Table 2.

Differences within playing positions between tactical formations involving three and four defensive players (analysis of variance—ANOVA).

Variables	ANOVA	CD	WD	MF	FW
Total distance covered	F-test	1.94	29.08	3.90	4.29
	p	0.17	0.01	0.05	0.05
	η2	0.04	0.57	0.07	0.20
High-intensity distance	F-test	5.87	14.39	3.27	1.69
	p	0.02	0.01	0.08	0.21
	η2	0.11	0.39	0.07	0.09
High speed distance	F-test	6.50	37.37	6.30	1.80
	p	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.20
	η2	0.12	0.63	0.12	0.09
Sprint distance	F-test	2.97	0.32	0.40	0.66
	p	0.09	0.58	0.53	0.43
	η2	0.06	0.01	0.00	0.04
Total accelerations	F-test	0.95	4.90	24.08	0.00
	p	0.33	0.04	0.01	0.98
	η2	0.02	0.18	0.35	0.00
Total decelerations	F-test	0.84	3.14	22.71	1.70
	p	0.36	0.09	0.01	0.21
	η2	0.01	0.12	0.33	0.09
High intensity accelerations	F-test	1.35	0.91	0.43	0.28
	p	0.25	0.35	0.51	0.61
	η2	0.02	0.03	0.00	0.01
High intensity decelerations	F-test	6.26	1.87	5.05	0.57
	p	0.02	0.19	0.03	0.46
	η2	0.12	0.07	0.10	0.03

CD = central defenders, WD = wide defenders, MF = midfielders, FW = forwards.