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Purpose The playing formation of football teams influences how players interact with each other via passing. The aim of this study was to use network analysis to determine the passing characteristics of playing positions within a professional a professional football team across two consecutive competitive seasons, when playing two different formations. Methods In season one (2016/2017) the team played 1-4-2-2-2 in 21 matches, and in season two (2017/2018) the team played 1-4-2-3-1 in 21 matches. Network analysis was applied to calculate the individual centrality metrics of indegree centrality (IDC), outdegree centrality (ODC), closeness centrality (CC), and betweenness centrality (BC) for the playing positions, using the Social Network Visualizer (SocNetV). The centrality metrics were compared across the playing formations and as a function of match outcome. Results The forward positions in 1-4-2-2-2 had significantly (p Conclusions The current study shows that subtle changes to playing formation elicit differences in the passing contributions of the players. The results suggest that coaches may adopt the playing formation 1-4-2-2-2 compared with 1-4-2-3-1 owing to the increased passing involvement from the forwards.

The effect of playing formation on the passing network characteristics of a professional football team