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LaLiga 25/26

Atlético Madrid

4-4-2First-choice XI · 66 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

87.7

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

87.6

Capability identity 77.2 · complete 91.6

Identity

Possession

Confidence 87%

Strongest capability

100.0

Ball Carrying

Biggest gap

7.7

Tempo Control · score 8 / target 78

This squad is moderately suited to possession football because it combines Elite wide playmaking, Elite width, Excellent rest defence. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Below-minimum rotational flexibility; Below-minimum ball retention.

Personnel (live)

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

Progression hub

Pablo Barrios

Great Carrier

Primary creator

Giuliano Simeone

Great Target Man

Primary threat

Antoine Griezmann

Great Playmaking Winger

Side bias (current XI)

+3.1%

RHS lean

No structural gaps in current XI.

Style (season — fixed)

LaLiga 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 Atlético Madrid — 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

    5/20

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P79

    5/20

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P32

    14/20

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P47

    10/20

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P32

    14/20

  • Box threat

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

    P100

    1/20

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P79

    5/20

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

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

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 19.4% of goals

0.119

4 of 20 · P84 · league med 0.109

How chances are created

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

Assisted54.6%(274)
Corner17.9%(90)
Self-created11.8%(59)
Fast break6.8%(34)
Throw-in SP3.2%(16)
Set piece3.0%(15)
Free kick2.0%(10)
Penalty0.8%(4)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

54.6%

5 of 20 · P79 · league med 50

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

26.1%

14 of 20 · P32 · league med 27.5

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

6.8%

10 of 20 · P47 · league med 6.8

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

53.3%

5 of 20 · P79 · league med 50.2

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

5.1%

14 of 20 · P32 · league med 5.7

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

10.7%

18 of 20 · P11 · league med 12.2

Side bias

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

+7.3

5 of 20 · P79 · league med 3.4

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

156.6

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

5 of 20 · P79 · league med 143.8

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

21.4

4 of 20 · P84 · league med 24.9

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

19.8

5 of 20 · P79 · league med 23.1

Duel win %

Won/match · aerial 14.3 · ground 32.9

49.9%

11 of 20 · P47 · league med 49.9

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankbalancedAdemola Lookman

Team side bias near central (+7.3); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

right flankbalancedAntoine Griezmann

Team side bias near central (+7.3); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

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