Bundesliga 25/26
1. FC Köln
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
65.7
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
64.2
Capability identity 72.7 · complete 79.1
Identity
Vertical / Transition
Confidence 75%
Strongest capability
100.0
Box Occupation
Biggest gap
26.6
Central Progression · score 32.2 / target 88
This squad is moderately suited to vertical / transition football because it combines Elite primary goalscoring, Elite secondary box runs, Excellent ball retention. Main limitations: Below-minimum central progression; Below-minimum ball carrying; Below-minimum defensive transition.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson
Great Deep-Lying Playmaker
Primary creator
Luca Waldschmidt
Good Target Man
Primary threat
Ragnar Ache
Elite Target Man
Side bias (current XI)
-9.7%
LHS lean
Structural gaps
- Linton Maina·RWWeak fit for this slotHe’s in the XI here, but role form / touch map don’t back this position.
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 Köln — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P44
11/19
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P17
16/19
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P56
9/19
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P89
3/19
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P72
6/19
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P56
9/19
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P6
18/19
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 16.3% of goals
0.114
10 of 19 · P50 · league med 0.114
How chances are created
Share of season shots by situation — not a quality score.
Assisted shot %
% of shots after a teammate pass/cross
42.8%
16 of 19 · P17 · league med 47.1
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
30.3%
9 of 19 · P56 · league med 29.4
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
11.6%
3 of 19 · P89 · league med 7.9
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
47.0%
11 of 19 · P44 · league med 48
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
5.8%
6 of 19 · P72 · league med 5.5
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
12.8%
9 of 19 · P56 · league med 12.1
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
-6.5
16 of 19 · P17 · league med -1
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
123.4
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
18 of 19 · P6 · league med 140
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
29.5
12 of 19 · P39 · league med 28.3
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
25.9
13 of 19 · P33 · league med 24.2
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 17.9 · ground 28.9
51.1%
5 of 19 · P78 · league med 49.9
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
Team side bias near central (-6.5); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (-6.5); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.