World Cup 2026
Algeria
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
60.1
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
47.2
Capability identity 61.4 · complete 67.6
Identity
Possession
Confidence 87%
Strongest capability
97.6
Deep Progression
Biggest gap
13.1
Occupation · score 15.8 / target 88
This squad is only partially suited to possession football because it combines Excellent first-phase circulation, Elite deep progression, Strong rest defence. Main limitations: Below-minimum occupation; Below-minimum rotational flexibility; Below-minimum tempo control.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Nabil Bentaleb
Good Duel Destroyer
Primary creator
Ibrahim Maza
Good Box Crasher
Primary threat
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Side bias (current XI)
-5%
LHS lean
Structural gaps
- Houssem Aouar·LWInsufficient data
- Amine Gouiri·RWInsufficient data
- Riyad Mahrez·CFInsufficient data
Style (season — fixed)
World Cup 2026 · 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 Algeria — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P91
5/48
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P96
3/48
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P53
23/48
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P0
43/48
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P17
40/48
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P51
24/48
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P94
4/48
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 40.0% of goals
0.103
27 of 48 · P43 · league med 0.11
How chances are created
Share of season shots by situation — not a quality score.
Assisted shot %
% of shots after a teammate pass/cross
65.9%
3 of 48 · P96 · league med 49.5
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
27.3%
23 of 48 · P53 · league med 27
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
0.0%
43 of 48 · P0 · league med 5.6
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
61.0%
5 of 48 · P91 · league med 49.8
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
3.5%
40 of 48 · P17 · league med 4.4
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
11.0%
35 of 48 · P28 · league med 12.5
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
-6.7
38 of 48 · P21 · league med 0.9
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
184.0
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
4 of 48 · P94 · league med 130.3
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
14.8
3 of 48 · P96 · league med 23.7
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
17.8
12 of 48 · P77 · league med 22
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 9.0 · ground 39.8
51.5%
10 of 48 · P81 · league med 50.3
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
No wide player assigned on this flank.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (-6.7); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.