Ligue 1 25/26
Metz
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
79.9
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
82.8
Capability identity 88.8 · complete 89.9
Identity
Vertical / Transition
Confidence 75%
Strongest capability
100.0
Ball Carrying
Biggest gap
46.3
Tempo Control · score 32.8 / target 58
This squad is exceptionally suited to vertical / transition football because it combines Elite ball carrying, Elite secondary box runs, Excellent ball retention. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Limited recovery pace; Average isolation.
- · Primary Goalscoring depends heavily on one player (Habibou Diallo).
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Boubacar Traoré
Great Carrier
Primary creator
Gauthier Hein
Great Box Crasher
Primary threat
Habibou Diallo
Great Channel Runner
Side bias (current XI)
+11%
RHS lean
No structural gaps in current XI.
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 Metz — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P55
10/21
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P30
15/21
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P65
8/21
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P65
6/21
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P85
4/21
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P35
14/21
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P45
12/21
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 18.8% of goals
0.102
15 of 21 · P30 · 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
46.9%
15 of 21 · P30 · league med 50.3
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
28.0%
8 of 21 · P65 · league med 26.1
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
8.2%
6 of 21 · P65 · league med 7.4
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
48.9%
10 of 21 · P55 · league med 47
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
6.1%
4 of 21 · P85 · league med 4.9
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
9.7%
17 of 21 · P20 · league med 11.2
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+6.5
6 of 21 · P75 · league med 1.2
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
139.0
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
12 of 21 · P45 · league med 141.8
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
22.5
11 of 21 · P50 · league med 22.5
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
28.4
21 of 21 · P0 · league med 22.1
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 9.5 · ground 35.0
49.5%
12 of 21 · P45 · league med 50.1
Game State
Historical next-goal tendency · lead protection · chasing response — same engine as Match Preview
34 matches · 100% coverage
Level
HIGH51 entries · 1617 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
13%
16-30
19%
31-45
16%
46-60
6%
61-75
34%
76-90+
Conceded %
16%
0-15
12%
16-30
17%
31-45
12%
46-60
12%
61-75
32%
76-90+
Net / match (window only)
-0.23
0-15
-0.15
16-30
-0.21
31-45
-0.12
46-60
-0.21
61-75
-0.38
76-90+
32 scored · 76 conceded · stoppage (90+) in 76–90+
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias — not updated by pitch swaps.
No wide player assigned on this flank.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (+6.5); 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.
Le Havre
Ligue 1
Closest axes
Closest on Box threat (P35 vs P40), Press proxy (P45 vs P50), Set pieces (P65 vs P70).
Valencia
La Liga
Closest axes
Closest on Set pieces (P65 vs P63), Transitions (P65 vs P68), Assisted creation (P30 vs P26).
Bologna
Serie A
Closest axes
Closest on Directness (P85 vs P89), Set pieces (P65 vs P58), Box threat (P35 vs P53).