How many formations are there in this football match?

Tactically, the first thing to be solved in a football match is the game formation. The choice of formation is mainly based on the characteristics of the team and the physical fitness and technical level of the athletes, and combined with the strength comparison between the two sides and other objective conditions (venue, climate, etc.). ) also consider. Generally, there are "3-2-2-3" formations, namely "W", "M", "3-3-4" and "3-2- 1-4", and the above formations are three defenders. The formation of four defenders is "4-2-4", "4-3-3" (including "4-2- 1-3", "4- 1-2-3") and "4-4-2". Individual tactics are the individual actions and methods taken by athletes to complete the tactical cooperation of the whole team.

Ball control is achieved by passing the ball, and each team passes the ball more than 650 times on average in a game. Therefore, the key to consider whether a certain formation is reasonable is how many passing opportunities it can create and how likely it is to pass the ball to the frontcourt. The researchers compared several common formations and found that the 4-4-2 formation was the most favorable for ball control, and 66 passing route combinations could be evolved. Followed by 4-5- 1 formation (62 kinds), 4-3-3 formation (56 kinds) and 4-2-4 formation (54 kinds).

Among these four formations, the probability of sending the ball to the frontcourt is: 4-2-4 formation 15%, 4-3-3 formation 13%, 4-4-2 formation 12%, 4-5- 1 8%.

Numerically, the 4-2-4 formation seems to be the most effective, but in modern football games, few teams dare to risk giving up the midfield to the other side. So generally speaking, the 4-4-2 formation has both offensive and defensive capabilities, which should be the most scientific.