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@ianbrown Brilliant, thank you Ian :-)

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It’s the business end of the season and teams are fighting for survival and glory.

Over the next few weeks we’ll be looking at the different formations used by the teams pushing for championships 🏆 and the teams avoiding relegation. 🤷‍♂️

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@BoomTimeUK @BTMembersUK Six out of six = 100% What else can I say :-)

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@sebytim Thank you @sebytim for your message.
Our website will be available in April. In the meantime you can follow our Twitter feed as we will be sharing on here over the next few weeks. :-)

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@BTMembersUK Yeah, lots to go at for this weekends games, over 500 teams within 24 leagues. Looking forwards to seeing which data you choose to use. 👍

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@BTMembersUK Yee Haa, lets start as we mean to go on :-)

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@BTMembersUK Hi, we are looking forwards to sharing our data and football model with you guys so keep your eyes peeled :-)

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442?

4231?

433?

Or none of the above?

We return with our look at the primary formations used in Europes Top Leagues.

Starting in the English Premier League later today ⚽️

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We’ve spent a number of weeks looking at formations. Now we will start to looking at the teams that have moved up and those that moved down leagues.

We can then monitor their progress in the early stages of the season to see if the change in competition effects their form.

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We start our look at the different player roles within the different formations and systems of play used in football across the world.

The next few posts and quotes are taken from this excellent book.

If you are interested in football this is an essential purchase.

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That concludes our Formation Watch series.

Tomorrow we will start looking at the different player roles within each system and the qualities needed.

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The remaining primary formations used in China 🇨🇳

Henan Jianye 532 x8
Shenzhen FC 532 x8
Shanghai Shenhua 352 x5
Shanghai SIPG FC 343 x5
Wuhan Zall 451 x4
Chongqing Lifan 4232 x5

That concludes our look into the Chinese Super League.

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The most used primary formation in China is the 442 = 6 Teams

Shandong Luneng x9
Jiangsu Suning FC x6
Tianjin Teda x10
Guangzhou R&F F.C. x6
Hebei CFFC x7
Beijing Renhe x12

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Up next is the 4231 = 4 Teams

Beijing Guoan
Guangzhou Evergrande
Dalian Yifang
Tianjin Tianhai

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Over the next few weeks we’ll be looking at the different player roles within formations and systems of play. We will be referencing some excellent books which if you are interested in the subject we suggest you check them out.

First up:

Talking Tactics & Attacking Soccer

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Final primary formations used in MLS 🇺🇸

343

New York City FC x8

3511

Toronto FC x4

41212

Philadelphia Union x10

442

New England Revolution x7

4141

San Jose Earthquakes x13

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The most used primary formation in America MLS is the 4231 = 13 Teams

DC United x12
New York Red Bulls x14
Atlanta United x x15
Chicago Fire x16
Columbus Crew x19
FC Cincinnati x5
Seattle Sounders FC x18
LA Galaxy x10
Minnesota United x8
Real Salt Lake 4231 x18

To name a few.

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Up next we have the teams that play 433 in MLS = 5 Teams

Montreal Impact x16

Sporting Kansas City x19

Vancouver Whitecaps x12

Los Angeles FC x17

Orlando City x11

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We start our in-depth look at the player roles within the most used formations in Europe last season.

Where do we start?

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This week we’ve focused on the Formations and systems used across the top leagues in Europe last season.

Next week we will look at the different player roles and responsibilities within these different formations.

Starts tomorrow ⚽️▶️