Premier League 25/26
Brentford
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
88.3
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
82.1
Capability identity 81.6 · complete 92.3
Identity
Vertical / Transition
Confidence 75%
Strongest capability
100.0
Deep Progression
Biggest gap
30.7
Defensive Transition · score 32 / target 78
This squad is well suited to vertical / transition football because it combines Elite primary goalscoring, Elite ball retention, Elite width. Main limitations: Below-minimum defensive transition; Below-minimum isolation; Below-minimum central progression.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Mathias Jensen
Great Deep-Lying Playmaker
Primary creator
Mikkel Damsgaard
Great Creator
Primary threat
Igor Thiago
Elite Poacher
Side bias (current XI)
+2.2%
RHS lean
No structural gaps in current XI.
Style (season — fixed)
Premier League 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 Brentford — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P42
12/20
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P0
20/20
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P100
1/20
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P100
1/20
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P89
3/20
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P100
1/20
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P42
12/20
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 18.2% of goals
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6 of 20 · P0 · league med 0
How chances are created
Share of season shots by situation — not a quality score.
Assisted shot %
% of shots after a teammate pass/cross
36.4%
20 of 20 · P0 · league med 48.1
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
40.5%
1 of 20 · P100 · league med 32.1
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
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1 of 20 · P100 · league med 7.1
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
47.5%
12 of 20 · P42 · league med 50.3
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
6.0%
3 of 20 · P89 · league med 8.8
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
13.6%
6 of 20 · P0 · league med 0
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+3.2
6 of 20 · P74 · league med -1.2
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
139.9
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
12 of 20 · P42 · league med 146.5
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
29.5
15 of 20 · P100 · league med 0
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
27.3
15 of 20 · P100 · league med 0
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 18.9 · ground 29.5
48.2%
6 of 20 · P0 · league med 0
Game State
Historical next-goal tendency · lead protection · chasing response — same engine as Match Preview
38 matches · 100% coverage
Level
HIGH55 entries · 1650 min in state
Goal timing
When goals arrive across the match clock · scored % · conceded % · net per window
38 of 38 matches
Scored %
15%
0-15
11%
16-30
18%
31-45
11%
46-60
11%
61-75
35%
76-90+
Conceded %
12%
0-15
15%
16-30
19%
31-45
13%
46-60
12%
61-75
29%
76-90+
Net / match (window only)
+0.05
0-15
-0.05
16-30
0.00
31-45
-0.03
46-60
0.00
61-75
+0.11
76-90+
55 scored · 52 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 (+3.2); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (+3.2); 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.
Crystal Palace
PL 25/26
Closest axes
Closest on Assisted creation (P0 vs P5), Press proxy (P42 vs P37), Possession (P42 vs P32).
Cremonese
Serie A
Closest axes
Closest on Assisted creation (P0 vs P0), Possession (P42 vs P42), Set pieces (P100 vs P84).
Auxerre
Ligue 1
Closest axes
Closest on Transitions (P100 vs P100), Directness (P89 vs P90), Press proxy (P42 vs P40).