UEFA Champions League 25/26
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
79.0
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
80.1
Capability identity 86.3 · complete 90.0
Identity
Vertical / Transition
Confidence 40%
Strongest capability
100.0
Deep Progression
Biggest gap
6.1
Tempo Control · score 4.3 / target 58
This squad is well suited to vertical / transition football because it combines Elite ball carrying, Elite secondary box runs, Excellent primary goalscoring. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Below-minimum through-ball threat; Below-minimum isolation.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Morten Hjulmand
Great Duel Destroyer
Primary creator
Geny Catamo
Good Link Forward
Primary threat
Luis Javier Suárez
Great Target Man
Side bias (current XI)
+8.9%
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 Sporting — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P51
20/40
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P67
14/40
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P18
33/40
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P72
12/40
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P8
37/40
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P28
29/40
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P56
18/40
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 14.3% of goals
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11 of 40 · P0 · league med 0
How chances are created
Share of season shots by situation — not a quality score.
Assisted shot %
% of shots after a teammate pass/cross
54.9%
14 of 40 · P67 · league med 51.2
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
20.3%
33 of 40 · P18 · league med 25.5
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
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12 of 40 · P72 · league med 8.4
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
50.0%
20 of 40 · P51 · league med 50
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
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37 of 40 · P8 · league med 7.9
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
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11 of 40 · P0 · league med 0
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+4.4
14 of 40 · P67 · league med -2.2
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
147.5
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
18 of 40 · P56 · league med 147.2
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
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30 of 40 · P100 · league med 0
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
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30 of 40 · P100 · league med 0
Duel win %
Overall duel win rate
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11 of 40 · P0 · league med 0
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
Team side bias near central (+4.4); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (+4.4); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.