World Cup 2026
France
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
86.8
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
92.0
Capability identity 91.1 · complete 98.3
Identity
Possession
Confidence 87%
Strongest capability
100.0
Deep Progression
Biggest gap
6.4
Tempo Control · score 6.7 / target 78
This squad is exceptionally suited to possession football because it combines Elite wide playmaking, Elite rest defence, Elite combination play. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Limited rotational flexibility; Limited ball retention.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Manu Koné
Average Carrier
Updated by swap
Primary creator
Michael Olise
Great Carrier
Updated by swap
Primary threat
Bradley Barcola
Good Target Man
Side bias (current XI)
+5.6%
RHS 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 France — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P81
10/48
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P70
15/48
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P0
48/48
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P89
6/48
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P19
38/48
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P23
37/48
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P85
8/48
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 6.2% of goals
0.116
19 of 48 · P60 · 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
55.8%
15 of 48 · P70 · league med 49.5
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
15.0%
48 of 48 · P0 · league med 27
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
10.8%
6 of 48 · P89 · league med 5.6
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
57.1%
10 of 48 · P81 · league med 49.8
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
3.6%
38 of 48 · P19 · league med 4.4
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
12.1%
26 of 48 · P45 · league med 12.5
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+2.5
21 of 48 · P57 · league med 0.9
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
168.0
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
8 of 48 · P85 · league med 130.3
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
17.6
7 of 48 · P87 · league med 23.7
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
12.1
5 of 48 · P91 · league med 22
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 12.3 · ground 33.1
52.1%
8 of 48 · P85 · league med 50.3
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
Team side bias near central (+2.5); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (+2.5); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.