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Ligue 1 25/26

Nice

3-4-2-1First-choice XI · 23 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

78.8

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

67.1

Capability identity 88.3 · complete 88.2

Identity

Balanced

Confidence 30%

Strongest capability

100.0

Secondary Box Runs

Biggest gap

36.0

Counterpress · score 31.5 / target 68

This squad is exceptionally suited to balanced football because it combines Elite secondary box runs, Elite box defending, Elite reading. Main limitations: Below-minimum counterpress; Below-minimum defensive coverage; Average width.

Personnel (live)

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

Progression hub

Sofiane Diop

Great Box Crasher

Primary creator

Elye Wahi

Average Poacher

Primary threat

Mohamed-Ali Cho

Great Raumdeuter

Side bias (current XI)

+1.3%

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

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  • Possession

    Ball possession vs league

    P40

    13/21

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P55

    10/21

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P75

    6/21

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P50

    11/21

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P35

    14/21

  • Box threat

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

    P65

    8/21

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P55

    10/21

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

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

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 14.6% of goals

0.111

12 of 21 · P45 · league med 0.112

How chances are created

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

Assisted50.4%(205)
Corner17.0%(69)
Self-created13.0%(53)
Fast break7.4%(30)
Set piece5.4%(22)
Throw-in SP3.9%(16)
Free kick2.2%(9)
Penalty0.7%(3)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

50.4%

10 of 21 · P55 · league med 50.3

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

28.5%

6 of 21 · P75 · league med 26.1

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

7.4%

11 of 21 · P50 · league med 7.4

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

46.7%

13 of 21 · P40 · league med 47

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

4.6%

14 of 21 · P35 · league med 4.9

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

11.5%

8 of 21 · P65 · league med 11.2

Side bias

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

-5.6

17 of 21 · P15 · league med 1.2

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

142.1

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

10 of 21 · P55 · league med 141.8

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

24.1

15 of 21 · P30 · league med 22.5

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

26.6

20 of 21 · P5 · league med 22.1

Duel win %

Won/match · aerial 12.4 · ground 33.8

49.2%

14 of 21 · P35 · league med 50.1

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankbalancedMelvin Bard

Team side bias near central (-5.6); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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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