UEFA Champions League 25/26

PSV Eindhoven

4-2-3-1First-choice XI · 4 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

76.2

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

73.0

Capability identity 77.2 · complete 84.2

Identity

High Press

Confidence 58%

Strongest capability

100.0

Deep Progression

Biggest gap

31.6

Recovery Pace · score 38.2 / target 88

This squad is moderately suited to high press football because it combines Elite central progression, Elite ball retention, Elite duelling. Main limitations: Below-minimum recovery pace; Below-minimum counterpress; Below-minimum defensive transition.

· Primary Goalscoring depends heavily on one player (Guus Til).

Personnel (live)

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

Progression hub

Joey Veerman

Good Deep-Lying Playmaker

Primary creator

Dennis Man

Good Box Crasher

Primary threat

Guus Til

Average Link Forward

Side bias (current XI)

-10.4%

LHS lean

Structural gaps

Dennis Man·LWWeak fit for this slotHe’s in the XI here, but role form / touch map don’t back this position.
Ricardo Pepi·RWWeak 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 PSV Eindhoven — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.

Possession
Ball possession vs league
P67
14/40
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P44
23/40
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P33
27/40
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P97
2/40
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P54
19/40
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P18
33/40
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P90
5/40

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

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

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 12.5% of goals

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35 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

How chances are created

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

Assisted50.6%(44)

Corner16.1%(14)

Self-created13.8%(12)

Fast break12.6%(11)

Set piece3.4%(3)

Free kick1.1%(1)

Penalty1.1%(1)

Throw-in SP1.1%(1)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

50.6%

23 of 40 · P44 · league med 51.2

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

21.8%

27 of 40 · P33 · league med 25.5

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

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2 of 40 · P97 · league med 8.4

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

51.8%

14 of 40 · P67 · league med 50

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

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19 of 40 · P54 · league med 7.9

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

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35 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

Side bias

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

-7.8

28 of 40 · P31 · league med -2.2

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

170.2

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

5 of 40 · P90 · league med 147.2

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

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6 of 40 · P100 · league med 0

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

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6 of 40 · P100 · league med 0

Duel win %

Overall duel win rate

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35 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankbalancedIvan Perišić

Team side bias near central (-7.8); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

right flankbalancedPaul Wanner

Team side bias near central (-7.8); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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