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UEFA Champions League 25/26

Benfica

4-2-3-1First-choice XI · 9 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

82.7

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

66.0

Capability identity 93.5 · complete 93.1

Identity

Balanced

Confidence 25%

Strongest capability

100.0

Deep Progression

Biggest gap

49.0

Recovery Pace · score 42.6 / target 68

This squad is exceptionally suited to balanced football because it combines Elite defensive coverage, Elite secondary box runs, Elite isolation. Main limitations: Limited recovery pace; Average combination play.

Personnel (live)

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

Progression hub

Enzo Barrenechea

Great Carrier

Primary creator

Georgiy Sudakov

Great Playmaking Winger

Primary threat

Andreas Schjelderup

Good Duelist Winger

Side bias (current XI)

+11.6%

RHS lean

No structural gaps in current XI.

Style (season — fixed)

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

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  • Possession

    Ball possession vs league

    P33

    27/40

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P62

    16/40

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P74

    11/40

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P10

    36/40

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P38

    24/40

  • Box threat

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

    P44

    23/40

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P31

    28/40

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

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

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 18.8% of goals

24 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

How chances are created

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

Assisted53.9%(104)
Corner19.2%(37)
Self-created13.0%(25)
Fast break4.1%(8)
Free kick4.1%(8)
Set piece3.1%(6)
Throw-in SP1.6%(3)
Penalty1.0%(2)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

53.9%

16 of 40 · P62 · league med 51.2

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

28.0%

11 of 40 · P74 · league med 25.5

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

36 of 40 · P10 · league med 8.4

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

47.1%

27 of 40 · P33 · league med 50

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

24 of 40 · P38 · league med 7.9

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

24 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

Side bias

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

+17.0

5 of 40 · P90 · league med -2.2

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

138.5

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

28 of 40 · P31 · league med 147.2

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

17 of 40 · P100 · league med 0

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

17 of 40 · P100 · league med 0

Duel win %

Overall duel win rate

24 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankmixedSamuel Dahl

Opposite-flank team lean with mixed wide player on left.

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

right flankreinforcingFredrik Aursnes

Team season lean (+17.0) favors this flank and Fredrik Aursnes is an on-ball creator type — overload feeds the primary chance creator.

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

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