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World Cup 2026

Morocco

4-2-3-1First-choice XI · 6 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

73.9

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

64.6

Capability identity 82.1 · complete 91.2

Identity

Possession

Confidence 72%

Strongest capability

100.0

Width

Biggest gap

9.5

Rotational Flexibility · score 9.9 / target 78

This squad is well suited to possession football because it combines Elite wide playmaking, Elite width, Excellent counterpress. Main limitations: Below-minimum rotational flexibility; Below-minimum tempo control; Below-minimum occupation.

  • · Primary Goalscoring depends heavily on one player (Ismael Saibari).
  • · Underlap Support depends heavily on one player (Achraf Hakimi).
  • · Overlap Support depends heavily on one player (Achraf Hakimi).

Personnel (live)

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

Progression hub

Ayyoub Bouaddi

Good Carrier

Primary creator

Brahim Díaz

Good Playmaking Winger

Primary threat

Ismael Saibari

Good Poacher

Side bias (current XI)

+8%

RHS lean

No structural gaps in current XI.

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

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  • Possession

    Ball possession vs league

    P89

    6/48

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P26

    36/48

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P60

    20/48

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P98

    2/48

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P0

    48/48

  • Box threat

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

    P70

    15/48

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P87

    7/48

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

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

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 15.4% of goals

0.165

3 of 48 · P96 · league med 0.11

How chances are created

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

Assisted43.2%(32)
Corner14.9%(11)
Fast break13.5%(10)
Set piece9.5%(7)
Self-created8.1%(6)
shootout6.8%(5)
Free kick4.1%(3)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

43.2%

36 of 48 · P26 · league med 49.5

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

28.4%

20 of 48 · P60 · league med 27

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

13.5%

2 of 48 · P98 · league med 5.6

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

59.0%

6 of 48 · P89 · league med 49.8

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

2.7%

48 of 48 · P0 · league med 4.4

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

9.6%

44 of 48 · P9 · league med 12.5

Side bias

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

+11.0

8 of 48 · P85 · league med 0.9

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

172.0

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

7 of 48 · P87 · league med 130.3

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

23.0

21 of 48 · P57 · league med 23.7

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

21.5

23 of 48 · P53 · league med 22

Duel win %

Won/match · aerial 9.5 · ground 42.2

50.5%

21 of 48 · P57 · league med 50.3

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankcross_field_creatorBilal El Khannouss

Team overload is elsewhere (+11.0) but Bilal El Khannouss is an on-ball creator stationed on the weaker flank — may need local possession to impact.

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

right flankreinforcingBrahim Díaz

Team season lean (+11.0) favors this flank and Brahim Díaz is an on-ball creator type — overload feeds the primary chance creator.

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

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