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Bundesliga 25/26

VfL Wolfsburg

4-2-3-1First-choice XI · 29 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

79.3

Mean primary-role quality of this XI

Synergy

84.0

Capability identity 86.2 · complete 85.0

Identity

Low Block

Confidence 70%

Strongest capability

100.0

Isolation

Biggest gap

30.2

Rotational Flexibility · score 21.4 / target 58

This squad is well suited to low block football because it combines Elite isolation, Excellent primary goalscoring, Elite defensive coverage. Main limitations: Below-minimum rotational flexibility; Limited rest defence; Limited box defending.

  • · Primary Goalscoring depends heavily on one player (Dženan Pejčinović).

Personnel (live)

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

Progression hub

Vinícius Souza

Elite Duel Destroyer

Primary creator

Christian Eriksen

Great Playmaking Winger

Primary threat

Dženan Pejčinović

Great Poacher

Side bias (current XI)

-2.4%

LHS lean

No structural gaps in current XI.

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

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  • Possession

    Ball possession vs league

    P28

    13/19

  • Assisted creation

    Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross

    P78

    5/19

  • Set pieces

    Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP

    P28

    14/19

  • Transitions

    Fast-break shot share

    P50

    10/19

  • Directness

    Accurate long balls / passes

    P50

    10/19

  • Box threat

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

    P61

    8/19

  • Press proxy

    Defensive actions per opp possession

    P22

    15/19

Dashed ring = league median (P50)

Attack shape

Attack →

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

Mean xG / shot

Set-piece goals 21.7% of goals

0.112

12 of 19 · P39 · league med 0.114

How chances are created

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

Assisted51.3%(221)
Corner14.2%(61)
Self-created14.2%(61)
Fast break7.9%(34)
Set piece5.3%(23)
Free kick3.2%(14)
Throw-in SP2.8%(12)
Penalty1.2%(5)

Assisted shot %

% of shots after a teammate pass/cross

51.3%

5 of 19 · P78 · league med 47.1

Set-piece shot %

Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces

25.5%

14 of 19 · P28 · league med 29.4

Fast-break shot %

Share of shots from transitions

7.9%

10 of 19 · P50 · league med 7.9

On the ball

Possession

Avg ball possession

45.4%

13 of 19 · P28 · league med 48

Long-ball rate

Accurate long balls / passes

5.5%

10 of 19 · P50 · league med 5.5

Final-third entries

Final-third entries / passes

13.2%

7 of 19 · P67 · league med 12.1

Side bias

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

-2.4

12 of 19 · P39 · league med -1

Without the ball

Defensive actions / opp poss

Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession

126.5

medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA

15 of 19 · P22 · league med 140

Clearances / match

Team clearances per game

36.4

19 of 19 · P0 · league med 28.3

Opp touches in box

Opponent penalty-area touches / match

32.2

19 of 19 · P0 · league med 24.2

Duel win %

Won/match · aerial 16.3 · ground 30.5

48.3%

18 of 19 · P6 · league med 49.9

Cross-layer insights (interpretive)

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

left flankbalancedJoakim Mæhle

Team side bias near central (-2.4); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

right flankbalancedSaël Kumbedi

Team side bias near central (-2.4); flank fit is not strongly directional.

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

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