Ligue 1 25/26
Metz
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
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Bench
Team Synergy
Team strength and Synergy (synergy-v3) for this XI. Both update on pitch swaps.
Team strength
82.3
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
86.9
Capability identity 89.7 · complete 93.0
Identity
Vertical / Transition
Confidence 75%
Strongest capability
100.0
Ball Carrying
Biggest gap
46.3
Tempo Control · score 32.8 / target 58
This squad is exceptionally suited to vertical / transition football because it combines Elite ball carrying, Elite secondary box runs, Excellent ball retention. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Limited recovery pace; Average isolation.
- · Primary Goalscoring depends heavily on one player (Habibou Diallo).
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Boubacar Traoré
Great Carrier
Primary creator
Gauthier Hein
Great Box Crasher
Primary threat
Habibou Diallo
Great Channel Runner
Side bias (current XI)
+11%
RHS lean
No structural gaps in current XI.
Style (season — fixed)
Ligue 1 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 Metz — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P55
10/21
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P30
15/21
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P65
8/21
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P65
6/21
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P85
4/21
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P35
14/21
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P45
12/21
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 18.8% of goals
0.102
15 of 21 · P30 · league med 0.112
How chances are created
Share of season shots by situation — not a quality score.
Assisted shot %
% of shots after a teammate pass/cross
46.9%
15 of 21 · P30 · league med 50.3
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
28.0%
8 of 21 · P65 · league med 26.1
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
8.2%
6 of 21 · P65 · league med 7.4
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
48.9%
10 of 21 · P55 · league med 47
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
6.1%
4 of 21 · P85 · league med 4.9
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
9.7%
17 of 21 · P20 · league med 11.2
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+6.5
6 of 21 · P75 · league med 1.2
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
139.0
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
12 of 21 · P45 · league med 141.8
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
22.5
11 of 21 · P50 · league med 22.5
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
28.4
21 of 21 · P0 · league med 22.1
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 9.5 · ground 35.0
49.5%
12 of 21 · P45 · league med 50.1
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
No wide player assigned on this flank.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (+6.5); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.