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Ligue 1 25/26

Paris Saint-Germain

4-3-3First-choice XI · 79 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

91.9

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

95.6

Capability identity 92.1 · complete 100.0

Identity

Possession

Confidence 87%

Strongest capability

100.0

Deep Progression

Biggest gap

33.0

Tempo Control · score 34.4 / target 78

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

Personnel (live)

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

Progression hub

Vitinha

Elite Deep-Lying Playmaker

Primary creator

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

Elite Duelist Winger

Primary threat

Désiré Doué

Great Duelist Winger

Side bias (current XI)

+0.3%

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 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

    1/21

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P100

    1/21

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P10

    18/21

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P30

    14/21

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P20

    17/21

  • Box threat

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

    P45

    12/21

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P100

    1/21

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

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

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 17.6% of goals

0.116

9 of 21 · P60 · league med 0.112

How chances are created

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

Assisted60.6%(365)
Corner15.1%(91)
Self-created10.3%(62)
Fast break6.0%(36)
Free kick3.5%(21)
Set piece2.8%(17)
Penalty1.3%(8)
Throw-in SP0.3%(2)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

60.6%

1 of 21 · P100 · league med 50.3

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

21.8%

18 of 21 · P10 · league med 26.1

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

6.0%

14 of 21 · P30 · league med 7.4

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

68.8%

1 of 21 · P100 · league med 47

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

3.8%

17 of 21 · P20 · league med 4.9

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

10.0%

16 of 21 · P25 · league med 11.2

Side bias

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

+1.9

10 of 21 · P55 · league med 1.2

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

229.6

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

1 of 21 · P100 · league med 141.8

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

13.7

3 of 21 · P90 · league med 22.5

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

16.2

3 of 21 · P90 · league med 22.1

Duel win %

Won/match · aerial 8.1 · ground 33.1

50.8%

4 of 21 · P85 · league med 50.1

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankbalancedKhvicha Kvaratskhelia

Team side bias near central (+1.9); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

right flankbalancedOusmane Dembélé

Team side bias near central (+1.9); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

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