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Premier League 25/26

Burnley

4-2-3-1First-choice XI · 13 starts

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

63.0

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

63.0

Capability identity 72.3 · complete 81.1

Identity

Vertical / Transition

Confidence 60%

Strongest capability

91.8

Secondary Box Runs

Biggest gap

33.7

Defensive Transition · score 35.1 / target 78

This squad is only partially suited to vertical / transition football because it combines Elite secondary box runs, Excellent ball retention, Strong primary goalscoring. Main limitations: Below-minimum defensive transition; Below-minimum recovery pace; Below-minimum tempo control.

Personnel (live)

Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.

Progression hub

Florentino Luís

Great Duel Destroyer

Primary creator

Marcus Edwards

Good Playmaking Winger

Updated by swap

Primary threat

Lyle Foster

Average Channel Runner

Side bias (current XI)

+12%

RHS lean

Was +9.2%

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 Burnley — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.

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  • Possession

    Ball possession vs league

    P0

    20/20

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P47

    11/20

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P68

    7/20

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P47

    11/20

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P68

    7/20

  • Box threat

    In-box shot share (six-yard + box)

    P16

    17/20

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P0

    20/20

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 21.1% of goals

16 of 20 · P0 · league med 0

How chances are created

Share of season shots by situation — not a quality score.

Assisted46.9%(168)
Corner16.5%(59)
Self-created10.1%(36)
Throw-in SP8.4%(30)
Set piece7.3%(26)
Fast break6.4%(23)
Free kick3.9%(14)
Penalty0.6%(2)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

46.9%

11 of 20 · P47 · league med 48.1

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

36.0%

7 of 20 · P68 · league med 32.1

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

11 of 20 · P47 · league med 7.1

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

42.3%

20 of 20 · P0 · league med 50.3

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

5.6%

7 of 20 · P68 · league med 8.8

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

13.3%

16 of 20 · P0 · league med 0

Side bias

Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)

+3.6

5 of 20 · P79 · league med -1.2

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

123.1

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

20 of 20 · P0 · league med 146.5

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

29.9

5 of 20 · P100 · league med 0

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

33.4

5 of 20 · P100 · league med 0

Duel win %

Won/match · aerial 15.0 · ground 30.2

47.2%

16 of 20 · P0 · league med 0

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.

left flankbalancedJaidon Anthony

Team side bias near central (+3.6); flank fit is not strongly directional.

Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.

right flankbalancedLoum Tchaouna

Team side bias near central (+3.6); flank fit is not strongly directional.

Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.

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