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Serie A 25/26

Bologna

4-2-3-1First-choice XI · 58 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

82.0

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

88.7

Capability identity 89.4 · complete 95.3

Identity

Possession

Confidence 58%

Strongest capability

100.0

Ball Carrying

Biggest gap

13.7

Rotational Flexibility · score 14.3 / target 78

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

Personnel (live)

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

Progression hub

Nikola Moro

Great Deep-Lying Playmaker

Primary creator

Nicolò Cambiaghi

Elite Duelist Winger

Primary threat

Santiago Castro

Great Target Man

Side bias (current XI)

+4.8%

RHS lean

No structural gaps in current XI.

Style (season — fixed)

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

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  • Possession

    Ball possession vs league

    P74

    6/20

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P63

    8/20

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P58

    9/20

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P47

    11/20

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P89

    3/20

  • Box threat

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

    P53

    9/20

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P68

    7/20

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

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

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 18.4% of goals

0.093

17 of 20 · P16 · league med 0.105

How chances are created

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

Assisted50.8%(250)
Corner15.9%(78)
Self-created11.0%(54)
Set piece7.7%(38)
Fast break7.5%(37)
Throw-in SP3.3%(16)
Free kick2.4%(12)
Penalty1.4%(7)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

50.8%

8 of 20 · P63 · league med 50

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

29.3%

9 of 20 · P58 · league med 28.8

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

7.5%

11 of 20 · P47 · league med 7.6

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

55.1%

6 of 20 · P74 · league med 50.4

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

6.8%

3 of 20 · P89 · league med 5.2

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

12.7%

6 of 20 · P74 · league med 11.9

Side bias

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

-3.1

17 of 20 · P16 · league med 1.7

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

147.2

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

7 of 20 · P68 · league med 127.3

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

22.0

10 of 20 · P53 · league med 25

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

18.5

6 of 20 · P74 · league med 22.7

Duel win %

Won/match · aerial 14.5 · ground 34.1

51.3%

4 of 20 · P84 · league med 49.9

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankbalancedJonathan Rowe

Team side bias near central (-3.1); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

right flankbalancedFederico Bernardeschi

Team side bias near central (-3.1); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

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