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Bundesliga 25/26

FC St. Pauli

3-4-2-1First-choice XI · 26 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

66.1

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

36.3

Capability identity 73.8 · complete 70.3

Identity

Vertical / Transition

Confidence 65%

Strongest capability

100.0

Defensive Coverage

Biggest gap

8.3

Tempo Control · score 5.9 / target 58

This squad is moderately suited to vertical / transition football because it combines Elite ball carrying, Excellent secondary box runs, Excellent defensive transition. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Below-minimum through-ball threat; Below-minimum ball retention.

Personnel (live)

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

Progression hub

Joel Chima Fujita

Great Carrier

Primary creator

Danel Sinani

Good Playmaking Winger

Primary threat

Martijn Kaars

Great Channel Runner

Side bias (current XI)

+2.9%

RHS lean

No structural gaps in current XI.

Style (season — fixed)

Bundesliga 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 FC St. Pauli — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.

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  • Possession

    Ball possession vs league

    P22

    15/19

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P22

    15/19

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P72

    6/19

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P67

    7/19

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P11

    17/19

  • Box threat

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

    P11

    17/19

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P44

    11/19

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

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

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 37.9% of goals

0.090

18 of 19 · P6 · league med 0.114

How chances are created

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

Assisted45.4%(157)
Corner17.3%(60)
Self-created12.7%(44)
Set piece8.7%(30)
Fast break8.4%(29)
Throw-in SP3.8%(13)
Free kick2.3%(8)
Penalty1.4%(5)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

45.4%

15 of 19 · P22 · league med 47.1

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

32.1%

6 of 19 · P72 · league med 29.4

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

8.4%

7 of 19 · P67 · league med 7.9

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

44.4%

15 of 19 · P22 · league med 48

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

4.2%

17 of 19 · P11 · league med 5.5

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

14.1%

4 of 19 · P83 · league med 12.1

Side bias

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

+0.9

7 of 19 · P67 · league med -1

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

134.5

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

11 of 19 · P44 · league med 140

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

28.3

10 of 19 · P50 · league med 28.3

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

23.7

9 of 19 · P56 · league med 24.2

Duel win %

Won/match · aerial 14.6 · ground 30.3

48.9%

14 of 19 · P28 · league med 49.9

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankbalancedLouis Oppie

Team side bias near central (+0.9); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

right flankbalancedArkadiusz Pyrka

Team side bias near central (+0.9); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

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