Borussia Dortmund · Bundesliga · Champions League — pick a competition below (same club, separate player pools)
UEFA Champions League 25/26
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
81.2
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
83.9
Capability identity 83.3 · complete 89.6
Identity
High Press
Confidence 58%
Strongest capability
100.0
Deep Progression
Biggest gap
46.5
Defensive Transition · score 48.4 / target 78
This squad is well suited to high press football because it combines Elite duelling, Excellent ball retention, Excellent central progression. Main limitations: Below-minimum defensive transition; Below-minimum counterpress; Limited recovery pace.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Felix Nmecha
Good Creator
Primary creator
Felix Nmecha
Good Creator
Primary threat
Serhou Guirassy
Good Target Man
Side bias (current XI)
-11%
LHS 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 Borussia Dortmund — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P74
10/40
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P56
18/40
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P38
25/40
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P33
27/40
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P67
14/40
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P72
12/40
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P92
4/40
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 22.7% of goals
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20 of 40 · 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
53.6%
18 of 40 · P56 · league med 51.2
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
22.7%
25 of 40 · P38 · league med 25.5
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
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27 of 40 · P33 · league med 8.4
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
53.5%
10 of 40 · P74 · league med 50
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
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14 of 40 · P67 · league med 7.9
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
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20 of 40 · P0 · league med 0
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
-8.7
29 of 40 · P28 · league med -2.2
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
171.8
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
4 of 40 · P92 · league med 147.2
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
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21 of 40 · P100 · league med 0
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
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21 of 40 · P100 · league med 0
Duel win %
Overall duel win rate
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20 of 40 · P0 · league med 0
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
Team leans left (+8.7) with a mixed wide profile on the flank.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Opposite-flank team lean with mixed wide player on right.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.