Ligue 1 25/26
RC Lens
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
87.8
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
82.5
Capability identity 87.7 · complete 96.0
Identity
Possession
Confidence 65%
Strongest capability
100.0
Ball Carrying
Biggest gap
25.6
Tempo Control · score 26.7 / target 78
This squad is well suited to possession football because it combines Elite wide playmaking, Elite width, Excellent rest defence. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Below-minimum rotational flexibility; Average ball retention.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection — role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Mamadou Sangare
Elite Duel Destroyer
Primary creator
Florian Thauvin
Elite Playmaking Winger
Primary threat
Wesley Saïd
Great Poacher
Updated by swap
Side bias (current XI)
+9.7%
RHS lean
Structural gaps
- Matthieu Udol·LWBWeak fit for this slotHe’s in the XI here, but role form / touch map don’t back this position.
- Ruben Aguilar·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 RC Lens — shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P65
8/21
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P80
5/21
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P40
13/21
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P65
8/21
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P45
12/21
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P90
3/21
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P90
3/21
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 21.2% of goals
0.122
4 of 21 · P85 · 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
54.0%
5 of 21 · P80 · league med 50.3
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
25.1%
13 of 21 · P40 · league med 26.1
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
8.2%
8 of 21 · P65 · league med 7.4
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
51.1%
8 of 21 · P65 · league med 47
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
4.9%
12 of 21 · P45 · league med 4.9
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
11.3%
10 of 21 · P55 · league med 11.2
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+12.5
2 of 21 · P95 · league med 1.2
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
171.9
medium confidence — proxy, not PPDA
3 of 21 · P90 · league med 141.8
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
20.5
7 of 21 · P70 · league med 22.5
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
20.3
7 of 21 · P70 · league med 22.1
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 12.2 · ground 37.4
50.2%
10 of 21 · P55 · league med 50.1
Game State
Historical next-goal tendency · lead protection · chasing response — same engine as Match Preview
34 matches · 100% coverage
Level
HIGH47 entries · 1348 min in state
Goal timing
When goals arrive across the match clock · scored % · conceded % · net per window
34 of 34 matches
Scored %
9%
0-15
11%
16-30
20%
31-45
24%
46-60
14%
61-75
23%
76-90+
Conceded %
20%
0-15
20%
16-30
17%
31-45
9%
46-60
20%
61-75
14%
76-90+
Net / match (window only)
-0.03
0-15
0.00
16-30
+0.21
31-45
+0.38
46-60
+0.06
61-75
+0.29
76-90+
66 scored · 35 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.
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.
Atalanta
Serie A
Closest axes
Closest on Set pieces (P40 vs P42), Directness (P45 vs P42), Possession (P65 vs P68).
Atlético Madrid
La Liga
Closest axes
Closest on Assisted creation (P80 vs P79), Set pieces (P40 vs P32), Box threat (P90 vs P100).
AS Monaco
Ligue 1
Closest axes
Closest on Transitions (P65 vs P65), Box threat (P90 vs P85), Press proxy (P90 vs P95).