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UEFA Champions League 25/26

AFC Ajax

4-3-3First-choice XI · 4 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

67.3

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

43.3

Capability identity 68.7 · complete 75.4

Identity

Possession

Confidence 87%

Strongest capability

100.0

Deep Progression

Biggest gap

0.0

Rotational Flexibility · score 0 / target 78

This squad is only partially suited to possession football because it combines Elite width, Elite first-phase circulation, Excellent recovery pace. Main limitations: Below-minimum rotational flexibility; Below-minimum occupation; Below-minimum tempo control.

  • · Box Defending depends heavily on one player (Youri Baas).

Personnel (live)

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

Progression hub

Youri Regeer

Average Duel Destroyer

Updated by swap

Primary creator

Mika Godts

No strong role tiers

Primary threat

Oscar Gloukh

Good Link Forward

Side bias (current XI)

-76.2%

LHS lean

Structural gaps

  • Aaron Bouwman·LBWeak fit for this slotHe’s in the XI here, but role form / touch map don’t back this position.
  • Davy Klaassen·CMWeak fit for this slotHe’s in the XI here, but role form / touch map don’t back this position.

Style (season — fixed)

UEFA Champions League 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 AFC Ajax — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.

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  • Possession

    Ball possession vs league

    P79

    8/40

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P82

    8/40

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P21

    32/40

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P51

    20/40

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P23

    31/40

  • Box threat

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

    P10

    36/40

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P54

    19/40

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

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

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 12.5% of goals

21 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

How chances are created

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

Assisted57.8%(48)
Corner13.3%(11)
Self-created10.8%(9)
Fast break8.4%(7)
Free kick4.8%(4)
Penalty2.4%(2)
Set piece2.4%(2)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

57.8%

8 of 40 · P82 · league med 51.2

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

20.5%

32 of 40 · P21 · league med 25.5

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

20 of 40 · P51 · league med 8.4

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

53.6%

8 of 40 · P79 · league med 50

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

31 of 40 · P23 · league med 7.9

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

21 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

Side bias

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

-65.5

40 of 40 · P0 · league med -2.2

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

147.4

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

19 of 40 · P54 · league med 147.2

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

20 of 40 · P100 · league med 0

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

20 of 40 · P100 · league med 0

Duel win %

Overall duel win rate

21 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankreinforcingMika Godts

Team season lean (+65.5) favors this flank and Mika Godts is an on-ball creator type — overload feeds the primary chance creator.

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

right flankmixedJosip Šutalo

Opposite-flank team lean with mixed wide player on right.

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

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