004
	FB	69.0 ± 12.8	71.5 ± 16.9^b	92.6 ± 18.8^{*,†, ⊗}	96.3 ± 18.4^{*,†, ⊗}	71.7 ± 11.5	ES: 0.2-1.6; p<0.001
	MF	63.3 ± 11.1	60.8 ± 16.3	78.9 ± 19.6^†	87.4 ± 15.1^*,†	77.5 ± 13.4^b,†	ES: 0.5-1.7; p<0.001
	OMF	61.7 ± 16.1	63.1 ± 12.4^*	87.4 ± 19.9^{*,†, ⊗}	95.3 ± 18.5	75.1 ± 15.2^b	ES: 0.4-1.9; p=0.004
	FW	66.7 ± 2.9	54.4 ± 11.5	91.5 ± 17.1^{*,†, ⊗}	100.6 ± 22.5^{*,†, ⊗}	66.9 ± 18.1^†	ES: 0.4-2.6; p<0.001
	ES;p	ES: 0.0-0.5; p=0.525	ES: 0.5-1.1; p=0.009	ES: 0.1-0.7; p=0.093	ES: 0.2-0.7; p=0.158	ES: 0.2-0.7; p=0.005
AMP	CD	85.4 ± 7.5	79.5 ± 6.6	91.2 ± 8.5^{†, ⊗}	96.9 ± 7.2^{*,†, ⊗}	84.3 ± 4.8	ES: 0.7-2.5; p=0.004
	FB	87.1 ± 5.2	87.4 ± 9.4^b,c	93.4 ± 7.5^{*, ⊗}	97.6 ± 7.4^{*,†, ⊗}	83.9 ± 5.3	ES: 0.8-2.2; p<0.001
	MF	82.5 ± 5.0	74.9 ± 9.4	89.5 ± 10^†	94.9 ± 7.5^{*,†, ⊗}	85.8 ± 6.5^†	ES: 0.6-2.4; p<0.001
	OMF	82.1 ± 8.0	83.2 ± 4.2	92.6 ± 9.8^{*, ⊗}	97.7 ± 8.5^{*,† ⊗}	84.5 ± 6.4	ES: 0.6-1.9; p<0.001
	FW	86.8 ± 3.7	77.2 ± 9.0	94.9 ± 9.4^{†, ⊗}	100.4 ± 10.4^{*,†, ⊗}	81.3 ± 10.6	ES: 0.6-1.8; p<0.001
	ES;p	ES: 0.1-0.8; p=0.153	ES: 0.5-1.3; p=0.001	ES: 0.2-0.6; p=0.276	ES: 0.3-0.6; p=0.180	ES: 0.2-0.5; p=0.022
ACC	CD	143.4 ± 33.9^{∆,□, ⊗}	116.8 ± 25.8^⊗	98.7 ± 18.3^⊗	96.0 ± 16.8^⊗	79.2 ± 7.3	ES: 0.9-4.0; p=0.004
	FB	166.8 ± 39.8^{∆,□, ⊗}	171.1 ± 38.9^{a,b,*,∆,□, ⊗}	113.5 ± 24.1^⊗	108.9 ± 26.2^{c, ⊗}	80.0 ± 19.8	ES: 1.7-2.4; p<0.001
	MF	153.1 ± 24.3^{∆,□, ⊗}	140.8 ± 33.2^{∆,□, ⊗}	94.1 ± 24.7	90.2 ± 22.0	81.1 ± 15.1	ES: 0.4-3.9; p<0.001
	OMF	153.1 ± 30.4^⊗	148.3 ± 45.9	117.7 ± 22.6^{c, ⊗}	113.7 ± 24.7^{a,c, ⊗}	85.5 ± 16.9	ES: 0.1-3.0; p<0.001
	FW	176.9 ± 30.8^{†,∆,□, ⊗}	123.9 ± 29.7^⊗	110.7 ± 34.3^⊗	107.5 ± 26.8^⊗	76.4 ± 28.7	ES: 1.7-3.5; p<0.001
	ES;p	ES: 0.3-1.9; p=0.231	ES: 0.2-1.9; p<0.001	ES: 0.2-1.0; p=0.005	ES: 0.2-1.0; p=0.001	ES: 0.3-0.4; p=0.079
DEC	CD	144.4 ± 17.1^{∆,□, ⊗}	124.5 ± 31.9^⊗	100.2 ± 15.2^⊗	93.8 ± 19.3^⊗	77.8 ± 9.6	ES: 0.8-5.8; p=0.004
	FB	152.4 ± 28.7^{∆,□, ⊗}	159.1 ± 39.9^{∆,□, ⊗}	109.3 ± 21.4^⊗	99.7 ± 17.6^⊗	78.3 ± 12.7	ES: 0.2-3.3; p<0.001
	MF	142.4 ± 31.1^{∆,□, ⊗}	129.4 ± 40.6^⊗	91.9 ± 22.5	93.6 ± 25	80.8 ± 14.3	ES: 0.4-3.2; p<0.001
	OMF	143.8 ± 22.4^{∆,□, ⊗}	137.6 ± 37.1	108.2 ± 16.0^⊗	110.0 ± 27.2^⊗	82.7 ± 15.9	ES: 0.2-3.5; p<0.001
	FW	181.1 ± 21.1^{†,∆,□, ⊗}	129.2 ± 33^{∆,□, ⊗}	104.5 ± 26.4^⊗	94.3 ± 24.6^⊗	73.5 ± 22.9	ES: 1.8-4.8; p<0.001
	ES;p	ES: 1.1-1.4; p=0.026	ES: 0.6-0.9; p=0.042	ES: 0.1-0.8; p=0.029	ES: 0.5-0.6; p=0.033	ES: 0.1-0.4; p=0.095

CD = central defender; FB = full back; MF = midfielder; OMF = offensive midfielder; FW = forward; SSG5 = small-side game 5v5 + 2 goalkeepers; SSG6 = small-side game 6v6 + 1 joker + 2 goalkeepers; LSG9 = large-sided game 9v9 + 2 goalkeepers; LSG10 = large-sided game 10v10 + 2 goalkeepers; a > CD; b > FW; c > MF; d > OMF; e > FB; * >SSG5; ^† >SSG6; ^∆>LSG9; ^□>LSG10; ^⊗ >competitive match; DIS = distance covered (m); HSR = high speed running (m >19.8 km·h^-1); SPR = sprint (m >25.2 km·h^-1); HMLD = high metabolic load distance (m >25 W·kg^-1); AMP = average metabolic power (W·kg^-1); ACC = accelerations (n >3 m·s^-2); DEC = decelerations (n <-3 m·s^-2).