Chelsea · PL 25/26 · Champions League 25/26 — pick a competition below (same club, separate player pools)
Competition
Premier League 25/26
Chelsea
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
96.1
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
93.1
Capability identity 91.5 · complete 99.2
Identity
Possession
Confidence 87%
Strongest capability
100.0
Deep Progression
Biggest gap
31.1
Tempo Control · score 32.4 / target 78
This squad is exceptionally suited to possession football because it combines Elite wide playmaking, Elite rest defence, Elite recovery pace. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Below-minimum rotational flexibility; Average press resistance.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Moisés Caicedo
Elite Duel Destroyer
Primary creator
Pedro Neto
Elite Link Forward
Primary threat
João Pedro
Elite Shadow Striker
Side bias (current XI)
+3.3%
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 Chelsea — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P89
3/20
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P89
3/20
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P16
17/20
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P79
5/20
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P5
19/20
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P47
11/20
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P95
2/20
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 24.1% of goals
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19 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
53.3%
3 of 20 · P89 · league med 48.1
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
25.9%
17 of 20 · P16 · league med 32.1
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
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5 of 20 · P79 · league med 7.1
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
57.7%
3 of 20 · P89 · league med 50.3
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
3.8%
19 of 20 · P5 · league med 8.8
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
9.9%
19 of 20 · P0 · league med 0
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+3.1
7 of 20 · P68 · league med -1.2
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
168.7
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
2 of 20 · P95 · league med 146.5
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
21.9
2 of 20 · P100 · league med 0
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
22.4
2 of 20 · P100 · league med 0
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 13.1 · ground 34.1
51.1%
19 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
HIGH56 entries · 1509 min in state
Goal timing
When goals arrive across the match clock · scored % · conceded % · net per window
38 of 38 matches
Scored %
10%
0-15
12%
16-30
22%
31-45
24%
46-60
16%
61-75
16%
76-90+
Conceded %
21%
0-15
12%
16-30
13%
31-45
15%
46-60
17%
61-75
21%
76-90+
Net / match (window only)
-0.13
0-15
+0.03
16-30
+0.16
31-45
+0.16
46-60
0.00
61-75
-0.05
76-90+
58 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 (+3.1); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (+3.1); 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.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Bundesliga
Closest axes
Closest on Press proxy (P95 vs P94), Set pieces (P16 vs P17), Transitions (P79 vs P78).
Liverpool
PL 25/26
Closest axes
Closest on Assisted creation (P89 vs P95), Possession (P89 vs P95), Transitions (P79 vs P89).
Manchester United
PL 25/26
Closest axes
Closest on Set pieces (P16 vs P11), Box threat (P47 vs P37), Assisted creation (P89 vs P74).