Bundesliga 25/26
Borussia M'gladbach
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
65.8
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
68.3
Capability identity 87.3 · complete 87.1
Identity
Balanced
Confidence 30%
Strongest capability
100.0
Defensive Coverage
Biggest gap
60.6
Recovery Pace · score 51.9 / target 68
This squad is well suited to balanced football because it combines Elite defensive coverage, Elite secondary box runs, Elite reading. Main limitations: Limited recovery pace; Average ball retention; Average width.
- · Primary Goalscoring depends heavily on one player (Shuto Machino).
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Kevin Stöger
Great Box-to-Box Midfielder
Primary creator
Franck Honorat
Great Playmaking Winger
Primary threat
Shuto Machino
Good Target Man
Side bias (current XI)
+1.4%
RHS lean
No structural gaps in current XI.
Style (season — fixed)
Bundesliga 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 M'gladbach — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P39
12/19
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P61
8/19
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P61
8/19
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P28
14/19
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P33
13/19
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P28
14/19
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P50
10/19
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 28.6% of goals
0.110
13 of 19 · P33 · league med 0.114
How chances are created
Share of season shots by situation — not a quality score.
Assisted shot %
% of shots after a teammate pass/cross
48.4%
8 of 19 · P61 · league med 47.1
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
31.0%
8 of 19 · P61 · league med 29.4
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
6.8%
14 of 19 · P28 · league med 7.9
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
46.7%
12 of 19 · P39 · league med 48
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
4.7%
13 of 19 · P33 · league med 5.5
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
10.2%
19 of 19 · P0 · league med 12.1
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+6.0
2 of 19 · P94 · league med -1
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
140.0
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
10 of 19 · P50 · league med 140
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
31.0
15 of 19 · P22 · league med 28.3
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
27.0
15 of 19 · P22 · league med 24.2
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 14.9 · ground 31.9
50.4%
8 of 19 · P61 · league med 49.9
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
Team side bias near central (+6.0); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (+6.0); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.