World Cup 2026Intelligence

Tactical Command Centre

Deterministic, competition-agnostic modelling of how 48 teams play — formations, pressing, attack channels, defensive structure, set-piece threat and style neighbours.

Modelled

Top Tactical Teams

  1. 1🇪🇸Spain94
  2. 2🇦🇷Argentina93
  3. 3🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England92
  4. 4🇵🇹Portugal92
  5. 5🇳🇱Netherlands91
  6. 6🇩🇪Germany90

Highest Pressing

  1. 1🇪🇸Spain100
  2. 2🇯🇵Japan99
  3. 3🇺🇸United States97
  4. 4🇲🇽Mexico96
  5. 5🇫🇷France94
  6. 6🇦🇷Argentina94

Best Defensive Structure

  1. 1🇦🇷Argentina87
  2. 2🇲🇦Morocco86
  3. 3🇪🇸Spain86
  4. 4🇫🇷France86
  5. 5🇧🇷Brazil85
  6. 6🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England85

Best Set-Piece Teams

  1. 1🇪🇸Spain86
  2. 2🇦🇷Argentina86
  3. 3🇫🇷France85
  4. 4🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England85
  5. 5🇧🇷Brazil84
  6. 6🇵🇹Portugal84

Most Dangerous Counter

  1. 1🇫🇷France98
  2. 2🇲🇦Morocco95
  3. 3🇪🇬Egypt87
  4. 4🇵🇦Panama87
  5. 5🇵🇾Paraguay85
  6. 6🇹🇳Tunisia85

Most Possession Dominant

  1. 1🇪🇸Spain100
  2. 2🇦🇷Argentina100
  3. 3🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England99
  4. 4🇳🇱Netherlands98
  5. 5🇵🇹Portugal98
  6. 6🇩🇪Germany97

Formation Distribution

4-2-3-148 teams

Tactical Similarity Network

🇪🇸Spainresembles
🇦🇷 Argentina · 98%🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England · 97%🇳🇱 Netherlands · 96%
🇦🇷Argentinaresembles
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England · 99%🇳🇱 Netherlands · 98%🇪🇸 Spain · 98%
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Englandresembles
🇦🇷 Argentina · 99%🇳🇱 Netherlands · 99%🇩🇪 Germany · 98%
🇵🇹Portugalresembles
🇦🇷 Argentina · 97%🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England · 97%🇳🇱 Netherlands · 96%

All Teams — Tactical Identity

🇪🇸Spain4-2-3-1 · High Press94🇦🇷Argentina4-2-3-1 · Possession Dominant93🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England4-2-3-1 · Possession Dominant92🇵🇹Portugal4-2-3-1 · Possession Dominant92🇳🇱Netherlands4-2-3-1 · Possession Dominant91🇩🇪Germany4-2-3-1 · Possession Dominant90🇫🇷France4-2-3-1 · Counter Attacking90🇧🇷Brazil4-2-3-1 · High Press89🇲🇦Morocco4-2-3-1 · Counter Attacking89🇧🇪Belgium4-2-3-1 · High Press88🇭🇷Croatia4-2-3-1 · High Press87🇯🇵Japan4-2-3-1 · High Press87🇨🇴Colombia4-2-3-1 · High Press86🇮🇷Iran4-2-3-1 · Compact Defence86🇺🇾Uruguay4-2-3-1 · High Press85🇺🇸United States4-2-3-1 · High Press85🇨🇭Switzerland4-2-3-1 · High Press85🇲🇽Mexico4-2-3-1 · High Press84🇸🇳Senegal4-2-3-1 · High Press84🇪🇨Ecuador4-2-3-1 · Compact Defence84🇦🇹Austria4-2-3-1 · High Press83🇦🇺Australia4-2-3-1 · Set Piece Specialists81🇹🇷Turkey4-2-3-1 · High Press81🇳🇴Norway4-2-3-1 · Counter Attacking80🇸🇪Sweden4-2-3-1 · Set Piece Specialists80🇨🇦Canada4-2-3-1 · Wing Focused80🇰🇷Republic of Korea4-2-3-1 · High Press79🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland4-2-3-1 · High Press78🇪🇬Egypt4-2-3-1 · Counter Attacking78🇵🇦Panama4-2-3-1 · Counter Attacking77🇨🇿Czechia4-2-3-1 · Compact Defence77🇩🇿Algeria4-2-3-1 · High Press77🇶🇦Qatar4-2-3-1 · Possession Dominant76🇨🇮Ivory Coast4-2-3-1 · High Press76🇵🇾Paraguay4-2-3-1 · Counter Attacking75🇹🇳Tunisia4-2-3-1 · Counter Attacking75🇸🇦Saudi Arabia4-2-3-1 · Counter Attacking73🇮🇶Iraq4-2-3-1 · Counter Attacking72🇺🇿Uzbekistan4-2-3-1 · High Press72🇿🇦South Africa4-2-3-1 · Counter Attacking71🇯🇴Jordan4-2-3-1 · Counter Attacking71🇨🇼Curacao4-2-3-1 · Counter Attacking70🇨🇻Cape Verde4-2-3-1 · Counter Attacking70🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina4-2-3-1 · High Press69🇭🇹Haiti4-2-3-1 · High Press69🇬🇭Ghana4-2-3-1 · Direct Play69🇳🇿New Zealand4-2-3-1 · Set Piece Specialists68🇨🇩Congo DR4-2-3-1 · Direct Play66