Who plays three at the back?
Share of line-ups set out with three defenders — the shape that has grown faster than any other in the archive.
Seri B (Italia) commits hardest: 26,5% of its line-ups start with three defenders.
| League | Three at the back | Line-ups |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Seri B Italia | 26.5% | 938 |
| 2. Fußball-Bundesliga Jerman | 25.5% | 611 |
| 3. Serie A Italia | 25.3% | 760 |
| 4. Liga Super Swiss Swiss | 18% | 306 |
| 5. Liga Utama Inggris Inggris | 17.8% | 760 |
| 6. 2. Fußball-Bundesliga Jerman | 15.2% | 612 |
| 7. Liga Profesional Belgia Belgia | 13.6% | 323 |
| 8. Liga Utama Rusia Rusia | 13.3% | 480 |
| 9. Bundesliga Austria Austria | 13.3% | 360 |
| 10. Liga Champions UEFA Internasional | 11% | 362 |
| 11. Liga Eropa UEFA Internasional | 10.6% | 573 |
| 12. Championship Inggris | 10.2% | 1.112 |
| 13. Allsvenskan Swedia | 9.1% | 274 |
| 14. Liga Utama Ukraina Ukraina | 8.7% | 357 |
| 15. Liga Super Yunani Yunani | 8.5% | 504 |
| 16. Ligue 1 Prancis | 5.7% | 759 |
| 17. Segunda División Spanyol | 5.3% | 935 |
| 18. Ligue 2 Prancis | 5.3% | 567 |
| 19. Liga Super Denmark Denmark | 5% | 436 |
| 20. LaLiga Spanyol | 4.1% | 760 |
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Any formation whose first line is a three. The provider records a formation for roughly a quarter of line-ups, so a league appears only once enough of its matches carry one.