World Cup 2026
Spain
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
95.5
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
98.3
Capability identity 95.2 · complete 100.0
Identity
Possession
Confidence 87%
Strongest capability
100.0
Deep Progression
Biggest gap
33.2
Tempo Control · score 34.6 / target 78
This squad is exceptionally suited to possession football because it combines Elite wide playmaking, Elite recovery pace, Elite rest defence. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Limited rotational flexibility; Average occupation.
- · Primary Goalscoring depends heavily on one player (Mikel Oyarzabal).
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Rodri
Great Duel Destroyer
Primary creator
Alex Baena
Good Playmaking Winger
Updated by swap
Primary threat
Mikel Oyarzabal
Great Poacher
Side bias (current XI)
+4.5%
RHS lean
No structural gaps in current XI.
Style (season — fixed)
World Cup 2026 · 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 Spain — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P96
3/48
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P83
9/48
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P15
41/48
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P40
29/48
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P6
45/48
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P21
38/48
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P98
2/48
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 14.3% of goals
0.116
20 of 48 · P60 · league med 0.11
How chances are created
Share of season shots by situation — not a quality score.
Assisted shot %
% of shots after a teammate pass/cross
60.3%
9 of 48 · P83 · league med 49.5
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
21.3%
41 of 48 · P15 · league med 27
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
4.3%
29 of 48 · P40 · league med 5.6
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
63.9%
3 of 48 · P96 · league med 49.8
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
3.1%
45 of 48 · P6 · league med 4.4
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
9.1%
46 of 48 · P4 · league med 12.5
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+0.9
24 of 48 · P51 · league med 0.9
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
209.0
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
2 of 48 · P98 · league med 130.3
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
16.9
6 of 48 · P89 · league med 23.7
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
9.9
2 of 48 · P98 · league med 22
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 12.4 · ground 33.9
51.2%
15 of 48 · P70 · league med 50.3
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
Team side bias near central (+0.9); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (+0.9); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.