Center backs work hardest when playing in a back three: The influence of tactical formation on physical and technical match performance in professional soccer

• Leon Forcher ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: leon.forcher@kit.edu

  Affiliations Institute of Sports and Sports Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Zuzenhausen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4291-8787

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• Leander Forcher,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Sports and Sports Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

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• Darko Jekauc,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Sports and Sports Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

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• Alexander Woll,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Sports and Sports Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

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• Timo Gross,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Zuzenhausen, Germany

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• Stefan Altmann

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Sports and Sports Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany, TSG ResearchLab gGmbH, Zuzenhausen, Germany

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