## 3 Results
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\begin{tabular}{l l r r r r} \hline \hline  & & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**95\% Confidence Interval Mean**} \\ \cline{3-6}  & & **Mean** & **Upper** & **Lower** & **Std. Deviation** \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{HSR *+IS@} & CD & 536.68 & 694.45 & 378.92 & 373.61 \\  & CM & 507.12 & 590.45 & 423.78 & 214.91 \\  & F & 701.08 & 843.04 & 559.13 & 245.86 \\  & SD & 699.17 & 797.94 & 600.39 & 198.63 \\  & SM & 657.72 & 724.47 & 590.97 & 142.62 \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{Average Speed *+IS *+IS *} & CD & 5.19 & 5.31 & 5.06 & 0.30 \\  & CM & 5.99 & 6.17 & 5.81 & 0.47 \\  & F & 5.24 & 5.51 & 4.98 & 0.45 \\  & SD & 5.39 & 5.78 & 5.00 & 0.77 \\  & SM & 5.18 & 5.37 & 4.98 & 0.41 \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{Maximum Speed *+IS *} & CD & 30.08 & 31.12 & 29.04 & 2.46 \\  & CM & 28.76 & 29.35 & 28.17 & 1.53 \\  & F & 30.87 & 31.87 & 29.87 & 1.73 \\  & SD & 31.02 & 31.80 & 30.25 & 1.56 \\  & SM & 31.76 & 32.86 & 30.66 & 2.34 \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{Number of Sprints} & CD & 20.62 & 26.15 & 15.09 & 13.09 \\  & CM & 20.10 & 27.08 & 13.13 & 17.99 \\  & F & 32.92 & 44.85 & 21.00 & 20.64 \\  & SD & 25.61 & 33.57 & 17.65 & 16.00 \\  & SM & 29.30 & 35.17 & 23.42 & 12.55 \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{HSR/Minute *+IS@} & CD & 5.96 & 7.71 & 4.21 & 4.15 \\  & CM & 5.63 & 6.56 & 4.70 & 2.38 \\ \cline{1-1}  & F & 7.79 & 9.36 & 6.21 & 2.73 \\ \cline{1-1}  & SD & 7.76 & 8.86 & 6.67 & 2.20 \\ \cline{1-1}  & SM & 7.30 & 8.05 & 6.56 & 1.58 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular} Note: The following symbols denote significant pairwise differences: CM vs. SM (*), CM vs. CD (*), CM vs. CD (*), CM vs. SD (*), CM vs. SD (*).  
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Table 4: Speed and sprint metrics. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l l r r r r} \hline \hline  & & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**95\% Confidence Interval Mean**} \\ \cline{3-6}  & & **Mean** & **Upper** & **Lower** & **Std. Deviation** \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{Total Accelerations} & CD & 167.00 & 199.10 & 134.89 & 76.02 \\  & CM & 196.75 & 228.47 & 165.02 & 81.82 \\  & F & 200.28 & 234.52 & 166.04 & 59.30 \\  & SD & 182.11 & 225.35 & 138.86 & 86.95 \\  & SM & 169.95 & 198.85 & 141.04 & 61.76 \\ \hline \multirow{4}{*}{Total Decelerations} & CD & 134.50 & 165.32 & 103.67 & 72.99 \\  & CM & 166.57 & 200.04 & 133.09 & 86.32 \\ \cline{1-1}  & F & 158.14 & 189.04 & 127.24 & 53.51 \\ \cline{1-1}  & SD & 147.55 & 185.57 & 109.53 & 76.46 \\ \cline{1-1}  & SM & 151.75 & 185.04 & 118.45 & 71.14 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 5: Acceleration and deceleration metrics. Forwards (Fs) and side defenders (SDs) exhibited the highest HSR values (Tables 1 and 4 and Figure 3), with forwards leading the group (Mean = 701.08 m, 95% CI: 559.13-843.04). Side midfielders (SMs) and side defenders (SDs) also displayed high HSR mean values, while central defenders (CDs) and central midfielders (CMs) recorded lower HSR values. Significant pairwise differences in HSR were observed between CDs and SMs, CDs and SDs, CMs and SDs, and CMs vs. SMs. Central midfielders (CMs) had the highest mean for average speed (mean = 5.99 m/s, 95% CI: 5.81-6.17), significantly differing from that of SMs, CDs, SDs and Fs. Maximum Speed was highest among side midfielders (SMs) and side defenders (SDs), with SMs recording the highest values (mean = 31.76 km/h, 95% CI: 30.66-32.86). Significant dif  
Figure 1: Positional performance analysis: distribution of physical and tactical metrics, overall distance, and pace metrics. Note: The boxplots (**A**–**C**) illustrate the distribution of key performance metrics across playing positions: center defender (CD), center midfielder (CM), forward (F), side defender (SD), and side midfielder (SM).