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Bundesliga 25/26

TSG Hoffenheim

4-2-3-1First-choice XI · 23 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

84.5

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

80.5

Capability identity 88.1 · complete 92.1

Identity

High Press

Confidence 58%

Strongest capability

100.0

Box Occupation

Biggest gap

50.3

Defensive Transition · score 51.6 / target 78

This squad is well suited to high press football because it combines Elite duelling, Excellent central progression, Excellent ball retention. Main limitations: Limited defensive transition; Limited recovery pace; Average counterpress.

  • · Reading depends heavily on one player (Bernardo).
  • · Overlap Support depends heavily on one player (Alexander Prass).

Personnel (live)

Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.

Progression hub

Leon Avdullahu

Great Deep-Lying Playmaker

Primary creator

Wouter Burger

Great Box-to-Box Midfielder

Primary threat

Tim Lemperle

Good Channel Runner

Side bias (current XI)

-16.3%

LHS lean

Structural gaps

  • Vladimír Coufal·RBInsufficient data

Style (season — fixed)

Bundesliga 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 TSG Hoffenheim — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.

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  • Possession

    Ball possession vs league

    P83

    4/19

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P33

    13/19

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P78

    5/19

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P72

    6/19

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P44

    11/19

  • Box threat

    In-box shot share (six-yard + box)

    P89

    3/19

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P89

    3/19

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 20.0% of goals

0.117

8 of 19 · P61 · league med 0.114

How chances are created

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

Assisted46.1%(223)
Corner17.6%(85)
Fast break9.5%(46)
Throw-in SP9.3%(45)
Self-created8.9%(43)
Set piece4.3%(21)
Free kick3.1%(15)
Penalty1.2%(6)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

46.1%

13 of 19 · P33 · league med 47.1

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

34.3%

5 of 19 · P78 · league med 29.4

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

9.5%

6 of 19 · P72 · league med 7.9

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

55.3%

4 of 19 · P83 · league med 48

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

5.2%

11 of 19 · P44 · league med 5.5

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

13.7%

5 of 19 · P78 · league med 12.1

Side bias

Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)

-10.1

19 of 19 · P0 · league med -1

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

167.0

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

3 of 19 · P89 · league med 140

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

30.9

14 of 19 · P28 · league med 28.3

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

22.7

5 of 19 · P78 · league med 24.2

Duel win %

Won/match · aerial 20.1 · ground 29.4

48.5%

17 of 19 · P11 · league med 49.9

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankreinforcingAndrej Kramarić

Team season lean (+10.1) favors this flank and Andrej Kramarić is an on-ball creator type — overload feeds the primary chance creator.

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

right flankunknown

No wide player assigned on this flank.

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

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