How do I plan my lineups before match day

Created by Reda Hmeid, Modified on Wed, 4 Dec, 2024 at 3:57 AM by Reda Hmeid

As football coaches, it's important to plan your lineups before match day. This is just as true for grassroots coaches as academy coaches as professional coaches.


England football learning sets out the importance of a match day plan here.


Matchday will provide all sorts of scenarios. So, while these plans may be impacted by who’s available, any cards, injuries and scorelines, it can be useful to think about your squad for the game. 

Keeping your players’ strengths and development needs in mind, start to formulate a team for the weekend. And think about when you’d ideally like to bring on your game-changers.


One of TeamMate's core features is the ability to plan your lineups prior to match day. This is a short video showing how to do your lineup plans.


You will be able to plan changes by the minute and see how much time each player is expected to play in the match.


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