World Cup 2026
Egypt
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
73.5
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
46.3
Capability identity 90.0 · complete 90.7
Identity
Balanced
Confidence 28%
Strongest capability
100.0
Deep Playmaking
Biggest gap
8.8
Reading · score 9.2 / target 78
This squad is exceptionally suited to balanced football because it combines Elite secondary box runs, Elite isolation, Excellent defensive coverage. Main limitations: Below-minimum reading; Limited box defending; Average rest defence.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Marwan Attia
Good Deep-Lying Playmaker
Primary creator
Mohamed Salah
Good Box Crasher
Primary threat
Mostafa Ziko
Good Poacher
Side bias (current XI)
+13.9%
RHS lean
Structural gaps
- Ahmed Fatouh·LBInsufficient 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 Egypt — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P55
22/48
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P47
26/48
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P21
38/48
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P49
24/48
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P40
29/48
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P43
28/48
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P60
20/48
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
0.134
10 of 48 · P81 · 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
47.9%
26 of 48 · P47 · league med 49.5
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
22.5%
38 of 48 · P21 · league med 27
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
5.6%
24 of 48 · P49 · league med 5.6
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
51.4%
22 of 48 · P55 · league med 49.8
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
4.2%
29 of 48 · P40 · league med 4.4
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
10.5%
40 of 48 · P17 · league med 12.5
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+13.9
4 of 48 · P94 · league med 0.9
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
146.5
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
20 of 48 · P60 · league med 130.3
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
34.6
42 of 48 · P13 · league med 23.7
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
28.4
37 of 48 · P23 · league med 22
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 17.2 · ground 39.8
50.0%
26 of 48 · P47 · league med 50.3
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
No wide player assigned on this flank.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team season lean (+13.9) favors this flank and Mohamed Salah is an on-ball creator type — overload feeds the primary chance creator.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.