Premier League 25/26
Brighton & Hove Albion
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
85.2
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
83.2
Capability identity 85.2 · complete 92.3
Identity
Possession
Confidence 87%
Strongest capability
100.0
Deep Progression
Biggest gap
14.7
Tempo Control · score 15.3 / target 78
This squad is well suited to possession football because it combines Elite wide playmaking, Elite first-phase circulation, Elite width. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Below-minimum rotational flexibility; Limited ball retention.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Yasin Ayari
Good Carrier
Primary creator
Yankuba Minteh
Elite Wide Runner
Primary threat
Georginio Rutter
Great Box Crasher
Side bias (current XI)
+3.3%
RHS lean
Was +9.5%
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 Brighton & Hove Albion — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P79
5/20
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P84
4/20
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P21
16/20
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P5
19/20
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P26
14/20
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P26
15/20
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P89
3/20
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 23.1% of goals
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5 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
52.9%
4 of 20 · P84 · league med 48.1
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
26.9%
16 of 20 · P21 · league med 32.1
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
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19 of 20 · P5 · league med 7.1
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
54.0%
5 of 20 · P79 · league med 50.3
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
4.4%
14 of 20 · P26 · league med 8.8
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
11.6%
5 of 20 · P0 · league med 0
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
-1.4
11 of 20 · P42 · league med -1.2
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
162.9
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
3 of 20 · P89 · league med 146.5
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
23.6
16 of 20 · P100 · league med 0
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
25.1
16 of 20 · P100 · league med 0
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 14.8 · ground 34.3
49.1%
5 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 (-1.4); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (-1.4); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.