World Cup 2026
Croatia
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
66.6
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
55.9
Capability identity 73.9 · complete 76.2
Identity
Vertical / Transition
Confidence 40%
Strongest capability
90.9
Overlap Support
Biggest gap
27.8
Primary Goalscoring · score 24.3 / target 68
This squad is moderately suited to vertical / transition football because it combines Excellent width, Excellent isolation, Strong ball retention. Main limitations: Below-minimum primary goalscoring; Below-minimum tempo control; Below-minimum central progression.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Luka Modrić
Good Deep-Lying Playmaker
Primary creator
Petar Sučić
Average Box-to-Box Midfielder
Primary threat
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Side bias (current XI)
-2.3%
LHS lean
Structural gaps
- Ante Budimir·RWInsufficient data
- Nikola Vlašić·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 Croatia — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P51
24/48
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P62
19/48
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P51
24/48
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P72
14/48
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P26
36/48
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P38
30/48
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P47
26/48
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 16.7% of goals
0.119
17 of 48 · P66 · 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
54.1%
19 of 48 · P62 · league med 49.5
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
27.0%
24 of 48 · P51 · league med 27
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
8.1%
14 of 48 · P72 · league med 5.6
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
49.8%
24 of 48 · P51 · league med 49.8
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
3.8%
36 of 48 · P26 · league med 4.4
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
8.9%
47 of 48 · P2 · league med 12.5
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+0.5
25 of 48 · P49 · league med 0.9
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
128.4
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
26 of 48 · P47 · league med 130.3
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
24.2
27 of 48 · P45 · league med 23.7
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
21.0
21 of 48 · P57 · league med 22
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 11.8 · ground 35.5
49.8%
27 of 48 · P43 · league med 50.3
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
Team side bias near central (+0.5); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
No wide player assigned on this flank.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.