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Chelsea · PL 25/26 · Champions League — pick a competition below (same club, separate player pools)

UEFA Champions League 25/26

Chelsea

4-2-3-1First-choice XI · 41 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

83.5

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

89.1

Capability identity 85.7 · complete 94.1

Identity

Possession

Confidence 87%

Strongest capability

100.0

Deep Progression

Biggest gap

27.5

Tempo Control · score 28.6 / target 78

This squad is well suited to possession football because it combines Elite wide playmaking, Elite counterpress, Elite first-phase circulation. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Below-minimum rotational flexibility; Below-minimum recovery pace.

Personnel (live)

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

Progression hub

Enzo Fernández

Great Box Crasher

Updated by swap

Primary creator

Pedro Neto

Good Playmaking Winger

Updated by swap

Primary threat

João Pedro

Good Poacher

Side bias (current XI)

-26.4%

LHS lean

No structural gaps in current XI.

Style (season — fixed)

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

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  • Possession

    Ball possession vs league

    P85

    7/40

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P85

    7/40

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P13

    35/40

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P56

    18/40

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P13

    35/40

  • Box threat

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

    P38

    25/40

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P82

    8/40

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

33 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

How chances are created

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

Assisted59.3%(80)
Corner14.1%(19)
Self-created9.6%(13)
Fast break8.9%(12)
Free kick2.2%(3)
Penalty2.2%(3)
Throw-in SP2.2%(3)
Set piece1.5%(2)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

59.3%

7 of 40 · P85 · league med 51.2

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

20.0%

35 of 40 · P13 · league med 25.5

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

18 of 40 · P56 · league med 8.4

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

54.7%

7 of 40 · P85 · league med 50

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

35 of 40 · P13 · league med 7.9

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

33 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

Side bias

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

-21.8

36 of 40 · P10 · league med -2.2

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

159.8

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

8 of 40 · P82 · league med 147.2

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

8 of 40 · P100 · league med 0

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

8 of 40 · P100 · league med 0

Duel win %

Overall duel win rate

33 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankreinforcingCole Palmer

Team season lean (+21.8) favors this flank and Cole Palmer is an on-ball creator type — overload feeds the primary chance creator.

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

right flankunknown

No wide player assigned on this flank.

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

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