Possession

In Hattrick, midfield was traditionally the most (and only) important thing to win matches. In HT6.6, changes were made to decrease the importance of the midfield, but it is still a central part of the game. Possession is directly dependent of the midfield ratings of home and away team. A rough formula is:

possession_home = midfield_home / (midfield_home + midfield_away) Of course this is not the entire truth, there are other factors influencing the possession, for instance stamina, cards, home-field advantage, whether the match is a derby, etc.
In this table you see what happens in practice. For each combination of midfield ratings the average possession for the home team is given. Darker numbers indicate more games. Pointing your mouse on a cell yields more info.

In Hattristics, ratings are entered as follows: a number representing the level immediately followed by a letter for the sublevel (a = min, b = low, c = high, d = max) E.g. Solid (low) is represented as 7b For more info on Hattristics ratings, go here

	MF Min	MF Max
Home-Team
Away-Team

Possession		Midfield Away-Team
		3a	3b	3c	3d	4a	4b	4c	4d	5a	5b	5c	5d
M i d f i e l d H o m e - T e a m	3a	49.4	46.3	43.8	41.5	39.5	37.8	36.2	34.5	33.3	31.8	30.6	29.2
	3b	52.3	49.4	46.8	44.5	42.6	40.5	39.0	37.1	35.6	34.1	32.6	31.5
	3c	54.9	52.1	49.4	46.9	45.0	43.0	41.2	39.5	38.0	36.5	35.3	33.9
	3d	57.2	54.3	51.8	49.4	47.3	45.4	43.6	41.7	40.4	39.1	37.4	36.1
	4a	59.0	56.4	53.9	51.6	49.4	47.6	45.7	43.7	42.5	40.9	39.6	38.2
	4b	61.0	58.2	55.9	53.6	51.3	49.4	47.6	45.7	44.3	42.8	41.3	40.0
	4c	62.7	60.0	57.7	55.3	53.3	51.3	49.4	47.7	46.2	44.6	43.3	42.0
	4d	64.3	61.6	59.2	56.9	54.9	53.0	51.1	49.4	48.0	46.1	44.9	43.5
	5a	65.8	62.9	60.7	58.5	56.4	54.4	52.6	51.0	49.4	47.8	46.5	45.2
	5b	66.9	64.4	62.3	60.1	57.8	55.9	54.2	52.5	50.9	49.4	48.0	46.6
	5c	68.2	65.7	63.5	61.3	59.2	57.5	55.6	53.9	52.4	50.9	49.4	48.1
	5d	69.6	66.9	64.8	62.6	60.5	58.7	57.0	55.2	53.7	52.2	50.7	49.4