Team Profiles
Ligue 1 25/26

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
77.9
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
68.8
Capability identity 83.4 · complete 93.2
Identity
Vertical / Transition
Confidence 100%
Strongest capability
100.0
Deep Progression
Biggest gap
18.1
Defensive Transition · score 18.9 / target 78
This squad is well suited to vertical / transition football because it combines Elite ball retention, Elite primary goalscoring, Excellent width. Main limitations: Below-minimum defensive transition; Limited recovery pace; Limited tempo control.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Laurent Abergel
Elite Deep-Lying Playmaker
Primary creator
Pablo Pagis
Great Playmaking Winger
Primary threat
Aiyegun Tosin
Great Poacher
Side bias (current XI)
+1.4%
RHS lean
Structural gaps
Style (season — fixed)
Ligue 1 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 Lorient — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P35
14/21
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P25
16/21
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P85
4/21
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P80
5/21
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P70
7/21
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P20
17/21
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P15
18/21
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 29.2% of goals
0.120
6 of 21 · P75 · league med 0.112
How chances are created
Share of season shots by situation — not a quality score.
Assisted shot %
% of shots after a teammate pass/cross
46.4%
16 of 21 · P25 · league med 50.3
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
30.3%
4 of 21 · P85 · league med 26.1
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
8.5%
5 of 21 · P80 · league med 7.4
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
45.3%
14 of 21 · P35 · league med 47
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
5.7%
7 of 21 · P70 · league med 4.9
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
10.9%
14 of 21 · P35 · league med 11.2
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+6.3
7 of 21 · P70 · league med 1.2
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
122.4
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
18 of 21 · P15 · league med 141.8
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
26.3
20 of 21 · P5 · league med 22.5
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
22.6
12 of 21 · P45 · league med 22.1
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 11.8 · ground 33.0
51.1%
3 of 21 · P90 · league med 50.1
Game State
Historical next-goal tendency · lead protection · chasing response — same engine as Match Preview
34 matches · 100% coverage
Level
HIGH54 entries · 1567 min in state
Goal timing
When goals arrive across the match clock · scored % · conceded % · net per window
34 of 34 matches
Scored %
8%
0-15
15%
16-30
19%
31-45
17%
46-60
15%
61-75
27%
76-90+
Conceded %
12%
0-15
12%
16-30
10%
31-45
22%
46-60
14%
61-75
31%
76-90+
Net / match (window only)
-0.06
0-15
+0.03
16-30
+0.12
31-45
-0.09
46-60
0.00
61-75
-0.09
76-90+
48 scored · 51 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 (+6.3); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (+6.3); 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.

Udinese
Serie A
Closest axes
Closest on Assisted creation (P25 vs P26), Box threat (P20 vs P16), Directness (P70 vs P79).

Valencia
La Liga
Closest axes
Closest on Assisted creation (P25 vs P26), Possession (P35 vs P37), Box threat (P20 vs P16).

Nantes
Ligue 1
Closest axes
Closest on Press proxy (P15 vs P20), Transitions (P80 vs P85), Directness (P70 vs P80).