Arsenal · PL 25/26 · Champions League — pick a competition below (same club, separate player pools)
Premier League 25/26
Arsenal
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
95.6
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
97.7
Capability identity 94.9 · complete 99.5
Identity
Possession
Confidence 72%
Strongest capability
100.0
Deep Progression
Biggest gap
33.3
Tempo Control · score 34.7 / target 78
This squad is exceptionally suited to possession football because it combines Elite wide playmaking, Elite rest defence, Elite first-phase circulation. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Limited rotational flexibility.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Martin Ødegaard
Great Creator
Updated by swap
Primary creator
Bukayo Saka
Elite Playmaking Winger
Primary threat
Viktor Gyökeres
Great Poacher
Side bias (current XI)
+9%
RHS lean
No structural gaps in current XI.
Style (season — fixed)
Premier 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 Arsenal — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P84
4/20
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P53
10/20
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P53
10/20
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P37
13/20
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P26
15/20
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P74
6/20
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P74
6/20
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 35.2% of goals
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20 of 20 · P0 · league med 0
How chances are created
Share of season shots by situation — not a quality score.
Assisted shot %
% of shots after a teammate pass/cross
48.1%
10 of 20 · P53 · league med 48.1
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
32.1%
10 of 20 · P53 · league med 32.1
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
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13 of 20 · P37 · league med 7.1
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
56.3%
4 of 20 · P84 · league med 50.3
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
3.9%
15 of 20 · P26 · league med 8.8
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
12.4%
20 of 20 · P0 · league med 0
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+7.7
2 of 20 · P95 · league med -1.2
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
154.5
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
6 of 20 · P74 · league med 146.5
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
23.7
1 of 20 · P100 · league med 0
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
16.2
1 of 20 · P100 · league med 0
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 15.6 · ground 33.1
51.5%
20 of 20 · P0 · league med 0
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
Team side bias near central (+7.7); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (+7.7); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.