Serie A 25/26
Sassuolo
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
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Bench
Team Synergy
Team strength and Synergy (synergy-v3) for this XI. Both update on pitch swaps.
Team strength
76.7
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
82.6
Capability identity 90.5 · complete 93.3
Identity
Vertical / Transition
Confidence 40%
Strongest capability
100.0
Deep Progression
Biggest gap
53.1
Defensive Transition · score 53.9 / target 78
This squad is well suited to vertical / transition football because it combines Elite ball retention, Elite primary goalscoring, Elite ball carrying. Main limitations: Limited defensive transition; Limited recovery pace; Limited tempo control.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Ismael Koné
Elite Carrier
Primary creator
Armand Laurienté
Great Playmaking Winger
Primary threat
Andrea Pinamonti
Great Poacher
Side bias (current XI)
-9.4%
LHS lean
No structural gaps in current XI.
Style (season — fixed)
Serie A 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 Sassuolo — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P37
13/20
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P58
9/20
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P32
14/20
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P84
4/20
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P42
10/20
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P37
13/20
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P32
14/20
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 30.4% of goals
0.106
9 of 20 · P58 · league med 0.105
How chances are created
Share of season shots by situation — not a quality score.
Assisted shot %
% of shots after a teammate pass/cross
50.4%
9 of 20 · P58 · league med 50
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
26.8%
14 of 20 · P32 · league med 28.8
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
9.8%
4 of 20 · P84 · league med 7.6
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
46.1%
13 of 20 · P37 · league med 50.4
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
5.2%
10 of 20 · P42 · league med 5.2
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
11.9%
11 of 20 · P47 · league med 11.9
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
-7.8
19 of 20 · P5 · league med 1.7
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
123.2
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
14 of 20 · P32 · league med 127.3
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
25.2
12 of 20 · P42 · league med 25
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
25.4
17 of 20 · P16 · league med 22.7
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 11.7 · ground 31.1
48.4%
18 of 20 · P11 · league med 49.9
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.
Team side bias near central (-7.8); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.