Ligue 1 25/26
Nice
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
75.9
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
63.4
Capability identity 88.0 · complete 87.9
Identity
Balanced
Confidence 30%
Strongest capability
100.0
Secondary Box Runs
Biggest gap
36.0
Counterpress · score 31.5 / target 68
This squad is exceptionally suited to balanced football because it combines Elite secondary box runs, Elite box defending, Excellent rest defence. Main limitations: Below-minimum counterpress; Below-minimum defensive coverage; Average width.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Sofiane Diop
Great Box Crasher
Primary creator
Elye Wahi
Average Poacher
Primary threat
Mohamed-Ali Cho
Great Raumdeuter
Side bias (current XI)
+1.3%
RHS lean
Structural gaps
- Melvin Bard·LWBWeak fit for this slotHe’s in the XI here, but role form / touch map don’t back this position.
- Tom Louchet·RWBWeak fit for this slotHe’s in the XI here, but role form / touch map don’t back this position.
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 Nice — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P40
13/21
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P55
10/21
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P75
6/21
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P50
11/21
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P35
14/21
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P65
8/21
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P55
10/21
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 14.6% of goals
0.111
12 of 21 · P45 · 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
50.4%
10 of 21 · P55 · league med 50.3
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
28.5%
6 of 21 · P75 · league med 26.1
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
7.4%
11 of 21 · P50 · league med 7.4
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
46.7%
13 of 21 · P40 · league med 47
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
4.6%
14 of 21 · P35 · league med 4.9
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
11.5%
8 of 21 · P65 · league med 11.2
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
-5.6
17 of 21 · P15 · league med 1.2
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
142.1
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
10 of 21 · P55 · league med 141.8
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
24.1
15 of 21 · P30 · league med 22.5
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
26.6
20 of 21 · P5 · league med 22.1
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 12.4 · ground 33.8
49.2%
14 of 21 · P35 · league med 50.1
Game State
Historical next-goal tendency · lead protection · chasing response — same engine as Match Preview
34 matches · 100% coverage
Level
HIGH48 entries · 1541 min in state
Goal timing
When goals arrive across the match clock · scored % · conceded % · net per window
34 of 34 matches
Scored %
14%
0-15
16%
16-30
22%
31-45
19%
46-60
11%
61-75
19%
76-90+
Conceded %
15%
0-15
12%
16-30
22%
31-45
15%
46-60
17%
61-75
20%
76-90+
Net / match (window only)
-0.12
0-15
-0.03
16-30
-0.15
31-45
-0.06
46-60
-0.18
61-75
-0.15
76-90+
37 scored · 60 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 (-5.6); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
No wide player assigned on this flank.
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.
Deportivo Alavés
La Liga
Closest axes
Closest on Press proxy (P55 vs P53), Box threat (P65 vs P68), Set pieces (P75 vs P68).
Borussia M'gladbach
Bundesliga
Closest axes
Closest on Possession (P40 vs P39), Directness (P35 vs P33), Press proxy (P55 vs P50).
Borussia Dortmund
Bundesliga
Closest axes
Closest on Press proxy (P55 vs P61), Directness (P35 vs P28), Transitions (P50 vs P61).