World Cup 2026
Colombia
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
86.6
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
79.1
Capability identity 76.8 · complete 85.9
Identity
Possession
Confidence 65%
Strongest capability
100.0
Ball Carrying
Biggest gap
2.6
Tempo Control · score 2.7 / target 78
This squad is moderately suited to possession football because it combines Elite wide playmaking, Excellent rest defence, Excellent counterpress. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Below-minimum rotational flexibility; Below-minimum ball retention.
- · Primary Goalscoring depends heavily on one player (Luis Díaz).
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Gustavo Puerta
Good Carrier
Primary creator
James Rodríguez
Good Wing Fielder
Primary threat
Luis Díaz
Good Raumdeuter
Side bias (current XI)
-5.6%
LHS lean
No structural gaps in current XI.
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 Colombia — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P83
8/48
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P68
16/48
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P30
33/48
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P30
34/48
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P72
12/48
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P47
26/48
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P68
16/48
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 0.0% of goals
0.117
18 of 48 · P64 · 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
55.6%
16 of 48 · P68 · league med 49.5
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
24.2%
33 of 48 · P30 · league med 27
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
3.0%
34 of 48 · P30 · league med 5.6
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
57.6%
8 of 48 · P83 · league med 49.8
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
5.4%
12 of 48 · P72 · league med 4.4
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
10.6%
37 of 48 · P21 · league med 12.5
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
-1.0
28 of 48 · P43 · league med 0.9
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
151.4
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
16 of 48 · P68 · league med 130.3
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
20.0
12 of 48 · P79 · league med 23.7
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
10.8
4 of 48 · P94 · league med 22
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 10.8 · ground 30.8
50.4%
23 of 48 · P53 · league med 50.3
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
Team side bias near central (-1.0); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (-1.0); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.