Premier League 25/26
Brentford
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
87.8
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
82.0
Capability identity 81.6 · complete 92.2
Identity
Vertical / Transition
Confidence 75%
Strongest capability
100.0
Deep Progression
Biggest gap
30.7
Defensive Transition · score 32 / target 78
This squad is well suited to vertical / transition football because it combines Elite primary goalscoring, Elite ball retention, Elite width. Main limitations: Below-minimum defensive transition; Below-minimum isolation; Below-minimum central progression.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Mathias Jensen
Great Deep-Lying Playmaker
Primary creator
Mikkel Damsgaard
Great Creator
Primary threat
Igor Thiago
Elite Poacher
Side bias (current XI)
+2.2%
RHS lean
No structural gaps in current XI.
Style (season — fixed)
Premier 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 Brentford — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P42
12/20
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P0
20/20
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P100
1/20
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P100
1/20
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P89
3/20
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P100
1/20
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P42
12/20
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 18.2% of goals
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6 of 20 · 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
36.4%
20 of 20 · P0 · league med 48.1
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
40.5%
1 of 20 · P100 · league med 32.1
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
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1 of 20 · P100 · league med 7.1
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
47.5%
12 of 20 · P42 · league med 50.3
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
6.0%
3 of 20 · P89 · league med 8.8
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
13.6%
6 of 20 · P0 · league med 0
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+3.2
6 of 20 · P74 · league med -1.2
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
139.9
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
12 of 20 · P42 · league med 146.5
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
29.5
15 of 20 · P100 · league med 0
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
27.3
15 of 20 · P100 · league med 0
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 18.9 · ground 29.5
48.2%
6 of 20 · P0 · league med 0
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
Team side bias near central (+3.2); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (+3.2); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.