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Serie A 25/26

Genoa

3-5-2First-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

75.9

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

80.3

Capability identity 89.9 · complete 88.8

Identity

Balanced

Confidence 25%

Strongest capability

100.0

Defensive Coverage

Biggest gap

59.1

Recovery Pace · score 50.6 / target 68

This squad is exceptionally suited to balanced football because it combines Elite defensive coverage, Elite secondary box runs, Elite counterpress. Main limitations: Limited recovery pace; Average width.

Personnel (live)

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

Progression hub

Ruslan Malinovskyi

Great Creator

Primary creator

Ruslan Malinovskyi

Great Creator

Primary threat

Andrea Pinamonti

Great Poacher

Side bias (current XI)

+5.3%

RHS lean

Structural gaps

  • Mikael Ellertsson·LBWeak fit for this slotHe’s in the XI here, but role form / touch map don’t back this position.

Style (season — fixed)

Serie A 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 Genoa — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.

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  • Possession

    Ball possession vs league

    P47

    11/20

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P21

    16/20

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P95

    2/20

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P0

    20/20

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P58

    9/20

  • Box threat

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

    P47

    11/20

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P58

    9/20

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

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

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 39.0% of goals

0.107

8 of 20 · P63 · league med 0.105

How chances are created

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

Assisted43.7%(190)
Corner14.0%(61)
Self-created13.3%(58)
Set piece12.0%(52)
Throw-in SP6.2%(27)
Free kick5.7%(25)
Fast break3.0%(13)
Penalty2.1%(9)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

43.7%

16 of 20 · P21 · league med 50

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

37.9%

2 of 20 · P95 · league med 28.8

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

3.0%

20 of 20 · P0 · league med 7.6

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

48.7%

11 of 20 · P47 · league med 50.4

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

5.4%

9 of 20 · P58 · league med 5.2

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

12.2%

8 of 20 · P63 · league med 11.9

Side bias

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

+6.2

3 of 20 · P89 · league med 1.7

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

129.5

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

9 of 20 · P58 · league med 127.3

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

25.5

14 of 20 · P32 · league med 25

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

23.2

12 of 20 · P42 · league med 22.7

Duel win %

Won/match · aerial 16.8 · ground 36.8

51.2%

5 of 20 · P79 · league med 49.9

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankbalancedAlessandro Marcandalli

Team side bias near central (+6.2); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

right flankbalancedStefano Sabelli

Team side bias near central (+6.2); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

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