Bundesliga 25/26
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
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
83.7
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
91.5
Capability identity 91.9 · complete 93.8
Identity
Possession
Confidence 87%
Strongest capability
100.0
Deep Progression
Biggest gap
34.5
Tempo Control · score 35.9 / 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; Limited rotational flexibility; Limited counterpress.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection, role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Aleix García
Elite Deep-Lying Playmaker
Primary creator
Nathan Tella
Good Wide Runner
Primary threat
Patrik Schick
Elite Poacher
Side bias (current XI)
+0.3%
RHS lean
No structural gaps in current XI.
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 Bayer 04 Leverkusen, shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P94
2/19
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P67
7/19
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P17
16/19
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P78
5/19
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P0
19/19
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P39
11/19
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P94
2/19
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 23.5% of goals
0.125
4 of 19 · P78 · 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
48.7%
7 of 19 · P67 · league med 47.1
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
25.0%
16 of 19 · P17 · league med 29.4
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
10.3%
5 of 19 · P78 · league med 7.9
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
59.2%
2 of 19 · P94 · league med 48
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
3.9%
19 of 19 · P0 · league med 5.5
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
10.2%
18 of 19 · P0 · league med 12.1
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
-1.4
11 of 19 · P44 · league med -1
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
173.7
medium confidence, proxy, not PPDA
2 of 19 · P94 · league med 140
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
21.4
2 of 19 · P94 · league med 28.3
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
23.3
8 of 19 · P61 · league med 24.2
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 12.6 · ground 31.3
51.7%
2 of 19 · P94 · league med 49.9
Game State
Historical next-goal tendency · lead protection · chasing response , same engine as Match Preview
34 matches · 100% coverage
Level
HIGH51 entries · 1244 min in state
Goal timing
When goals arrive across the match clock · scored % · conceded % · net per window
34 of 34 matches
Scored %
16%
0-15
16%
16-30
26%
31-45
12%
46-60
12%
61-75
18%
76-90+
Conceded %
13%
0-15
13%
16-30
30%
31-45
13%
46-60
13%
61-75
19%
76-90+
Net / match (window only)
+0.15
0-15
+0.15
16-30
+0.12
31-45
+0.06
46-60
+0.06
61-75
+0.09
76-90+
68 scored · 47 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 (-1.4); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (-1.4); 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.
Chelsea
PL 25/26
Closest axes
Closest on Press proxy (P94 vs P95), Set pieces (P17 vs P16), Transitions (P78 vs P79).
Liverpool
PL 25/26
Closest axes
Closest on Possession (P94 vs P95), Press proxy (P94 vs P84), Transitions (P78 vs P89).
Como
Serie A
Closest axes
Closest on Box threat (P39 vs P42), Directness (P0 vs P5), Possession (P94 vs P100).