LaLiga 25/26
Real Sociedad
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
75.5
Mean primary-role quality of this XI
Synergy
76.5
Capability identity 86.7 · complete 92.0
Identity
Possession
Confidence 50%
Strongest capability
100.0
Ball Carrying
Biggest gap
22.8
Tempo Control · score 23.8 / target 78
This squad is well suited to possession football because it combines Elite wide playmaking, Elite width, Elite deep progression. Main limitations: Below-minimum tempo control; Below-minimum rotational flexibility; Limited counterpress.
Personnel (live)
Recomputed from current XI selection, role tiers are fixed inputs, not re-derived.
Progression hub
Brais Méndez
Elite Box Crasher
Primary creator
Ander Barrenetxea
Great Playmaking Winger
Primary threat
Mikel Oyarzabal
Good Poacher
Side bias (current XI)
+20.8%
RHS lean
Was +6.7%
Structural gaps
- Javi López·LBInsufficient 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 Real Sociedad, shape of play, not overall strength. Outer edge = top of the competition on that axis.
Possession
Ball possession vs league
P74
6/20
Assisted creation
Share of shots after a teammate pass/cross
P32
14/20
Set pieces
Shots from corners / FKs / throw-in SP
P79
5/20
Transitions
Fast-break shot share
P47
8/20
Directness
Accurate long balls / passes
P37
12/20
Box threat
In-box shot share (six-yard + box)
P47
10/20
Press proxy
Defensive actions per opp possession
P58
9/20
Dashed ring = league median (P50)
Attack shape
Attack →
Shots from the six-yard + penalty box (close-range volume).
Mean xG / shot
Set-piece goals 16.9% of goals
0.115
6 of 20 · P74 · 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
47.5%
14 of 20 · P32 · league med 50
Set-piece shot %
Corners, FKs, throw-in SP, set pieces
31.6%
5 of 20 · P79 · league med 27.5
Fast-break shot %
Share of shots from transitions
6.8%
8 of 20 · P47 · league med 6.8
On the ball
Possession
Avg ball possession
51.3%
6 of 20 · P74 · league med 50.2
Long-ball rate
Accurate long balls / passes
5.2%
12 of 20 · P37 · league med 5.7
Final-third entries
Final-third entries / passes
12.2%
10 of 20 · P53 · league med 12.2
Side bias
Distance-weighted heatmap lean (+RHS / −LHS)
+3.3
11 of 20 · P47 · league med 3.4
Without the ball
Defensive actions / opp poss
Recoveries + tackles + ints ÷ opp possession
146.9
medium confidence, proxy, not PPDA
9 of 20 · P58 · league med 143.8
Clearances / match
Team clearances per game
24.9
11 of 20 · P47 · league med 24.9
Opp touches in box
Opponent penalty-area touches / match
24.1
14 of 20 · P32 · league med 23.1
Duel win %
Won/match · aerial 14.4 · ground 36.6
50.1%
8 of 20 · P58 · league med 49.9
Game State
Historical next-goal tendency · lead protection · chasing response , same engine as Match Preview
38 matches · 100% coverage
Level
HIGH70 entries · 1624 min in state
Goal timing
When goals arrive across the match clock · scored % · conceded % · net per window
38 of 38 matches
Scored %
7%
0-15
19%
16-30
17%
31-45
20%
46-60
14%
61-75
24%
76-90+
Conceded %
15%
0-15
13%
16-30
18%
31-45
18%
46-60
10%
61-75
26%
76-90+
Net / match (window only)
-0.13
0-15
+0.08
16-30
-0.03
31-45
+0.03
46-60
+0.05
61-75
-0.05
76-90+
59 scored · 61 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 (+3.3); 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.
Newcastle United
PL 25/26
Closest axes
Closest on Press proxy (P58 vs P58), Set pieces (P79 vs P74), Possession (P74 vs P68).
TSG Hoffenheim
Bundesliga
Closest axes
Closest on Assisted creation (P32 vs P33), Set pieces (P79 vs P78), Directness (P37 vs P44).
Nice
Ligue 1
Closest axes
Closest on Directness (P37 vs P35), Press proxy (P58 vs P55), Transitions (P47 vs P50).