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This map ranks all 20 Serie A teams of 2024–25 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 and Inter: first and second, neither a hard presser
Napoli won with 82 points and Inter finished one point behind on 81. Neither was a high-pressing side. Both were level in 11th for pressing intensity. On the plain per-game count of tackles won, interceptions and fouls, Inter were 20th, the lowest in the league, and Napoli were 18th. Measured against the time they spent without the ball, they moved up to 6th (Inter) and 7th (Napoli).
Their defensive lines were also low. Opponents were caught offside only 1.0 times a game against both teams, with Inter 19th and Napoli level in 16th on that axis. What separated them was the ball. Inter led the league for tempo (14.9 shots a game) and for possession (59.4%). Napoli were more modest, with 54.6% of the ball and 13.1 shots a game, and won the league without leading any of the five axes.
The two best pressers finished 9th and 10th
Como ranked 1st for pressing intensity, with the 5th-highest per-game count and the 2nd-highest adjusted rank. They finished 10th with 49 points. Bologna were 2nd, ranking 1st once time without the ball is counted (10th on the per-game count), and finished 9th with 62 points. Atalanta, 3rd for pressing, were the one top-three presser to finish near the top, 3rd in the table with 74 points. Lazio were 4th for pressing and finished 7th; Udinese were 5th and finished 12th.
The other end shows no clear pattern either. Parma ranked last for pressing and Cagliari 19th, and they finished 16th and 15th on 36 points each. Fiorentina and Torino, level in 17th, finished 6th and 11th. In 2024–25 Serie A, how hard a team pressed told you little about where it ended up.
Lazio: widest in the league, lowest line in the league
Lazio crossed 22.7 times a game, the most in Serie A and roughly twice Parma's 11.2, the fewest. They also had the lowest defensive line: opponents were caught offside just 0.9 times a game. They ranked 4th for tempo and 4th for pressing as well, and finished 7th with 65 points. Atalanta (20.5 crosses) and Cagliari (19.9) were the next widest teams.
Parma had the highest line, and little else
Parma ranked 1st for defensive line, with opponents caught offside 3.1 times a game, but they were last for pressing intensity, last for width (11.2 crosses a game) and 14th for tempo. AC Milan were 2nd for line (2.5) and 2nd for tempo (14.6 shots a game) and finished 8th with 63 points. Udinese were 3rd for line (2.2) and finished 12th. Monza, bottom with 18 points, had the lowest tempo (8.8 shots a game).
Possession and pressing do not travel together
Hellas Verona had the least possession in the league (38.7%) and the highest per-game pressing count, ranking 1st on that count and 8th overall once time without the ball is counted. They finished 14th with 37 points, one point ahead of Parma. Having the ball and winning it back are separate skills, and the points in Serie A 2024–25 did not follow either one on its own.
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 | Como | 5th · 2nd |
| 2nd | Bologna | 10th · 1st |
| 3rd | Atalanta | 9th · 3rd |
| Rank | Team | Per game · out of possession |
|---|---|---|
| 20th | Parma | 19th · 20th |
| 19th | Cagliari | 13th · 19th |
| =17th | Fiorentina | 17th · 16th |
| =17th | Torino | 15th · 17th |
Defensive Line
Opponents caught offside per game. Teams that hold a higher line usually catch more.
| Rank | Team | Opp. offsides / game |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Parma | 3.1 |
| 2nd | AC Milan | 2.5 |
| 3rd | Udinese | 2.2 |
| Rank | Team | Opp. offsides / game |
|---|---|---|
| 20th | Lazio | 0.9 |
| 19th | Inter Milan | 1.0 |
| =16th | Empoli | 1.0 |
| =16th | Juventus | 1.0 |
| =16th | Napoli | 1.0 |
Tempo
Shots per game.
| Rank | Team | Shots / game |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Inter Milan | 14.9 |
| 2nd | AC Milan | 14.6 |
| 3rd | Atalanta | 14.2 |
| Rank | Team | Shots / game |
|---|---|---|
| 20th | Monza | 8.8 |
| 19th | Empoli | 9.7 |
| 18th | Hellas Verona | 9.8 |
Width
Crosses per game.
| Rank | Team | Crosses / game |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lazio | 22.7 |
| 2nd | Atalanta | 20.5 |
| 3rd | Cagliari | 19.9 |
| Rank | Team | Crosses / game |
|---|---|---|
| 20th | Parma | 11.2 |
| 19th | Venezia | 13.9 |
| 18th | Hellas Verona | 14.8 |
Build-Up
Share of possession. The cards read more of the ball as a shorter build-up.
| Rank | Team | Possession |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Inter Milan | 59.4% |
| 2nd | Bologna | 58.1% |
| 3rd | Juventus | 57.2% |
| Rank | Team | Possession |
|---|---|---|
| 20th | Hellas Verona | 38.7% |
| 19th | Empoli | 41.7% |
| 18th | Lecce | 43.8% |
All 20 teams
| Finish | Team | Pressing Intensity | Defensive Line | Tempo | Width | Build-Up | FM26 card |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st82 pts | Napoli | =11th | =16th | 9th | 6th | =6th | Antonio ConteHand-researched card |
| 2nd81 pts | Inter Milan | =11th | 19th | 1st | 5th | 1st | Simone Inzaghi |
| 3rd74 pts | Atalanta | 3rd | =10th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | Gian Piero Gasperini |
| 4th70 pts | Juventus † | 6th | =16th | 7th | 13th | 3rd | Thiago Motta29 of 38 games |
| 5th69 pts | AS Roma † | =11th | 13th | 6th | 11th | =8th | Claudio Ranieri26 of 38 games |
| 6th65 pts | Fiorentina | =17th | 14th | 11th | 16th | 10th | Raffaele Palladino |
| 7th65 pts | Lazio | 4th | 20th | 4th | 1st | 5th | Marco Baroni |
| 8th63 pts | AC Milan † | =15th | 2nd | 2nd | 12th | =8th | Sérgio Conceição21 of 38 games |
| 9th62 pts | Bologna | 2nd | 9th | 8th | 4th | 2nd | Vincenzo Italiano |
| 10th49 pts | Como | 1st | 5th | 5th | 17th | =6th | Cesc Fàbregas |
| 11th44 pts | Torino | =17th | =10th | =15th | 8th | 12th | Paolo Vanoli |
| 12th44 pts | Udinese | 5th | 3rd | 12th | 7th | 13th | Kosta Runjaić |
| 13th43 pts | Genoa † | 10th | 8th | =15th | 9th | 14th | Patrick Vieira26 of 38 games |
| 14th37 pts | Hellas Verona | 8th | 12th | 18th | 18th | 20th | Paolo Zanetti |
| 15th36 pts | Cagliari | 19th | 6th | 13th | 3rd | 16th | Davide Nicola |
| 16th36 pts | Parma † | 20th | 1st | 14th | 20th | 17th | Fabio Pecchia25 of 38 games |
| 17th34 pts | Lecce † | =15th | 4th | 10th | 14th | 18th | Marco Giampaolo26 of 38 games |
| 18th31 pts | Empoli | 7th | =16th | 19th | 15th | 19th | Roberto D'Aversa |
| 19th29 pts | Venezia | 14th | 7th | 17th | 19th | 15th | Eusebio Di Francesco |
| 20th18 pts | Monza † | 9th | 15th | 20th | 10th | 11th | — |
† 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
- Teams level on a stat share a place, shown as =11th. Napoli, Inter and Roma share 11th for pressing. Fiorentina and Torino share 17th, which is why the bottom pressing table shows four teams. Empoli, Juventus and Napoli share 16th for defensive line, so that table shows five.
- Figures are rounded to one decimal place, while ranks use the unrounded figures. Inter, Empoli, Juventus and Napoli all show 1.0 opposition offsides a game but sit 19th and =16th.
- † marks a team that changed manager during the season: Juventus, Roma, AC Milan, Genoa, Parma, Lecce and Monza. Their figures cover the whole season, so they mix more than one manager's games. Monza have no FM26 card because no single manager had enough games.
- Napoli 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 2024–25, 20 teams. Ranks calculated on 14 October 2026.
- How the five axes are calculated (methodology)
- Browse all FM26 tactic cards
- More league style reports
- Napoli 2024–25 FM26 card — Antonio Conte (hand-researched)
- Inter Milan 2024–25 FM26 card — Simone Inzaghi
- Atalanta 2024–25 FM26 card — Gian Piero Gasperini
- Lazio 2024–25 FM26 card — Marco Baroni
- Bologna 2024–25 FM26 card — Vincenzo Italiano
- Como 2024–25 FM26 card — Cesc Fàbregas
- Premier League 2024–25 Style Map: Who Pressed Hardest and Who Held the Highest Line
- La Liga 2024–25 Style Map: Barcelona Led Three Axes, and None of the Top Three Pressed the Most
- Earlier season: 2023–24 report
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