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Bundesliga 25/26

1. FC Heidenheim

4-2-3-1First-choice XI · 16 starts

Default view is a per-slot first-choice selection in the season’s most-used formation. Swaps recompute personnel and Synergy — style metrics stay on season aggregates.

Interactive pitch

Hover a player for details. Use Side bias or Squad profiles to read the XI. Select bench → slot to swap.

Bench

Team Synergy

Team strength and Synergy (synergy-v3) for this XI. Both update on pitch swaps.

Team strength

73.0

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

45.5

Capability identity 82.0 · complete 81.0

Identity

Low Block

Confidence 70%

Strongest capability

100.0

Deep Playmaking

Biggest gap

9.1

Reading · score 9.5 / target 78

This squad is well suited to low block football because it combines Elite duelling, Excellent defensive coverage, Elite aerial dominance. Main limitations: Below-minimum reading; Below-minimum rotational flexibility; Limited isolation.

Personnel (live)

Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.

Progression hub

Niklas Dorsch

Elite Deep-Lying Playmaker

Primary creator

Mathias Honsak

Good Raumdeuter

Primary threat

Marvin Pieringer

Great Target Man

Side bias (current XI)

-2.5%

LHS lean

No structural gaps in current XI.

Style (season — fixed)

Bundesliga 25/26 · Season aggregates vs the rest of this competition. Click a shot zone to light it on the pitch.

Team identity

League-percentile style fingerprint for 1. FC Heidenheim — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.

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  • Possession

    Ball possession vs league

    P6

    18/19

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P11

    17/19

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P83

    3/19

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P56

    9/19

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P94

    2/19

  • Box threat

    In-box shot share (six-yard + box)

    P39

    12/19

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P17

    16/19

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 34.1% of goals

0.125

5 of 19 · P78 · league med 0.114

How chances are created

Share of season shots by situation — not a quality score.

Assisted41.1%(160)
Corner19.5%(76)
Self-created12.6%(49)
Set piece8.7%(34)
Fast break8.0%(31)
Throw-in SP7.2%(28)
Free kick2.3%(9)
Penalty0.5%(2)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

41.1%

17 of 19 · P11 · league med 47.1

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

37.8%

3 of 19 · P83 · league med 29.4

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

8.0%

9 of 19 · P56 · league med 7.9

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

42.2%

18 of 19 · P6 · league med 48

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

7.7%

2 of 19 · P94 · league med 5.5

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

14.8%

3 of 19 · P89 · league med 12.1

Side bias

Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)

+5.5

4 of 19 · P83 · league med -1

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

125.2

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

16 of 19 · P17 · league med 140

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

32.7

18 of 19 · P6 · league med 28.3

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

29.4

18 of 19 · P6 · league med 24.2

Duel win %

Won/match · aerial 17.0 · ground 30.2

49.1%

12 of 19 · P33 · league med 49.9

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.

left flankbalancedMarvin Pieringer

Team side bias near central (+5.5); flank fit is not strongly directional.

Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.

right flankbalancedEren Dinkçi

Team side bias near central (+5.5); flank fit is not strongly directional.

Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.

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