World Cup 2026
Switzerland
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
82.5
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
89.7
Capability identity 90.9 · complete 96.7
Identity
Possession
Confidence 65%
Strongest capability
100.0
Deep Progression
Biggest gap
8.4
Rotational Flexibility · score 8.8 / target 78
This squad is well suited to possession football because it combines Elite first-phase circulation, Elite width, Excellent wide playmaking. Main limitations: Below-minimum rotational flexibility; Below-minimum tempo control; Limited counterpress.
- · Central Progression depends heavily on one player (Granit Xhaka).
- · Central Playmaking depends heavily on one player (Granit Xhaka).
- · Underlap Support depends heavily on one player (Ricardo Rodríguez).
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Granit Xhaka
Great Deep-Lying Playmaker
Primary creator
Rubén Vargas
Good Raumdeuter
Primary threat
Breel Embolo
Great Target Man
Side bias (current XI)
-4.1%
LHS lean
Structural gaps
- Johan Manzambi·DMInsufficient data
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 Switzerland — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P66
17/48
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P85
8/48
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P2
47/48
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P21
38/48
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P60
20/48
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P81
10/48
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P62
19/48
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 0.0% of goals
0.177
2 of 48 · P98 · 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
60.8%
8 of 48 · P85 · league med 49.5
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
15.2%
47 of 48 · P2 · league med 27
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
2.5%
38 of 48 · P21 · league med 5.6
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
54.0%
17 of 48 · P66 · league med 49.8
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
4.6%
20 of 48 · P60 · league med 4.4
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
11.3%
34 of 48 · P30 · league med 12.5
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
-5.6
36 of 48 · P26 · league med 0.9
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
149.6
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
19 of 48 · P62 · league med 130.3
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
26.7
31 of 48 · P36 · league med 23.7
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
18.2
13 of 48 · P74 · league med 22
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 14.0 · ground 36.3
50.7%
20 of 48 · P60 · league med 50.3
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
Team side bias near central (-5.6); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
No wide player assigned on this flank.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.