Premier League 25/26
Manchester United
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
86.2
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
92.5
Capability identity 95.6 · complete 95.3
Identity
High Press
Confidence 50%
Strongest capability
100.0
Deep Progression
Biggest gap
76.1
Defensive Transition · score 76 / target 78
This squad is exceptionally suited to high press football because it combines Elite occupation, Elite duelling, Excellent ball retention. Main limitations: no major capability gaps against this identity.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection, role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Casemiro
Great Deep-Lying Playmaker
Updated by swap
Primary creator
Bruno Fernandes
Elite Creator
Updated by swap
Primary threat
Bryan Mbeumo
Elite Raumdeuter
Side bias (current XI)
-3.6%
LHS lean
Was -8.4%
No structural gaps in current XI.
Style (season, fixed)
Premier League 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 Manchester United, shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P63
8/20
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P74
6/20
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P11
18/20
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P58
9/20
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P37
13/20
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P37
13/20
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P68
7/20
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 31.9% of goals
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12 of 20 · P0 · league med 0
How chances are created
Share of season shots by situation, not a quality score.
Assisted shot %
% of shots after a teammate pass/cross
51.8%
6 of 20 · P74 · league med 48.1
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
25.8%
18 of 20 · P11 · league med 32.1
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
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9 of 20 · P58 · league med 7.1
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
51.9%
8 of 20 · P63 · league med 50.3
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
5.0%
13 of 20 · P37 · league med 8.8
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
11.7%
12 of 20 · P0 · league med 0
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
-2.1
14 of 20 · P32 · league med -1.2
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
154.1
medium confidence, proxy, not PPDA
7 of 20 · P68 · league med 146.5
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
24.3
9 of 20 · P100 · league med 0
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
24.4
9 of 20 · P100 · league med 0
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 15.7 · ground 34.4
51.1%
12 of 20 · P0 · league med 0
Game State
Historical next-goal tendency · lead protection · chasing response , same engine as Match Preview
38 matches · 100% coverage
Level
HIGH68 entries · 1585 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
10%
16-30
20%
31-45
19%
46-60
16%
61-75
23%
76-90+
Conceded %
10%
0-15
10%
16-30
12%
31-45
22%
46-60
16%
61-75
30%
76-90+
Net / match (window only)
+0.08
0-15
+0.05
16-30
+0.21
31-45
+0.05
46-60
+0.08
61-75
+0.03
76-90+
69 scored · 50 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 (-2.1); flank fit is not strongly directional.
Heuristic classification — validate against match film for high-stakes use.
Team side bias near central (-2.1); 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.
Atalanta
Serie A
Closest axes
Closest on Assisted creation (P74 vs P74), Directness (P37 vs P42), Possession (P63 vs P68).
Chelsea
PL 25/26
Closest axes
Closest on Set pieces (P11 vs P16), Box threat (P37 vs P47), Assisted creation (P74 vs P89).
Liverpool
PL 25/26
Closest axes
Closest on Set pieces (P11 vs P0), Box threat (P37 vs P21), Directness (P37 vs P21).