Borussia Dortmund · Bundesliga · Champions League 25/26 — pick a competition below (same club, separate player pools)
Competition
Bundesliga 25/26
Borussia Dortmund
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
87.9
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
80.4
Capability identity 81.8 · complete 92.8
Identity
Possession
Confidence 72%
Strongest capability
100.0
Ball Carrying
Biggest gap
18.0
Tempo Control · score 18.8 / target 78
This squad is moderately suited to possession football because it combines Elite wide playmaking, Elite width, Elite counterpress. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Below-minimum ball retention; Below-minimum rotational flexibility.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Felix Nmecha
Elite Carrier
Primary creator
Julian Brandt
Elite Box Crasher
Primary threat
Serhou Guirassy
Elite Target Man
Side bias (current XI)
-4%
LHS lean
Structural gaps
- Daniel Svensson·LWBWeak fit for this slotHe’s in the XI here, but role form / touch map don’t back this position.
- Julian Ryerson·RWBWeak 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 Borussia Dortmund — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P67
7/19
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P39
12/19
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P50
10/19
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P61
8/19
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P28
14/19
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P78
5/19
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P61
8/19
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 28.6% of goals
0.146
2 of 19 · P94 · 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
46.6%
12 of 19 · P39 · league med 47.1
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
29.4%
10 of 19 · P50 · league med 29.4
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
8.1%
8 of 19 · P61 · league med 7.9
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
53.2%
7 of 19 · P67 · league med 48
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
4.6%
14 of 19 · P28 · league med 5.5
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
12.9%
8 of 19 · P61 · league med 12.1
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
-0.2
9 of 19 · P56 · league med -1
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
155.2
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
8 of 19 · P61 · league med 140
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
23.7
3 of 19 · P89 · league med 28.3
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
19.7
2 of 19 · P94 · league med 24.2
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 15.1 · ground 31.4
49.9%
10 of 19 · P50 · league med 49.9
Game State
Historical next-goal tendency · lead protection · chasing response — same engine as Match Preview
34 matches · 100% coverage
Level
HIGH54 entries · 1452 min in state
Goal timing
When goals arrive across the match clock · scored % · conceded % · net per window
34 of 34 matches
Scored %
13%
0-15
7%
16-30
26%
31-45
11%
46-60
14%
61-75
29%
76-90+
Conceded %
6%
0-15
12%
16-30
15%
31-45
15%
46-60
18%
61-75
35%
76-90+
Net / match (window only)
+0.21
0-15
+0.03
16-30
+0.38
31-45
+0.09
46-60
+0.12
61-75
+0.24
76-90+
70 scored · 34 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 (-0.2); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (-0.2); 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.
TSG Hoffenheim
Bundesliga
Closest axes
Closest on Assisted creation (P39 vs P33), Box threat (P78 vs P89), Transitions (P61 vs P72).
Arsenal
PL 25/26
Closest axes
Closest on Directness (P28 vs P26), Set pieces (P50 vs P53), Box threat (P78 vs P74).
Roma
Serie A
Closest axes
Closest on Directness (P28 vs P21), Assisted creation (P39 vs P47), Box threat (P78 vs P89).