World Cup 2026
Norway
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
75.7
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
62.0
Capability identity 76.5 · complete 78.7
Identity
Vertical / Transition
Confidence 40%
Strongest capability
100.0
Ball Carrying
Biggest gap
14.1
Tempo Control · score 10 / target 58
This squad is moderately suited to vertical / transition football because it combines Elite primary goalscoring, Elite ball carrying, Elite secondary box runs. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Below-minimum defensive transition; Below-minimum recovery pace.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Patrick Berg
Good Carrier
Primary creator
Alexander Sørloth
Good Target Man
Primary threat
Erling Haaland
Great Target Man
Side bias (current XI)
-5.4%
LHS lean
Structural gaps
- Julian Ryerson·RBInsufficient 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 Norway — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P57
21/48
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P45
27/48
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P36
31/48
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P70
15/48
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P36
31/48
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P100
1/48
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P53
23/48
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
0.157
7 of 48 · P87 · 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
47.8%
27 of 48 · P45 · league med 49.5
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
25.4%
31 of 48 · P36 · league med 27
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
7.5%
15 of 48 · P70 · league med 5.6
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
52.2%
21 of 48 · P57 · league med 49.8
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
4.1%
31 of 48 · P36 · league med 4.4
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
10.3%
41 of 48 · P15 · league med 12.5
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+2.9
20 of 48 · P60 · league med 0.9
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
132.4
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
23 of 48 · P53 · league med 130.3
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
23.3
23 of 48 · P53 · league med 23.7
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
31.2
41 of 48 · P15 · league med 22
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 14.0 · ground 29.5
46.7%
43 of 48 · P9 · league med 50.3
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
Team side bias near central (+2.9); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
No wide player assigned on this flank.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.