Ligue 1 25/26
RC Lens
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
88.1
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
89.8
Capability identity 88.3 · complete 97.4
Identity
Possession
Confidence 65%
Strongest capability
100.0
Ball Carrying
Biggest gap
25.6
Tempo Control · score 26.7 / target 78
This squad is well suited to possession football because it combines Elite wide playmaking, Elite width, Excellent rest defence. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Below-minimum rotational flexibility; Average ball retention.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Mamadou Sangare
Elite Duel Destroyer
Primary creator
Florian Thauvin
Elite Playmaking Winger
Primary threat
Rayan Fofana
Great Duelist Winger
Side bias (current XI)
+9.7%
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 RC Lens — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P65
8/21
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P80
5/21
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P40
13/21
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P65
8/21
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P45
12/21
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P90
3/21
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P90
3/21
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 21.2% of goals
0.122
4 of 21 · P85 · league med 0.112
How chances are created
Share of season shots by situation — not a quality score.
Assisted shot %
% of shots after a teammate pass/cross
54.0%
5 of 21 · P80 · league med 50.3
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
25.1%
13 of 21 · P40 · league med 26.1
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
8.2%
8 of 21 · P65 · league med 7.4
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
51.1%
8 of 21 · P65 · league med 47
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
4.9%
12 of 21 · P45 · league med 4.9
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
11.3%
10 of 21 · P55 · league med 11.2
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+12.5
2 of 21 · P95 · league med 1.2
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
171.9
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
3 of 21 · P90 · league med 141.8
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
20.5
7 of 21 · P70 · league med 22.5
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
20.3
7 of 21 · P70 · league med 22.1
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 12.2 · ground 37.4
50.2%
10 of 21 · P55 · league med 50.1
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
No wide player assigned on this flank.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
No wide player assigned on this flank.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.