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LaLiga 25/26

Valencia

4-4-2First-choice XI · 39 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

76.7

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

72.4

Capability identity 80.9 · complete 84.9

Identity

Vertical / Transition

Confidence 40%

Strongest capability

100.0

Deep Playmaking

Biggest gap

30.1

Isolation · score 36.4 / target 88

This squad is moderately suited to vertical / transition football because it combines Elite primary goalscoring, Elite ball retention, Elite secondary box runs. Main limitations: Below-minimum isolation; Below-minimum recovery pace; Below-minimum counterattack threat.

  • · Primary Goalscoring depends heavily on one player (Hugo Duro).
  • · Overlap Support depends heavily on one player (José Luis Gayà).

Personnel (live)

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

Progression hub

Pepelu

Elite Deep-Lying Playmaker

Primary creator

Diego López

Good Raumdeuter

Primary threat

Hugo Duro

Elite Poacher

Side bias (current XI)

+4.5%

RHS lean

No structural gaps in current XI.

Style (season — fixed)

LaLiga 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 Valencia — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.

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  • Possession

    Ball possession vs league

    P37

    13/20

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P26

    15/20

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P63

    8/20

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P68

    7/20

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P47

    11/20

  • Box threat

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

    P16

    17/20

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P32

    14/20

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

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

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 21.7% of goals

0.111

8 of 20 · P63 · league med 0.109

How chances are created

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

Assisted46.8%(210)
Corner18.3%(82)
Self-created15.6%(70)
Fast break6.9%(31)
Set piece4.7%(21)
Free kick3.6%(16)
Throw-in SP2.2%(10)
Penalty2.0%(9)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

46.8%

15 of 20 · P26 · league med 50

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

28.7%

8 of 20 · P63 · league med 27.5

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

6.9%

7 of 20 · P68 · league med 6.8

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

46.7%

13 of 20 · P37 · league med 50.2

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

5.3%

11 of 20 · P47 · league med 5.7

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

12.1%

11 of 20 · P47 · league med 12.2

Side bias

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

+2.0

12 of 20 · P42 · league med 3.4

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

132.8

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

14 of 20 · P32 · league med 143.8

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

23.9

7 of 20 · P68 · league med 24.9

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

21.3

8 of 20 · P63 · league med 23.1

Duel win %

Won/match · aerial 10.8 · ground 32.6

46.2%

20 of 20 · P0 · league med 49.9

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankunknown

No wide player assigned on this flank.

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

right flankbalancedFilip Ugrinić

Team side bias near central (+2.0); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

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