Newcastle United · PL 25/26 · Champions League 25/26 — pick a competition below (same club, separate player pools)
Competition
Premier League 25/26
Newcastle United
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
81.6
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
90.5
Capability identity 92.8 · complete 96.8
Identity
Possession
Confidence 50%
Strongest capability
100.0
Deep Progression
Biggest gap
35.2
Tempo Control · score 36.7 / target 78
This squad is exceptionally suited to possession football because it combines Elite wide playmaking, Elite first-phase circulation, Elite width. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Below-minimum rotational flexibility; Average recovery pace.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Bruno Guimarães
Great Deep-Lying Playmaker
Primary creator
Anthony Gordon
Elite Raumdeuter
Primary threat
Nick Woltemade
Great Poacher
Side bias (current XI)
-8.4%
LHS 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 Newcastle United — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P68
7/20
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P21
16/20
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P74
6/20
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P63
8/20
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P47
11/20
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P58
9/20
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P58
9/20
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 28.3% of goals
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17 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
42.9%
16 of 20 · P21 · league med 48.1
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
36.4%
6 of 20 · P74 · league med 32.1
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
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8 of 20 · P63 · league med 7.1
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
52.6%
7 of 20 · P68 · league med 50.3
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
4.6%
11 of 20 · P47 · league med 8.8
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
12.9%
17 of 20 · P0 · league med 0
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
-6.1
17 of 20 · P16 · league med -1.2
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
148.5
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
9 of 20 · P58 · league med 146.5
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
26.4
4 of 20 · P100 · league med 0
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
25.3
4 of 20 · P100 · league med 0
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 17.5 · ground 32.6
51.1%
17 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
HIGH62 entries · 1684 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
19%
16-30
19%
31-45
8%
46-60
15%
61-75
25%
76-90+
Conceded %
4%
0-15
11%
16-30
24%
31-45
11%
46-60
13%
61-75
38%
76-90+
Net / match (window only)
+0.16
0-15
+0.11
16-30
-0.08
31-45
-0.05
46-60
+0.03
61-75
-0.21
76-90+
53 scored · 55 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 (-6.1); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (-6.1); 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.
Real Sociedad
La Liga
Closest axes
Closest on Press proxy (P58 vs P58), Set pieces (P74 vs P79), Possession (P68 vs P74).
TSG Hoffenheim
Bundesliga
Closest axes
Closest on Directness (P47 vs P44), Set pieces (P74 vs P78), Transitions (P63 vs P72).
Borussia Dortmund
Bundesliga
Closest axes
Closest on Possession (P68 vs P67), Transitions (P63 vs P61), Press proxy (P58 vs P61).