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LaLiga 25/26

Barcelona

4-2-3-1First-choice XI · 67 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

88.8

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

94.9

Capability identity 91.2 · complete 98.2

Identity

Possession

Confidence 87%

Strongest capability

100.0

Deep Progression

Biggest gap

9.4

Tempo Control · score 9.8 / target 78

This squad is exceptionally suited to possession football because it combines Elite wide playmaking, Elite recovery pace, Elite first-phase circulation. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Limited ball retention; Limited rotational flexibility.

Personnel (live)

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

Progression hub

Pedri

Elite Carrier

Primary creator

Lamine Yamal

Elite Playmaking Winger

Primary threat

Robert Lewandowski

Elite Poacher

Side bias (current XI)

+1.5%

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

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  • Possession

    Ball possession vs league

    P100

    1/20

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P95

    2/20

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P11

    18/20

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P11

    18/20

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P0

    20/20

  • Box threat

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

    P58

    9/20

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P100

    1/20

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

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

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 15.8% of goals

0.127

3 of 20 · P89 · league med 0.109

How chances are created

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

Assisted58.9%(408)
Corner14.9%(103)
Self-created12.0%(83)
Fast break5.3%(37)
Free kick3.9%(27)
Set piece3.2%(22)
Penalty1.4%(10)
Throw-in SP0.4%(3)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

58.9%

2 of 20 · P95 · league med 50

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

22.4%

18 of 20 · P11 · league med 27.5

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

5.3%

18 of 20 · P11 · league med 6.8

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

66.7%

1 of 20 · P100 · league med 50.2

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

3.1%

20 of 20 · P0 · league med 5.7

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

9.9%

20 of 20 · P0 · league med 12.2

Side bias

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

+6.0

7 of 20 · P68 · league med 3.4

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

222.5

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

1 of 20 · P100 · league med 143.8

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

18.3

2 of 20 · P95 · league med 24.9

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

17.9

2 of 20 · P95 · league med 23.1

Duel win %

Won/match · aerial 10.5 · ground 37.7

52.7%

2 of 20 · P95 · league med 49.9

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankbalancedFerran Torres

Team side bias near central (+6.0); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

right flankunknown

No wide player assigned on this flank.

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

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