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This map ranks all 20 Serie A teams of 2023–24 on the five style axes behind our FM26 tactic cards: pressing intensity, defensive line, tempo, width and build-up. The tables below show the teams at each end of every axis, the chart sets pressing against possession, and the full grid for all 20 teams is at the bottom.
What the five axes measure
- Pressing Intensity — Tackles won, interceptions and fouls, ranked twice and combined: once per game and once relative to the time spent without the ball, with the second ranking counted double.
- Defensive Line — Opponents caught offside per game. Teams that hold a higher line usually catch more.
- Tempo — Shots per game.
- Width — Crosses per game.
- Build-Up — Share of possession. The cards read more of the ball as a shorter build-up.
Every rank is within this league’s 20 teams for this season.
Pressing against possession
Napoli: first for tempo and possession, 10th in the table
Napoli had the highest tempo (16.8 shots a game) and the most possession (60.9%), and finished 10th with 53 points. They changed manager during the season. Their pressing was level in 7th overall, but on the plain per-game count they were 20th, the lowest in the league, and 4th once time without the ball is counted. The 2024–25 version of this league is covered in the Serie A 2024–25 report.
Inter: 19 points clear without leading an axis
Inter won with 94 points, 19 clear of Milan on 75. They were 2nd for tempo (15.3 shots a game) and 2nd for width (21.2 crosses a game), 4th for possession (57.1%), and level in 9th for pressing. Their defensive line was 16th (1.1 opposition offsides a game).
The best pressers did not win
Atalanta ranked 1st for pressing (3rd per game, 2nd adjusted) and finished 4th with 69 points. Bologna were 2nd, ranking 1st once time without the ball is counted, and finished 5th with 68. They were also 2nd for possession (58.1%) but last for width (13.4 crosses a game). Lazio were 3rd for pressing and finished 7th. At the other end Sassuolo ranked last for pressing and finished 19th with 30 points, and Frosinone, 19th, finished 18th.
Lines: Juventus lowest, Sassuolo highest
Juventus had the lowest defensive line (opponents caught offside 0.7 times a game) and finished 3rd with 71 points. Sassuolo had the highest (2.9), ahead of Cagliari (2.4) and Fiorentina (2.3), and finished 19th. Cagliari were also the widest team (22.4 crosses a game) and finished 16th with 36 points. Fiorentina finished 8th.
Top and bottom three on each axis
Pressing Intensity
Tackles won, interceptions and fouls, ranked twice and combined: once per game and once relative to the time spent without the ball, with the second ranking counted double.
| Rank | Team | Per game · out of possession |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Atalanta | 3rd · 2nd |
| 2nd | Bologna | 9th · 1st |
| 3rd | Lazio | 6th · 3rd |
| Rank | Team | Per game · out of possession |
|---|---|---|
| 20th | Sassuolo | 18th · 19th |
| 19th | Frosinone | 19th · 18th |
| 18th | Cagliari | 13th · 20th |
Defensive Line
Opponents caught offside per game. Teams that hold a higher line usually catch more.
| Rank | Team | Opp. offsides / game |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sassuolo | 2.9 |
| 2nd | Cagliari | 2.4 |
| 3rd | Fiorentina | 2.3 |
| Rank | Team | Opp. offsides / game |
|---|---|---|
| 20th | Juventus | 0.7 |
| 19th | Lecce | 1.0 |
| 18th | Torino | 1.0 |
Tempo
Shots per game.
| Rank | Team | Shots / game |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Napoli | 16.8 |
| 2nd | Inter Milan | 15.3 |
| 3rd | AC Milan | 14.6 |
| Rank | Team | Shots / game |
|---|---|---|
| 20th | Genoa | 10.5 |
| 19th | Salernitana | 10.5 |
| 18th | Empoli | 10.9 |
Width
Crosses per game.
| Rank | Team | Crosses / game |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cagliari | 22.4 |
| 2nd | Inter Milan | 21.2 |
| 3rd | Torino | 20.0 |
| Rank | Team | Crosses / game |
|---|---|---|
| 20th | Bologna | 13.4 |
| 19th | Frosinone | 13.8 |
| 18th | Udinese | 14.6 |
Build-Up
Share of possession. The cards read more of the ball as a shorter build-up.
| Rank | Team | Possession |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Napoli | 60.9% |
| 2nd | Bologna | 58.1% |
| 3rd | Fiorentina | 57.4% |
| Rank | Team | Possession |
|---|---|---|
| 20th | Udinese | 39.3% |
| 19th | Cagliari | 42.1% |
| 18th | Sassuolo | 43.8% |
All 20 teams
| Finish | Team | Pressing Intensity | Defensive Line | Tempo | Width | Build-Up | FM26 card |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st94 pts | Inter Milan | =9th | 16th | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | Simone Inzaghi |
| 2nd75 pts | AC Milan | 5th | =11th | 3rd | 11th | 5th | Stefano Pioli |
| 3rd71 pts | Juventus † | 14th | 20th | 5th | 8th | 12th | Massimiliano Allegri36 of 38 games |
| 4th69 pts | Atalanta | 1st | 9th | 4th | 7th | 10th | Gian Piero Gasperini |
| 5th68 pts | Bologna | 2nd | =11th | 8th | 20th | 2nd | Thiago MottaHand-researched card |
| 6th63 pts | AS Roma † | 12th | 15th | 9th | 12th | 6th | José Mourinho20 of 38 games |
| 7th61 pts | Lazio † | 3rd | 17th | 15th | 14th | 8th | Maurizio Sarri28 of 38 games |
| 8th60 pts | Fiorentina | =9th | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 3rd | Vincenzo Italiano |
| 9th53 pts | Torino | 11th | 18th | 17th | 3rd | 9th | Ivan Jurić |
| 10th53 pts | Napoli † | =7th | 6th | 1st | 5th | 1st | — |
| 11th49 pts | Genoa | 15th | 8th | 20th | 15th | 16th | Alberto Gilardino |
| 12th45 pts | Monza | 6th | 14th | 13th | 17th | 7th | Raffaele Palladino |
| 13th38 pts | Hellas Verona | 4th | 4th | 16th | 6th | 15th | Marco Baroni |
| 14th38 pts | Lecce † | =7th | 19th | 7th | 13th | 13th | Roberto D'Aversa28 of 38 games |
| 15th37 pts | Udinese † | 13th | 10th | 11th | 18th | 20th | Gabriele Cioffi23 of 38 games |
| 16th36 pts | Cagliari | 18th | 2nd | 14th | 1st | 19th | Claudio RanieriHand-researched card |
| 17th36 pts | Empoli † | 16th | =11th | 18th | 9th | 17th | — |
| 18th35 pts | Frosinone | 19th | 7th | 10th | 19th | 11th | Eusebio Di Francesco |
| 19th30 pts | Sassuolo † | 20th | 1st | 12th | 10th | 18th | Alessio Dionisi25 of 38 games |
| 20th17 pts | Salernitana † | 17th | 5th | 19th | 16th | 14th | — |
† Changed manager during the season. The figures are the team’s whole season, so they mix more than one manager’s games; the card is filed under one of them, with the number of games that manager took. Teams without a card (—) are kept as a team record only, usually because no manager was in charge for most of the season.
Notes and sources
- Figures are rounded to one decimal place, while ranks use the unrounded figures. Genoa and Salernitana both show 10.5 shots a game for tempo but rank 20th and 19th. Torino and Lecce both show 1.0 opposition offsides a game but rank 18th and 19th.
- † marks a team that changed manager during the season: Juventus, Roma, Lazio, Napoli, Lecce, Udinese, Empoli, Sassuolo and Salernitana. Their figures cover the whole season, so they mix more than one manager's games. Napoli, Empoli and Salernitana have no FM26 card because no single manager had enough games.
- Bologna and Cagliari link to a hand-researched card instead. Its five axes show the same ranks as this report, but the rest of the card was researched and written separately and describes the manager’s approach in its own words, so it may not line up with every number here.
Source: FBref (Sports Reference) team season statistics for Serie A 2023–24, 20 teams. Ranks calculated on 14 October 2026.
- How the five axes are calculated (methodology)
- Browse all FM26 tactic cards
- More league style reports
- Bologna 2023–24 FM26 card — Thiago Motta (hand-researched)
- Cagliari 2023–24 FM26 card — Claudio Ranieri (hand-researched)
- Inter Milan 2023–24 FM26 card — Simone Inzaghi
- Atalanta 2023–24 FM26 card — Gian Piero Gasperini
- Juventus 2023–24 FM26 card — Massimiliano Allegri
- Serie A 2024–25 Style Map: Napoli and Inter Went 1–2 Without Pressing Hard
- Earlier season: 2022–23 report
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