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Ligue 1 25/26

Nantes

4-3-3First-choice XI · 17 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

59.0

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

45.7

Capability identity 73.1 · complete 77.3

Identity

Vertical / Transition

Confidence 100%

Strongest capability

100.0

Ball Carrying

Biggest gap

10.6

Defensive Transition · score 11 / target 78

This squad is moderately suited to vertical / transition football because it combines Elite ball carrying, Elite secondary box runs, Elite central progression. Main limitations: Below-minimum defensive transition; Below-minimum recovery pace; Below-minimum tempo control.

Personnel (live)

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

Progression hub

Junior Mwanga

Elite Carrier

Primary creator

Moses Simon

Good Playmaking Winger

Primary threat

Mostafa Mohamed

Good Target Man

Side bias (current XI)

-5.4%

LHS lean

Structural gaps

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

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

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  • Possession

    Ball possession vs league

    P15

    18/21

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P10

    19/21

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P100

    1/21

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P85

    4/21

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P80

    5/21

  • Box threat

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

    P50

    11/21

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P20

    17/21

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

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

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 20.7% of goals

0.096

18 of 21 · P15 · league med 0.112

How chances are created

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

Assisted37.6%(141)
Corner16.3%(61)
Self-created15.2%(57)
Set piece11.7%(44)
Fast break8.8%(33)
Throw-in SP5.9%(22)
Free kick3.5%(13)
Penalty1.1%(4)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

37.6%

19 of 21 · P10 · league med 50.3

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

37.3%

1 of 21 · P100 · league med 26.1

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

8.8%

4 of 21 · P85 · league med 7.4

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

42.0%

18 of 21 · P15 · league med 47

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

6.0%

5 of 21 · P80 · league med 4.9

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

13.4%

4 of 21 · P85 · league med 11.2

Side bias

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

+13.8

1 of 21 · P100 · league med 1.2

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

122.8

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

17 of 21 · P20 · league med 141.8

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

26.2

19 of 21 · P10 · league med 22.5

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

25.5

18 of 21 · P15 · league med 22.1

Duel win %

Won/match · aerial 13.7 · ground 36.0

50.4%

7 of 21 · P60 · league med 50.1

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankunknown

No wide player assigned on this flank.

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

right flankunknown

No wide player assigned on this flank.

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

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