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Premier League 25/26

Everton

4-2-3-1First-choice XI · 27 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

75.8

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

79.3

Capability identity 89.9 · complete 93.1

Identity

Crossing / Wide Supply

Confidence 70%

Strongest capability

100.0

Isolation

Biggest gap

35.5

Overlap Support · score 37 / target 78

This squad is exceptionally suited to crossing / wide supply football because it combines Elite primary goalscoring, Elite secondary box runs, Elite aerial dominance. Main limitations: Below-minimum overlap support; Limited crossing; Average cutback threat.

Personnel (live)

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

Progression hub

Merlin Röhl

Average Box Crasher

Primary creator

Jack Grealish

Elite Link Forward

Primary threat

Thierno Barry

Great Target Man

Side bias (current XI)

-12.3%

LHS lean

No structural gaps in current XI.

Style (season — fixed)

Premier 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 Everton — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.

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  • Possession

    Ball possession vs league

    P16

    17/20

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P26

    15/20

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P89

    3/20

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P53

    10/20

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P100

    1/20

  • Box threat

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

    P63

    8/20

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P21

    16/20

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 31.9% of goals

18 of 20 · P0 · league med 0

How chances are created

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

Assisted43.6%(185)
Corner18.2%(77)
Self-created10.8%(46)
Set piece9.9%(42)
Throw-in SP7.3%(31)
Fast break7.1%(30)
Free kick2.6%(11)
Penalty0.5%(2)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

43.6%

15 of 20 · P26 · league med 48.1

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

38.0%

3 of 20 · P89 · league med 32.1

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

10 of 20 · P53 · league med 7.1

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

43.5%

17 of 20 · P16 · league med 50.3

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

5.7%

1 of 20 · P100 · league med 8.8

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

14.6%

18 of 20 · P0 · league med 0

Side bias

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

-9.2

19 of 20 · P5 · league med -1.2

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

129.3

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

16 of 20 · P21 · league med 146.5

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

29.5

3 of 20 · P100 · league med 0

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

26.7

3 of 20 · P100 · league med 0

Duel win %

Won/match · aerial 21.6 · ground 35.3

52.3%

18 of 20 · P0 · league med 0

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankreinforcingMerlin Röhl

Team season lean (+9.2) favors this flank and Merlin Röhl is an on-ball creator type — overload feeds the primary chance creator.

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

right flankmixedJake O'Brien

Opposite-flank team lean with mixed wide player on right.

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

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