LaLiga 25/26
Espanyol
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
71.9
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
79.9
Capability identity 83.0 · complete 87.7
Identity
Vertical / Transition
Confidence 65%
Strongest capability
100.0
Central Playmaking
Biggest gap
41.4
Tempo Control · score 29.3 / target 58
This squad is well suited to vertical / transition football because it combines Elite secondary box runs, Elite through-ball threat, Elite ball carrying. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Below-minimum defensive transition; Below-minimum recovery pace.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection, role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Edu Expósito
Elite Creator
Primary creator
Pere Milla
Elite Box Crasher
Updated by swap
Primary threat
Roberto Fernández
Great Target Man
Side bias (current XI)
+21.1%
RHS lean
Was +13.8%
Structural gaps
- Marash Kumbulla·CBInsufficient data
Style (season, fixed)
LaLiga 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 Espanyol, shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P5
19/20
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P11
18/20
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P95
2/20
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P68
6/20
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P53
9/20
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P63
8/20
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P0
20/20
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 32.6% of goals
0.103
13 of 20 · P32 · league med 0.109
How chances are created
Share of season shots by situation, not a quality score.
Assisted shot %
% of shots after a teammate pass/cross
44.1%
18 of 20 · P11 · league med 50
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
35.3%
2 of 20 · P95 · league med 27.5
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
6.9%
6 of 20 · P68 · league med 6.8
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
42.4%
19 of 20 · P5 · league med 50.2
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
5.7%
9 of 20 · P53 · league med 5.7
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
14.8%
3 of 20 · P89 · league med 12.2
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+18.9
1 of 20 · P100 · league med 3.4
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
118.3
medium confidence, proxy, not PPDA
20 of 20 · P0 · league med 143.8
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
24.0
9 of 20 · P58 · league med 24.9
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
24.2
15 of 20 · P26 · league med 23.1
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 13.4 · ground 33.7
47.0%
17 of 20 · P16 · league med 49.9
Game State
Historical next-goal tendency · lead protection · chasing response , same engine as Match Preview
38 matches · 100% coverage
Level
HIGH58 entries · 1973 min in state
Goal timing
When goals arrive across the match clock · scored % · conceded % · net per window
38 of 38 matches
Scored %
12%
0-15
5%
16-30
14%
31-45
30%
46-60
14%
61-75
26%
76-90+
Conceded %
9%
0-15
9%
16-30
22%
31-45
20%
46-60
16%
61-75
24%
76-90+
Net / match (window only)
0.00
0-15
-0.08
16-30
-0.16
31-45
+0.05
46-60
-0.08
61-75
-0.05
76-90+
43 scored · 55 conceded · stoppage (90+) in 76–90+
Cross-layer insights (interpretive)
Anchored to season side bias, not updated by pitch swaps.
Team overload is elsewhere (+18.9) but Edu Expósito is an on-ball creator stationed on the weaker flank — may need local possession to impact.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team season lean (+18.9) favors this flank and Jofre Carreras is an on-ball creator type — overload feeds the primary chance creator.
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.
Nantes
Ligue 1
Closest axes
Closest on Assisted creation (P11 vs P10), Set pieces (P95 vs P100), Possession (P5 vs P15).
Cremonese
Serie A
Closest axes
Closest on Press proxy (P0 vs P5), Transitions (P68 vs P63), Assisted creation (P11 vs P0).
Toulouse
Ligue 1
Closest axes
Closest on Set pieces (P95 vs P95), Box threat (P63 vs P70), Assisted creation (P11 vs P20).