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UEFA Champions League 25/26

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

3-4-1-2First-choice XI · 3 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

69.9

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

74.6

Capability identity 73.8 · complete 85.1

Identity

Vertical / Transition

Confidence 100%

Strongest capability

100.0

Recovery Defending

Biggest gap

36.7

Recovery Pace · score 44.4 / target 88

This squad is moderately suited to vertical / transition football because it combines Excellent ball retention, Excellent ball carrying, Excellent width. Main limitations: Below-minimum recovery pace; Below-minimum secondary box runs; Below-minimum tempo control.

  • · Defensive Coverage depends heavily on one player (Kamiel Van de Perre).
  • · Box Occupation depends heavily on one player (Promise David).

Personnel (live)

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

Progression hub

Adem Zorgane

Great Deep-Lying Playmaker

Primary creator

Anouar Ait El Hadj

Good Playmaking Winger

Primary threat

Promise David

Good Target Man

Side bias (current XI)

+20.3%

RHS lean

No structural gaps in current XI.

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 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.

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  • Possession

    Ball possession vs league

    P0

    40/40

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P0

    40/40

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P87

    6/40

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P95

    3/40

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P77

    10/40

  • Box threat

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

    P79

    9/40

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P23

    31/40

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

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

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 50.0% of goals

6 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

How chances are created

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

Assisted34.7%(33)
Corner22.1%(21)
Self-created17.9%(17)
Fast break12.6%(12)
Set piece8.4%(8)
Throw-in SP2.1%(2)
Free kick1.1%(1)
Penalty1.1%(1)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

34.7%

40 of 40 · P0 · league med 51.2

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

33.7%

6 of 40 · P87 · league med 25.5

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

3 of 40 · P95 · league med 8.4

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

35.0%

40 of 40 · P0 · league med 50

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

10 of 40 · P77 · league med 7.9

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

6 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

Side bias

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

+24.6

3 of 40 · P95 · league med -2.2

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

133.7

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

31 of 40 · P23 · league med 147.2

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

35 of 40 · P100 · league med 0

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

35 of 40 · P100 · league med 0

Duel win %

Overall duel win rate

6 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankcross_field_creatorRaul Florucz

Team overload is elsewhere (+24.6) but Raul Florucz is an on-ball creator stationed on the weaker flank — may need local possession to impact.

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

right flankunknown

No wide player assigned on this flank.

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

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