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UEFA Champions League 25/26

Sporting

4-2-3-1First-choice XI · 10 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

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.

  • · Primary Goalscoring depends heavily on one player (Luis Javier Suárez).

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.

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  • 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

11 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

How chances are created

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

Assisted54.9%(84)
Corner16.3%(25)
Self-created12.4%(19)
Fast break10.5%(16)
Penalty2.0%(3)
Set piece2.0%(3)
Free kick1.3%(2)
Throw-in SP0.7%(1)

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

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

37 of 40 · P8 · league med 7.9

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

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

30 of 40 · P100 · league med 0

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

30 of 40 · P100 · league med 0

Duel win %

Overall duel win rate

11 of 40 · P0 · league med 0

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankbalancedPedro Gonçalves

Team side bias near central (+4.4); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

right flankbalancedGeny Catamo

Team side bias near central (+4.4); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

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