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Ligue 1 25/26

Angers

4-2-3-1First-choice XI · 38 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

60.6

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

48.1

Capability identity 56.8 · complete 65.2

Identity

Vertical / Transition

Confidence 65%

Strongest capability

99.0

Box Occupation

Biggest gap

8.3

Tempo Control · score 5.9 / target 58

This squad is only partially suited to vertical / transition football because it combines Elite primary goalscoring, Excellent secondary box runs. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Below-minimum recovery pace; Below-minimum central progression.

  • · Reading depends heavily on one player (Ousmane Camara).
  • · Primary Goalscoring depends heavily on one player (Esteban Lepaul).

Personnel (live)

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

Progression hub

Emmanuel Biumla

No strong role tiers

Primary creator

Amine Sbai

Average Playmaking Winger

Primary threat

Esteban Lepaul

Elite Poacher

Side bias (current XI)

+5.7%

RHS lean

Structural gaps

  • Abdoulaye Bamba·CBInsufficient data

Style (season — fixed)

Ligue 1 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 Angers — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.

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  • Possession

    Ball possession vs league

    P10

    19/21

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P40

    13/21

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P45

    12/21

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P90

    3/21

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P40

    13/21

  • Box threat

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

    P15

    18/21

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P30

    15/21

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

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

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 10.3% of goals

0.105

14 of 21 · P35 · league med 0.112

How chances are created

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

Assisted47.9%(152)
Corner14.5%(46)
Self-created13.6%(43)
Fast break11.4%(36)
Set piece5.4%(17)
Throw-in SP3.8%(12)
Free kick1.9%(6)
Penalty1.6%(5)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

47.9%

13 of 21 · P40 · league med 50.3

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

25.6%

12 of 21 · P45 · league med 26.1

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

11.4%

3 of 21 · P90 · league med 7.4

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

41.8%

19 of 21 · P10 · league med 47

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

4.7%

13 of 21 · P40 · league med 4.9

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

9.5%

18 of 21 · P15 · league med 11.2

Side bias

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

+9.8

3 of 21 · P90 · league med 1.2

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

132.6

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

15 of 21 · P30 · league med 141.8

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

22.8

12 of 21 · P45 · league med 22.5

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

25.2

17 of 21 · P20 · league med 22.1

Duel win %

Won/match · aerial 10.8 · ground 33.6

49.2%

13 of 21 · P35 · league med 50.1

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankunknown

No wide player assigned on this flank.

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

right flankmixedLilian Raolisoa

Team leans right (+9.8) with a mixed wide profile on the flank.

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

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