Table 2.

Correlation matrix of the resulting associations among velocity at 4mmol·L^-1 and the metabolic power metrics considered.

Position	Distance >25 Watt·Kg-1 (m)	Power Events (number)	Power events recovery power (Watt·Kg-1)	Power events recovery time (s)
Centralback (n = 13)	0.46 (-0.11 to 0.80)	0.41 (-0.15 to 0.77)	0.32 (-0.27 to 0.74)	-0.34 (-0.75 to 0.26)
Fullback (n = 13)	0.75# (0.34 to 0.92)	0.64§ (0.14 to 0.88)	0.71# (0.26 to 0.91)	-0.59§ (-0.86 to -0.07)
Midfielder (n = 22)	0.74† (0.46 to 0.88)	0.63# (0.29 to 0.83)	0.66† (0.34 to 0.85)	-0.62# (-0.82 to -0.26)
Forward (n = 14)	0.89† (0.67 to 0.96)	0.70# (0.27 to 0.90)	0.75# (0.37 to 0.92)	-0.76# (-0.92 to -0.37)
All players (62)	0.83† (0.72 to 0.89)	0.71† (0.56 to 0.81)	0.72† (0.57 to 0.82)	-0.70† (-0.81 to -0.55)

Note: Data are reported as coefficient of correlation and 95% confidence intervals;

^§p < 0.05;

^#p < 0.01;

^†p < 0.001.