LaLiga 25/26
Real Sociedad
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
79.6
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
76.6
Capability identity 80.6 · complete 89.5
Identity
Possession
Confidence 50%
Strongest capability
100.0
Ball Carrying
Biggest gap
12.4
Rotational Flexibility · score 12.9 / target 78
This squad is moderately suited to possession football because it combines Elite wide playmaking, Elite rest defence, Elite width. Main limitations: Below-minimum rotational flexibility; Below-minimum tempo control; Below-minimum central playmaking.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Brais Méndez
Elite Box Crasher
Primary creator
Ander Barrenetxea
Great Playmaking Winger
Primary threat
Mikel Oyarzabal
Good Poacher
Side bias (current XI)
+6.7%
RHS lean
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 Real Sociedad — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P74
6/20
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P32
14/20
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P79
5/20
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P47
8/20
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P37
12/20
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P47
10/20
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P58
9/20
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 16.9% of goals
0.115
6 of 20 · P74 · 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
47.5%
14 of 20 · P32 · league med 50
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
31.6%
5 of 20 · P79 · league med 27.5
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
6.8%
8 of 20 · P47 · league med 6.8
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
51.3%
6 of 20 · P74 · league med 50.2
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
5.2%
12 of 20 · P37 · league med 5.7
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
12.2%
10 of 20 · P53 · league med 12.2
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+3.3
11 of 20 · P47 · league med 3.4
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
146.9
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
9 of 20 · P58 · league med 143.8
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
24.9
11 of 20 · P47 · league med 24.9
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
24.1
14 of 20 · P32 · league med 23.1
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 14.4 · ground 36.6
50.1%
8 of 20 · P58 · league med 49.9
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
Team side bias near central (+3.3); flank fit is not strongly directional.
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.