LaLiga 25/26
Rayo Vallecano
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
78.8
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
89.5
Capability identity 86.8 · complete 94.5
Identity
Vertical / Transition
Confidence 75%
Strongest capability
100.0
Deep Progression
Biggest gap
49.7
Tempo Control · score 35 / target 58
This squad is well suited to vertical / transition football because it combines Elite width, Elite ball retention, Elite secondary box runs. Main limitations: Limited tempo control; Limited central progression; Limited recovery pace.
- · Reading depends heavily on one player (Florian Lejeune).
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Pathé Ismaël Ciss
Elite Deep-Lying Playmaker
Primary creator
Álvaro García
Great Playmaking Winger
Primary threat
Jorge de Frutos
Elite Raumdeuter
Side bias (current XI)
0%
Central
No structural gaps in current XI.
Style (season — fixed)
LaLiga 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 Rayo Vallecano — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P84
4/20
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P53
10/20
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P53
10/20
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P89
3/20
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P79
5/20
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P5
19/20
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P84
4/20
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 17.1% of goals
0.097
17 of 20 · P16 · league med 0.109
How chances are created
Share of season shots by situation — not a quality score.
Assisted shot %
% of shots after a teammate pass/cross
50.0%
10 of 20 · P53 · league med 50
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
27.5%
10 of 20 · P53 · league med 27.5
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
8.5%
3 of 20 · P89 · league med 6.8
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
53.4%
4 of 20 · P84 · league med 50.2
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
6.5%
5 of 20 · P79 · league med 5.7
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
13.3%
6 of 20 · P74 · league med 12.2
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
-0.4
16 of 20 · P21 · league med 3.4
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
165.9
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
4 of 20 · P84 · league med 143.8
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
25.8
14 of 20 · P32 · league med 24.9
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
23.4
12 of 20 · P42 · league med 23.1
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 10.6 · ground 35.6
48.6%
14 of 20 · P32 · league med 49.9
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
Team side bias near central (-0.4); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (-0.4); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.