Liverpool · PL 25/26 · Champions League 25/26 — pick a competition below (same club, separate player pools)
Competition
Premier League 25/26
Liverpool
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
86.9
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
93.9
Capability identity 89.3 · complete 96.5
Identity
Possession
Confidence 87%
Strongest capability
100.0
Deep Progression
Biggest gap
10.8
Tempo Control · score 11.2 / target 78
This squad is exceptionally suited to possession football because it combines Elite wide playmaking, Elite first-phase circulation, Elite deep progression. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Limited rotational flexibility; Limited ball retention.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Dominik Szoboszlai
Great Creator
Primary creator
Mohamed Salah
Great Link Forward
Primary threat
Hugo Ekitiké
Great Shadow Striker
Side bias (current XI)
+5.9%
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 Liverpool — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P95
2/20
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P95
2/20
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P0
20/20
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P89
3/20
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P21
16/20
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P21
16/20
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P84
4/20
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 28.6% of goals
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2 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
54.7%
2 of 20 · P95 · league med 48.1
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
22.7%
20 of 20 · P0 · league med 32.1
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
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3 of 20 · P89 · league med 7.1
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
59.2%
2 of 20 · P95 · league med 50.3
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
4.0%
16 of 20 · P21 · league med 8.8
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
12.0%
2 of 20 · P0 · league med 0
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+3.9
4 of 20 · P84 · league med -1.2
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
159.2
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
4 of 20 · P84 · league med 146.5
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
25.1
19 of 20 · P100 · league med 0
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
22.4
19 of 20 · P100 · league med 0
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 15.2 · ground 30.8
50.2%
2 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
HIGH60 entries · 1908 min in state
Goal timing
When goals arrive across the match clock · scored % · conceded % · net per window
38 of 38 matches
Scored %
6%
0-15
8%
16-30
24%
31-45
21%
46-60
10%
61-75
32%
76-90+
Conceded %
13%
0-15
6%
16-30
13%
31-45
17%
46-60
19%
61-75
32%
76-90+
Net / match (window only)
-0.08
0-15
+0.05
16-30
+0.21
31-45
+0.11
46-60
-0.10
61-75
+0.08
76-90+
63 scored · 53 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 (+3.9); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (+3.9); 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.
Chelsea
PL 25/26
Closest axes
Closest on Assisted creation (P95 vs P89), Possession (P95 vs P89), Transitions (P89 vs P79).
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Bundesliga
Closest axes
Closest on Possession (P95 vs P94), Press proxy (P84 vs P94), Transitions (P89 vs P78).
Manchester United
PL 25/26
Closest axes
Closest on Set pieces (P0 vs P11), Box threat (P21 vs P37), Directness (P21 vs P37).