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UEFA Champions League 25/26

Galatasaray

4-2-3-1First-choice XI · 10 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

83.9

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

89.7

Capability identity 87.8 · complete 90.7

Identity

High Press

Confidence 50%

Strongest capability

100.0

Deep Playmaking

Biggest gap

35.1

Central Progression · score 30.7 / target 68

This squad is well suited to high press football because it combines Elite duelling, Excellent ball retention, Excellent rest defence. Main limitations: Below-minimum central progression; Below-minimum recovery pace; Limited counterpress.

Personnel (live)

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

Progression hub

Lucas Torreira

Great Deep-Lying Playmaker

Primary creator

İlkay Gündoğan

Good Creator

Primary threat

Victor Osimhen

Great Poacher

Side bias (current XI)

+10.7%

RHS lean

No structural gaps in current XI.

Style (season — fixed)

UEFA Champions 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 Galatasaray — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.

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  • Possession

    Ball possession vs league

    P54

    19/40

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P8

    37/40

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P72

    12/40

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P85

    7/40

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P62

    15/40

  • Box threat

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

    P46

    22/40

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P69

    13/40

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

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

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 11.8% of goals

10 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

How chances are created

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

Assisted44.2%(69)
Corner17.9%(28)
Self-created15.4%(24)
Fast break10.9%(17)
Set piece6.4%(10)
Throw-in SP2.6%(4)
Penalty1.9%(3)
Free kick0.6%(1)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

44.2%

37 of 40 · P8 · league med 51.2

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

27.6%

12 of 40 · P72 · league med 25.5

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

7 of 40 · P85 · league med 8.4

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

50.2%

19 of 40 · P54 · league med 50

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

15 of 40 · P62 · league med 7.9

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

10 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

Side bias

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

+6.9

10 of 40 · P74 · league med -2.2

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

151.4

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

13 of 40 · P69 · league med 147.2

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

31 of 40 · P100 · league med 0

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

31 of 40 · P100 · league med 0

Duel win %

Overall duel win rate

10 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankbalancedBarış Alper Yılmaz

Team side bias near central (+6.9); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

right flankbalancedRoland Sallai

Team side bias near central (+6.9); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

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