World Cup 2026
Brazil
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
86.5
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
92.1
Capability identity 92.2 · complete 97.6
Identity
Possession
Confidence 65%
Strongest capability
100.0
Deep Progression
Biggest gap
26.4
Tempo Control · score 27.5 / target 78
This squad is exceptionally suited to possession football because it combines Elite wide playmaking, Elite rest defence, Elite first-phase circulation. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Below-minimum rotational flexibility; Average press resistance.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Bruno Guimarães
Good Creator
Primary creator
Vinícius Júnior
Great Raumdeuter
Primary threat
Matheus Cunha
Good Poacher
Side bias (current XI)
-1.3%
LHS lean
Structural gaps
- Lucas Paquetá·DMInsufficient data
Style (season — fixed)
World Cup 2026 · 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 Brazil — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P62
19/48
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P79
11/48
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P11
43/48
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P100
1/48
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P11
43/48
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P77
11/48
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P64
18/48
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 0.0% of goals
0.160
5 of 48 · P91 · league med 0.11
How chances are created
Share of season shots by situation — not a quality score.
Assisted shot %
% of shots after a teammate pass/cross
58.1%
11 of 48 · P79 · league med 49.5
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
18.9%
43 of 48 · P11 · league med 27
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
14.9%
1 of 48 · P100 · league med 5.6
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
53.0%
19 of 48 · P62 · league med 49.8
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
3.3%
43 of 48 · P11 · league med 4.4
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
12.2%
25 of 48 · P49 · league med 12.5
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
-4.5
35 of 48 · P28 · league med 0.9
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
150.6
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
18 of 48 · P64 · league med 130.3
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
20.2
13 of 48 · P74 · league med 23.7
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
16.4
10 of 48 · P81 · league med 22
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 11.4 · ground 36.2
53.8%
3 of 48 · P96 · league med 50.3
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
Team side bias near central (-4.5); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (-4.5); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.