TABLE 7.
Means and standard deviations of tactical variables displayed by teams in defensive pieces of play initiated in the opposing half of the pitch.
| Team | DLAODGL (meters) | D (seconds) | DPPBND (meters) | PL (meters) | PN |
| Barcelona | 34.19 (14.57) | 9.60 (6.70) | 4.52 (4.01) | 19.53 (18.11) | 2.36 (1.87) |
| Real Madrid | 37.93 (12.19) | 8.40 (5.63) | 3.26 (1.45) | 21.48 (18.37) | 2.11 (1.73) |
| Valencia | 35.48 (13.09) | 10.67 (7.79) | 4.33 (2.84) | 16.43 (15.31) | 2.58 (2.31) |
| Villareal | 36.08 (11.69) | 11.97 (8.5) | 4.00 (2.57) | 16.60 (16.01) | 3.11 (2.58) |
| Bilbao | 31.45 (14.60) | 10.72 (7.15) | 3.85 (1.83) | 19.95 (18.07) | 2.78 (2.25) |
| Atletico Madrid | 30.36 (13.55) | 13.41 (8.82) | 4.60 (2.71) | 16.99 (16.97) | 3.56 (3.02) |
| Osasuna | 29.72 (14.09) | 14.22 (9.12) | 5.20 (2.88) | 19.04 (18.04) | 3.50 (2.65) |
| Zaragoza | 33.87 (12.10) | 9.61 (6.59) | 4.99 (3.77) | 17.23 (15.75) | 2.35 (1.94) |
| Levante | 25.53 (15.81) | 14.05 (8.46) | 5.50 (4.00) | 19.49 (14.97) | 3.55 (2.42) |
| Real Sociedad | 34.53 (11.66) | 13.57 (11.93) | 4.93 (3.71) | 17.91 (17.23) | 3.75 (3.89) |
| Getafe | 29.57 (12.81) | 14.51 (11.06) | 4.99 (3.14) | 21.65 (20.82) | 3.48 (3.44) |
| Mallorca | 24.25 (13.12) | 12.13 (6.59) | 4.81 (2.98) | 19.08 (21.28) | 2.56 (1.61) |
| Hercules | 34.17 (13.69) | 10.84 (7.81) | 4.66 (2.32) | 18.51 (17.65) | 2.81 (2.85) |
DLAODGL, distance from the least advanced outfield defender to his goal line; D, duration of defensive pieces of play initiated in the opposing half; DPPBND, distance between the player in possession of the ball to the nearest defender; PL, length of the last pass that attacking teams made when conceded possession of the ball to the analyzed team; PN, number of passes made by attacking teams before analyzed teams gained the ball.