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UEFA Champions League 25/26

Pafos FC

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

62.7

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

64.6

Capability identity 74.2 · complete 77.4

Identity

Vertical / Transition

Confidence 100%

Strongest capability

100.0

Ball Carrying

Biggest gap

31.6

Recovery Pace · score 38.2 / target 88

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

  • · Defensive Transition depends heavily on one player (Bruno).
  • · Central Playmaking depends heavily on one player (Pêpê).
  • · Ball Retention depends heavily on one player (Pêpê).

Personnel (live)

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

Progression hub

Pêpê

Great Carrier

Primary creator

Mislav Oršić

Good Link Forward

Primary threat

João Correia

Average Poacher

Side bias (current XI)

+20.2%

RHS lean

Was +18.7%

Structural gaps

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

Style (season — fixed)

UEFA Champions League 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 Pafos FC — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.

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  • Possession

    Ball possession vs league

    P3

    39/40

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P3

    39/40

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P97

    2/40

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P82

    8/40

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P79

    9/40

  • Box threat

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

    P51

    20/40

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P3

    39/40

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

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

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 63.6% of goals

23 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

How chances are created

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

Assisted36.3%(37)
Corner25.5%(26)
Self-created15.7%(16)
Fast break10.8%(11)
Set piece6.9%(7)
Free kick2.0%(2)
Throw-in SP2.0%(2)
Penalty1.0%(1)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

36.3%

39 of 40 · P3 · league med 51.2

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

36.3%

2 of 40 · P97 · league med 25.5

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

8 of 40 · P82 · league med 8.4

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

39.0%

39 of 40 · P3 · league med 50

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

9 of 40 · P79 · league med 7.9

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

23 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

Side bias

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

+18.9

4 of 40 · P92 · league med -2.2

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

110.7

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

39 of 40 · P3 · league med 147.2

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

18 of 40 · P100 · league med 0

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

18 of 40 · P100 · league med 0

Duel win %

Overall duel win rate

23 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankcross_field_creatorJajá

Team overload is elsewhere (+18.9) but Jajá 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 flankmixedAnderson Silva

Team leans right (+18.9) with a mixed wide profile on the flank.

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

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