Evolution of tactics in the English Premier League (2003-2014)

The bar chart above shows how many times a certain tactic has used by Premier League teams in different seasons over the last 10 years. We observe a steady

decline of the 4-4-2 system, progressively substituted by the 4-4-1-1, and finally by the 4-2-3-1, which became the most used formation in the most recent season.





The evolutionary sequence:

Data from football-lineups.com (Github repo)