Serie A 25/26
Cagliari
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
73.6
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
49.7
Capability identity 67.8 · complete 76.7
Identity
Vertical / Transition
Confidence 65%
Strongest capability
100.0
Box Defending
Biggest gap
25.2
Isolation · score 30.5 / target 88
This squad is only partially suited to vertical / transition football because it combines Excellent primary goalscoring, Strong ball retention, Strong width. Main limitations: Below-minimum isolation; Below-minimum defensive transition; Below-minimum tempo control.
- · Overlap Support depends heavily on one player (Marco Palestra).
- · Width depends heavily on one player (Marco Palestra).
- · Crossing depends heavily on one player (Marco Palestra).
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Gianluca Gaetano
Good Carrier
Primary creator
—
Primary threat
Gennaro Borrelli
Great Target Man
Side bias (current XI)
-2%
LHS lean
No structural gaps in current XI.
Style (season — fixed)
Serie A 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 Cagliari — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P26
15/20
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P32
14/20
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P74
6/20
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P79
5/20
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P42
12/20
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P53
10/20
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P37
13/20
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 30.0% of goals
0.094
16 of 20 · P21 · league med 0.105
How chances are created
Share of season shots by situation — not a quality score.
Assisted shot %
% of shots after a teammate pass/cross
45.2%
14 of 20 · P32 · league med 50
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
32.9%
6 of 20 · P74 · league med 28.8
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
9.4%
5 of 20 · P79 · league med 7.6
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
45.6%
15 of 20 · P26 · league med 50.4
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
5.2%
12 of 20 · P42 · league med 5.2
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
11.2%
15 of 20 · P26 · league med 11.9
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+5.7
4 of 20 · P84 · league med 1.7
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
124.8
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
13 of 20 · P37 · league med 127.3
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
25.3
13 of 20 · P37 · league med 25
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
24.6
15 of 20 · P26 · league med 22.7
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 11.6 · ground 35.7
49.8%
12 of 20 · P42 · league med 49.9
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
Team side bias near central (+5.7); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (+5.7); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.