World Cup 2026
Cape Verde
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
45.8
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
22.9
Capability identity 58.7 · complete 59.2
Identity
Vertical / Transition
Confidence 100%
Strongest capability
83.9
Ball Carrying
Biggest gap
0.0
Primary Goalscoring · score 0 / target 68
This squad is only partially suited to vertical / transition football because it combines Excellent ball carrying. Main limitations: Below-minimum primary goalscoring; 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
Kevin Pina
Good Carrier
Primary creator
Ryan Mendes
No strong role tiers
Primary threat
—
Side bias (current XI)
+2.2%
RHS lean
Structural gaps
- Deroy Duarte·CMInsufficient data
- Dailon Rocha Livramento·CFInsufficient 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 Cape Verde — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P11
43/48
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P19
39/48
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P68
16/48
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P87
7/48
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P81
10/48
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P4
46/48
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P40
29/48
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 25.0% of goals
0.063
45 of 48 · P6 · 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
42.9%
39 of 48 · P19 · league med 49.5
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
30.6%
16 of 48 · P68 · league med 27
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
10.2%
7 of 48 · P87 · league med 5.6
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
37.0%
43 of 48 · P11 · league med 49.8
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
6.0%
10 of 48 · P81 · league med 4.4
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
11.5%
33 of 48 · P32 · league med 12.5
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+5.5
16 of 48 · P68 · league med 0.9
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
124.2
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
29 of 48 · P40 · league med 130.3
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
37.2
46 of 48 · P4 · league med 23.7
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
39.2
45 of 48 · P6 · league med 22
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 13.8 · ground 38.0
51.0%
17 of 48 · P62 · league med 50.3
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
Team side bias near central (+5.5); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (+5.5); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.