Table 3. Magnitude of change (mean ± 90% Cl) and effect sizes (90% CI) of match demands over the course of a soccer tournament. Chance that magnitude of change between two games is higher/no difference/lower (100/0/0).
Variable M1 v M2 M1 v M3 M1 v M4 M1 v M5 M2 v M3 M2 v M4 M2 v M5 M3 v M4 M2 v M5 M3 v M4
PL/min % Diff 18.0±15.0 12.6±15.7 14.7±16.7 -7.1±33.7 -5.5±4.1 -2.7±5.3 -9.0±16.6 2.9±4.5 -5.5±16.1 -6.9±14.8
ES and 90%CI .6
(.1 - 1.1)		 .4
(-.1 - .9)		 .5
(-.1 - 1)		 .3
(-1.3 - .7)		 -.3
(-.6 - -.1)		 -.2
(-.5 - .1)		 -.5
(-1.4 - .3)		 .2
(-.1 - .5)		 -.4
(-1.3 - .6)		 -.4
(-1.3 - .4)
QO. 90/9/1 77/20/3 81/16/2 21/25/54 0/18/82 3/57/40 8/17/75 45/53/1 16/23/61 10/21/69
m/min % Diff 16.2±14.6 12.8±16.6 13.2±17.0 -8.5±35.4 -3.1±2.5 -3.2±3.6 -12.6±16.0 -1.5+3.5 -10.5±14.2 -8.3±14.4
ES and 90%CI .7
(.1 - 1.4)		 .6
(-.2 - 1.3)		 .6
(-.2 -1.4)		 -.4
(-1.9 - 1.0)		 -.3
(-.5 - -.1)		 -.3
(-.6 -.0)		 -1.2
(-2.6 - .1)		 -.2
(-.5 - .2)		 -1.1
(-2.4 - .2)		 -.6
(-1.6 - .4)
QO. 91/7/2 82/14/4 82/14/4 22/16/61 0/25/75 1/29/70 4/6/90 4/56/39 5/7/88 8/15/78
LIA/min % Diff 12.6±13.4 11.4±15.1 13.4±15.1 -6.4±32.9 -0.7±2.7 -.3±3.0 -9.2±14.5 -.9±3.1 -9.5±12.7 -7.6±13.7
ES and 90%CI .6
(-. - 1.2)		 .5
(-.2 - 1.3)		 .6
(-.1 - 1.3)		 -.3
(-1.8 - 1.1)		 -.1
(-.3 - .2)		 -.0
(-.3 - .3)		 -1.0
(-2.3 - .4)		 -.1
(-.4 - .2)		 -1.0
(-2.2 - .2)		 -.7
(-1.7 - .4)
QO. 86/11/2 80/15/4 85/12/3 25/18/57 4/77/19 10/75/16 7/9/83 5/67/27 5/8/87 9/14/77
HIA/min % Diff 52±40 -4±39 -.6±47.1 -32.1±91.1 -35.3±21.4 -32±15.7 -40.6±58.7 1.8±15.4 -7.9±58.2 -17.6±46.4
ES and 90%CI .8
(.2 - 1.5)		 -.1
(-.7 - .6)		 -.0
(-.8 - .8)		 -.8
(-2.1 - .5)		 -.7
(-1.0 - -.4)		 -.6
(-.9 - -.4)		 -.8
(-1.6 - -.1)		 .0
(-.2 - .3)		 -.1
(-.9 - .6)		 -.4
(-1.2 - .4)
QO. 94/5/1 23/40/37 31/35/33 10/12/78 0/1/99 0/0/100 1/6/92 11/83/6 22/33/44 10/22/67
HIHR/min % Diff -46±174 -23±313 -23±243 224±460 -37±52 .4±83 -13±154 28±94 178±357 76±164
ES and 90% CI -.5
(-1.4 - .3)		 -.2
(-1.4 - 1.0)		 -.2
(-1.3 - .8)		 1.0
(-.5 - 2.4)		 -.3
(-.6 - -.0)		 .0
(-.4 - .4)		 -.1
(-1.9 - 1.8)		 .2
(-.4 - .8)		 1.0
(-.5 - 2.4)		 .5
(-.3 - 1.3)
QO. 7/17/76 26/24/51 22/27/52 84/8/8 1/24/75 19/63/18 37/18/45 54/36/11 85/7/8 74/18/8
%Diff- percentage difference; CI: confidence interval; ES: effect size; HIA/min: high-intensity activity per minute; HIHR/min: high-intensity heart rate per minute; LIA/min: low-intensity activity per minute; m/min: meterage per minute; M1: match 1; M2: match 2; M3: match 3; M4: match 4; M5: match 5; PL/min: player load per minute; QO.: qualitative outcome