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UEFA Champions League 25/26

Paris Saint-Germain

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

91.7

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

93.9

Capability identity 93.5 · complete 98.5

Identity

Possession

Confidence 87%

Strongest capability

100.0

Deep Progression

Biggest gap

37.0

Tempo Control · score 38.5 / target 78

This squad is exceptionally suited to possession football because it combines Elite wide playmaking, Elite first-phase circulation, Excellent recovery pace. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Below-minimum rotational flexibility.

Personnel (live)

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

Progression hub

Vitinha

Great Box-to-Box Midfielder

Primary creator

Désiré Doué

Great Playmaking Winger

Primary threat

Bradley Barcola

Great Link Forward

Side bias (current XI)

+1.8%

RHS lean

No structural gaps in current XI.

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 Paris Saint-Germain — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.

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  • Possession

    Ball possession vs league

    P100

    1/40

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P77

    10/40

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P26

    30/40

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P59

    17/40

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P3

    39/40

  • Box threat

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

    P15

    34/40

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P100

    1/40

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

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

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 16.3% of goals

1 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

How chances are created

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

Assisted56.5%(183)
Corner15.7%(51)
Self-created10.2%(33)
Fast break9.3%(30)
Set piece2.8%(9)
Free kick1.9%(6)
Penalty1.9%(6)
shootout1.5%(5)
Throw-in SP0.3%(1)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

56.5%

10 of 40 · P77 · league med 51.2

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

20.7%

30 of 40 · P26 · league med 25.5

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

17 of 40 · P59 · league med 8.4

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

63.6%

1 of 40 · P100 · league med 50

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

39 of 40 · P3 · league med 7.9

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

1 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

Side bias

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

-3.2

22 of 40 · P46 · league med -2.2

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

211.3

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

1 of 40 · P100 · league med 147.2

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

40 of 40 · P100 · league med 0

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

40 of 40 · P100 · league med 0

Duel win %

Overall duel win rate

1 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankbalancedKhvicha Kvaratskhelia

Team side bias near central (-3.2); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

right flankbalancedDésiré Doué

Team side bias near central (-3.2); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

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