Bundesliga 25/26
1. FC Union Berlin
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
80.4
Capability identity 89.9 · complete 87.1
Identity
Low Block
Confidence 70%
Strongest capability
100.0
Box Occupation
Biggest gap
13.3
Rotational Flexibility · score 9.4 / target 58
This squad is exceptionally suited to low block football because it combines Elite primary goalscoring, Excellent counterattack threat, Elite defensive coverage. Main limitations: Below-minimum rotational flexibility; Below-minimum isolation; Limited box defending.
- · Central Playmaking depends heavily on one player (Aljoscha Kemlein).
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Aljoscha Kemlein
Great Deep-Lying Playmaker
Primary creator
Oliver Burke
Elite Raumdeuter
Primary threat
Andrej Ilić
Elite Target Man
Side bias (current XI)
-3.5%
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 Union Berlin — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P0
19/19
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P0
19/19
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P100
1/19
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P44
11/19
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P100
1/19
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P94
2/19
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P0
19/19
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 38.6% of goals
0.109
14 of 19 · P28 · 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
35.2%
19 of 19 · P0 · league med 47.1
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
46.3%
1 of 19 · P100 · league med 29.4
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
7.8%
11 of 19 · P44 · league med 7.9
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
40.2%
19 of 19 · P0 · league med 48
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
7.8%
1 of 19 · P100 · league med 5.5
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
17.3%
1 of 19 · P100 · league med 12.1
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+2.0
6 of 19 · P72 · league med -1
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
117.1
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
19 of 19 · P0 · league med 140
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
31.6
16 of 19 · P17 · league med 28.3
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
23.2
7 of 19 · P67 · league med 24.2
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 23.0 · ground 28.4
48.8%
15 of 19 · P22 · league med 49.9
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
Team side bias near central (+2.0); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
No wide player assigned on this flank.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.