Bundesliga 25/26
1. FC Köln
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
68.0
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
70.8
Capability identity 73.3 · complete 82.1
Identity
Vertical / Transition
Confidence 75%
Strongest capability
100.0
Box Occupation
Biggest gap
26.6
Central Progression · score 32.2 / target 88
This squad is moderately suited to vertical / transition football because it combines Elite primary goalscoring, Excellent ball retention, Elite secondary box runs. Main limitations: Below-minimum central progression; Below-minimum ball carrying; Below-minimum defensive transition.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson
Great Deep-Lying Playmaker
Primary creator
Luca Waldschmidt
Good Target Man
Primary threat
Ragnar Ache
Elite Target Man
Side bias (current XI)
-9.7%
LHS lean
Structural gaps
- Linton Maina·RWWeak fit for this slotHe’s in the XI here, but role form / touch map don’t back this position.
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 1. FC Köln — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P44
11/19
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P17
16/19
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P56
9/19
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P89
3/19
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P72
6/19
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P56
9/19
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P6
18/19
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 16.3% of goals
0.114
10 of 19 · P50 · league med 0.114
How chances are created
Share of season shots by situation — not a quality score.
Assisted shot %
% of shots after a teammate pass/cross
42.8%
16 of 19 · P17 · league med 47.1
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
30.3%
9 of 19 · P56 · league med 29.4
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
11.6%
3 of 19 · P89 · league med 7.9
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
47.0%
11 of 19 · P44 · league med 48
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
5.8%
6 of 19 · P72 · league med 5.5
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
12.8%
9 of 19 · P56 · league med 12.1
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
-6.5
16 of 19 · P17 · league med -1
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
123.4
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
18 of 19 · P6 · league med 140
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
29.5
12 of 19 · P39 · league med 28.3
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
25.9
13 of 19 · P33 · league med 24.2
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 17.9 · ground 28.9
51.1%
5 of 19 · P78 · league med 49.9
Game State
Historical next-goal tendency · lead protection · chasing response — same engine as Match Preview
34 matches · 100% coverage
Level
HIGH59 entries · 1631 min in state
Goal timing
When goals arrive across the match clock · scored % · conceded % · net per window
34 of 34 matches
Scored %
18%
0-15
12%
16-30
8%
31-45
14%
46-60
8%
61-75
39%
76-90+
Conceded %
13%
0-15
14%
16-30
17%
31-45
13%
46-60
24%
61-75
19%
76-90+
Net / match (window only)
+0.03
0-15
-0.09
16-30
-0.21
31-45
-0.03
46-60
-0.32
61-75
+0.21
76-90+
49 scored · 63 conceded · stoppage (90+) in 76–90+
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
Team side bias near central (-6.5); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (-6.5); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Similar teams
Style shape vs top-5 leagues, 25/26 — cosine similarity of the Team Identity radar percentiles (Possession, Assisted creation, Set pieces, Transitions, Directness, Box threat, Press proxy). Formation is context only and does not affect the score.
Auxerre
Ligue 1
Closest axes
Closest on Set pieces (P56 vs P55), Assisted creation (P17 vs P15), Box threat (P56 vs P60).
Brentford
PL 25/26
Closest axes
Closest on Possession (P44 vs P42), Transitions (P89 vs P100), Assisted creation (P17 vs P0).
Crystal Palace
PL 25/26
Closest axes
Closest on Set pieces (P56 vs P58), Transitions (P89 vs P84), Directness (P72 vs P63).