Lineup advice for fantacalcio
SchieraXI recommends the eleven to field, the formation and the order of your bench. It also tells you why, and how uncertain the advice is.
Line them up. Line up the XI.
It advises, it does not submit: the last word and sending the lineup stay with you.
Sample animation: the formations change on their own, with a substitution now and then.
Purpose and goal
The goal is simple: to have you field, every matchday, the lineup with the best chance of scoring, without hours spent across sites, news and rumours.
SchieraXI gathers expected lineups, injuries, suspensions and statistics and turns them into one number per player. From those numbers come your eleven, the formation and the order of the bench, with the reasons written next to them.
It is not a news site, it does not do the auction and it does not decide for you: it advises, and shows how sure the advice is.
What it tells you
Scroll: the pitch changes at every step, with sample data and invented names.
For each player, the rating we expect if he steps onto the pitch, with your league's bonuses and maluses. It comes from recent ratings, expected goals and assists, the opponent and the role in the team.
How to read it: 7.6 means “if he plays, we expect about 7.6”. It is not a promise: it is the average.
A great rating only counts if the player actually plays. That is why next to the rating there is the chance of getting a grade: it depends on expected lineups, recent minutes and competition in the role.
How to read it: an 8 with a 40% chance weighs less than a 6.5 with 95%.
News updates the numbers before the deadline: an injured player drops off the list, one tipped to start moves up, one in a toss-up moves down. The advice changes with them.
How to read it: if one of your starters is out, the right substitute comes on, not a random one.
From the numbers come the eleven, the formation that pays most and the order of the bench, and every choice says why: best in the position, the substitute is safer, there is a toss-up.
How to read it: the yellow number on the bench is the order they come on. The style (cautious, balanced, bold) decides how much risk to take.
No tricks
The expected rating is the average grade the player would get if he plays. Multiplied by the chance of playing it gives the expected points: what we expect from him, also counting the risk that he stays out.
Expected points are a weighted average, not a sure forecast. That is why there is a range: the real result lands inside it about 8 times out of 10. A player with 6 expected can score 4 or 9.
Try it: move the sliders
Almost sure to play: expected points are close to his rating.
The team's range, with invented numbers: 68 expected points, between 58 and 79.
Try it here, no account
Change the matchday and the style and watch the advice change. Tap a player to see why he has that number. Try a swap with another team. Sample data, invented names.
The demo needs JavaScript. The real app does not: try it with the button below.
Number on the player: expected rating. Little bar: chance of playing. Yellow glow: the most expected. Tap one player and then another to swap them (on a computer you can drag). The yellow number on the bench is the order they come on.
Team expected points
Why this number
forward
Demo with sample data and invented names. Expected points = expected rating × chance of playing. The real app uses a much richer model and your league's rules.
Trades
Pick one of your players and one from the other team: see how the expected points of each side's best lineup change. Or ask for a suggestion.
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Why it is different
| What | Usually | With SchieraXI |
|---|---|---|
| Why a player starts | Gut feeling, or a rating with no explanation | You can see it: the comparison with the alternatives and the flagged toss-ups |
| Uncertainty | A single number | A number with its range |
| Your league's rules | The same values for everyone | Your league's bonuses, maluses and formations |
| Before the deadline | Remembering to check everything, everywhere | An alert if something changes |
| Who decides | Someone tells you what to do, or you do it all by hand | It advises: the last word is yours |
Three steps
Create the account and enter rules and squads. Squads can be imported from a file or from text.
Before every matchday you get the eleven, the bench, the numbers and the reasons.
If you agree, copy the lineup and send it where you play. SchieraXI alerts you before the deadline.
Who it is for
For anyone playing a “classic” fantacalcio league on Serie A, with its own rules. It does not submit the lineup for you, does not do the auction and does not talk about odds or betting.
Where to get it
Works in the browser, on phone and computer. It can be installed like an app (Chrome) or added to the Home screen.
The iPhone app is installed today with SideStore. No paid developer account needed.
For now use the web app in the browser. The Android app will come later.
You need an iPhone with iOS 18 or newer, a regular Apple ID and Wi-Fi. This is for people comfortable with a few extra steps: the official SideStore guide (sidestore.io) is always more up to date than ours.
https://github.com/tommaso-quatraro/schieraxi-ios/releases/latest/download/sorgente.jsonhttps://app.schieraxi.it and sign in.Good to know: with a free Apple ID the app expires every 7 days and must be renewed (SideStore can do it by itself every night, on Wi-Fi). Alerts come from the web app, not from the app installed with SideStore.
Privacy in brief
The full text: privacy policy and terms of use.
Questions
It is the average grade we expect if the player steps onto the pitch. Read it together with the chance of playing: multiplied, they give the expected points, which are what counts when picking starters.
No. It recommends the eleven, the formation and the bench. You send the lineup yourself, where you play.
It is made for “classic” fantacalcio leagues on Serie A, with the rules you set (bonuses, maluses, formations). It is not connected to the sites where you play: you enter squads and rules yourself.
They are estimates. That is why there is a range: it shows how uncertain the advice is. The model is tested on past matchdays, but football stays unpredictable.
No. SchieraXI does not talk about odds or betting and shows no ads.
The web app does, in the browser. There is no Android app yet.
From the app, in the account settings. If you have trouble, write to us.
Line them up. Line up the XI.
Questions, problems or ideas: write to contatti@schieraxi.it.