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Attacking positions generally favour irrational players who ask questions to the defensive side of the opponent in order to create scoring chances, where they benefit from a lack of predictability in attacking play. [[Formation (association football)|Modern team formations]] normally include one to three forwards. For example, the common [[Formation (association football)#4–2–3–1|4–2–3–1]] includes one forward.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/09/03/fifa-2010-technical-report-summary/|title=FIFA's 289-page Technical Report on the 2010 World Cup – in 15 points|access-date=17 August 2013|first=Michael|last=Cox|date=3 September 2010|archive-date=4 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104193726/http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/09/03/fifa-2010-technical-report-summary/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Less conventional formations may include more than three forwards, or sometimes none.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/03/19/barcelona-4-2-4-formation-guardiola-messi/|title=Is Barcelona's alternative shape really a 4–2–4?|access-date=17 August 2013|first=Michael|last=Cox|date=19 March 2010|archive-date=21 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221152436/http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/03/19/barcelona-4-2-4-formation-guardiola-messi/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/03/05/teams-of-the-decade-5-roma-2007/|title=Teams of the Decade #5: Roma, 2007|access-date=17 August 2013|first=Michael|last=Cox|date=5 March 2010|archive-date=26 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726020823/http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/03/05/teams-of-the-decade-5-roma-2007/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

 

==Centre-forward==