World Cup 2026
Mexico
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
78.7
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
80.3
Capability identity 79.3 · complete 83.7
Identity
Possession
Confidence 43%
Strongest capability
100.0
Wide Playmaking
Biggest gap
8.1
Rotational Flexibility · score 8.4 / target 78
This squad is moderately suited to possession football because it combines Elite wide playmaking, Excellent width, Excellent first-phase circulation. Main limitations: Below-minimum rotational flexibility; Below-minimum tempo control; Below-minimum counterpress.
- · Central Playmaking depends heavily on one player (Erik Lira).
- · Isolation depends heavily on one player (Roberto Alvarado).
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Erik Lira
Good Deep-Lying Playmaker
Primary creator
Roberto Alvarado
Good Playmaking Winger
Primary threat
Raúl Jiménez
Good Target Man
Side bias (current XI)
0%
Central
Structural gaps
- Edson Álvarez·DMInsufficient data
- Luis Romo·CMInsufficient data
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 Mexico — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P57
20/48
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P98
2/48
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P9
44/48
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P28
35/48
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P89
5/48
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P19
39/48
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P38
30/48
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 10.0% of goals
0.095
33 of 48 · P32 · 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
70.0%
2 of 48 · P98 · league med 49.5
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
18.6%
44 of 48 · P9 · league med 27
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
2.9%
35 of 48 · P28 · league med 5.6
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
52.2%
20 of 48 · P57 · league med 49.8
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
6.5%
5 of 48 · P89 · league med 4.4
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
13.1%
16 of 48 · P68 · league med 12.5
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
-0.1
27 of 48 · P45 · league med 0.9
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
123.0
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
30 of 48 · P38 · league med 130.3
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
23.4
24 of 48 · P51 · league med 23.7
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
12.4
6 of 48 · P89 · league med 22
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 14.6 · ground 28.0
49.6%
29 of 48 · P40 · league med 50.3
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 (-0.1); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.