The 4-4-2 formation. A tactical staple in football, synonymous with both swashbuckling attacking displays and resolute defensive stands. From its heyday in the Premier League with teams like Arsenal's ...

The classic 4-4-2 featured box-to-box midfielders, who rampaged up and down the field, and strike partnerships up front: Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton, Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole… etc. There was also ...

At the elite level, the sequence of numbers which create what we regard as 'formations' play a peripheral role in the ...

Follow build-up to seven Premier League matches, including Brighton v Leeds, Burnley v Arsenal, Crystal Palace v Brentford & ...