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Serie A 25/26

Milan

3-5-2First-choice XI · 34 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

91.7

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

96.7

Capability identity 94.6 · complete 98.8

Identity

Possession

Confidence 65%

Strongest capability

100.0

Deep Progression

Biggest gap

33.5

Tempo Control · score 34.9 / target 78

This squad is exceptionally suited to possession football because it combines Elite wide playmaking, Elite rest defence, Elite width. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Limited rotational flexibility; Average occupation.

Personnel (live)

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

Progression hub

Luka Modrić

Elite Deep-Lying Playmaker

Primary creator

Christian Pulišić

Elite Box Crasher

Primary threat

Christopher Nkunku

Elite Poacher

Side bias (current XI)

-5.2%

LHS lean

No structural gaps in current XI.

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

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  • Possession

    Ball possession vs league

    P63

    8/20

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P100

    1/20

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P5

    19/20

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P53

    10/20

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P21

    15/20

  • Box threat

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

    P84

    4/20

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P63

    8/20

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

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

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 20.8% of goals

0.118

1 of 20 · P100 · league med 0.105

How chances are created

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

Assisted55.5%(279)
Corner15.5%(78)
Self-created11.1%(56)
Fast break7.6%(38)
Set piece5.8%(29)
Free kick1.8%(9)
Penalty1.8%(9)
Throw-in SP1.0%(5)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

55.5%

1 of 20 · P100 · league med 50

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

24.1%

19 of 20 · P5 · league med 28.8

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

7.6%

10 of 20 · P53 · league med 7.6

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

51.8%

8 of 20 · P63 · league med 50.4

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

4.7%

15 of 20 · P21 · league med 5.2

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

10.4%

17 of 20 · P16 · league med 11.9

Side bias

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

-0.8

14 of 20 · P32 · league med 1.7

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

133.4

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

8 of 20 · P63 · league med 127.3

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

21.5

6 of 20 · P74 · league med 25

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

20.0

7 of 20 · P68 · league med 22.7

Duel win %

Won/match · aerial 11.4 · ground 31.9

52.2%

1 of 20 · P100 · league med 49.9

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankbalancedDavide Bartesaghi

Team side bias near central (-0.8); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

right flankbalancedFikayo Tomori

Team side bias near central (-0.8); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

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