Bundesliga 25/26
1. FC Union Berlin
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
83.6
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
79.2
Capability identity 91.4 · complete 90.8
Identity
Low Block
Confidence 70%
Strongest capability
100.0
Ball Carrying
Biggest gap
30.8
Rotational Flexibility · score 21.8 / target 58
This squad is exceptionally suited to low block football because it combines Elite primary goalscoring, Elite defensive coverage, Excellent counterattack threat. Main limitations: Below-minimum rotational flexibility; Limited isolation; Limited rest defence.
- · Central Playmaking depends heavily on one player (Aljoscha Kemlein).
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection, role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Aljoscha Kemlein
Great Deep-Lying Playmaker
Primary creator
Oliver Burke
Elite Raumdeuter
Primary threat
Andrej Ilić
Elite Target Man
Side bias (current XI)
-3.5%
LHS lean
Structural gaps
- Rani Khedira·LWWeak fit for this slotHe’s in the XI here, but role form / touch map don’t back this position.
Style (season, fixed)
Bundesliga 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 1. FC Union Berlin, shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P0
19/19
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P0
19/19
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P100
1/19
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P44
11/19
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P100
1/19
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P94
2/19
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P0
19/19
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 38.6% of goals
0.109
14 of 19 · P28 · league med 0.114
How chances are created
Share of season shots by situation, not a quality score.
Assisted shot %
% of shots after a teammate pass/cross
35.2%
19 of 19 · P0 · league med 47.1
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
46.3%
1 of 19 · P100 · league med 29.4
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
7.8%
11 of 19 · P44 · league med 7.9
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
40.2%
19 of 19 · P0 · league med 48
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
7.8%
1 of 19 · P100 · league med 5.5
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
17.3%
1 of 19 · P100 · league med 12.1
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+2.0
6 of 19 · P72 · league med -1
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
117.1
medium confidence, proxy, not PPDA
19 of 19 · P0 · league med 140
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
31.6
16 of 19 · P17 · league med 28.3
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
23.2
7 of 19 · P67 · league med 24.2
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 23.0 · ground 28.4
48.8%
15 of 19 · P22 · league med 49.9
Game State
Historical next-goal tendency · lead protection · chasing response , same engine as Match Preview
34 matches · 100% coverage
Level
HIGH47 entries · 1605 min in state
Goal timing
When goals arrive across the match clock · scored % · conceded % · net per window
34 of 34 matches
Scored %
7%
0-15
14%
16-30
14%
31-45
14%
46-60
14%
61-75
39%
76-90+
Conceded %
7%
0-15
9%
16-30
31%
31-45
19%
46-60
10%
61-75
24%
76-90+
Net / match (window only)
-0.03
0-15
+0.03
16-30
-0.35
31-45
-0.15
46-60
0.00
61-75
+0.09
76-90+
44 scored · 58 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 (+2.0); 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.
Pisa
Serie A
Closest axes
Closest on Directness (P100 vs P100), Assisted creation (P0 vs P5), Possession (P0 vs P5).
Osasuna
La Liga
Closest axes
Closest on Box threat (P94 vs P95), Transitions (P44 vs P42), Assisted creation (P0 vs P16).
Everton
PL 25/26
Closest axes
Closest on Directness (P100 vs P100), Transitions (P44 vs P53), Set pieces (P100 vs P89).