Thin sample this season. Hussein El Shahat has played 3 matches (34 min) so far, so sections that need a bigger sample to say anything reliable are not shown here — they are missing on purpose, not broken. See all seasons combined →
Part 1
Overview
The headline read on him, and how he compares to his peers.
01
What Patterns Define Him?
His repeatable signature. A step only appears if its reliability score (sample size × match coverage) reaches at least Medium confidence — pattern mining, not anecdotes.
RECEIVE
Left Wing, Attacking third — between the lines — mostly in the attacking third (69% of his 16 passes)
81% completion · 16× in 3/3 matches
↓
TURN / BEAT MAN
face forward in the pocket
0% won · 3× in 2/3 matches
Signature: Receive → Turn / Beat Man — the only steps proven repeatable this season (2 of 4 in the full pattern). Not enough evidence yet for the rest of the chain below.
Not a pattern: create — 1× (low confidence, shown as a number only, no tactical conclusion drawn); finish — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet) — omitted from the signature rather than presented as one.
Part 2
Team Context
How much of the team's output runs through him, and what changes when he isn't on the pitch.
02
Impact on the Team
Al Ahly FC's output per match with Hussein El Shahat (3 matches) versus without him (16 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 16 matches; treat every Δ below as noise until more games exist. A proper on-off model needs many more minutes.
WITH (3)
WITHOUT (16)
Δ
goals for /match
2.00
1.00
+1.00
xG for /match
1.40
0.10
+1.30
goals against /match
1.00
0.00
+1.00
points /match
2.33
0.19
+2.15
03
His Share of the Team
Of everything Al Ahly FC produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Hussein El Shahat specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
box entries
6%
29 / 468
expected assists (xA)
5%
1.8 / 35.4
half-space entries
4%
40 / 902
Part 3
Recruitment
Style profile, closest comparables, and the summary verdict.
04
Playing-Style Profile
Not raw event counts — football style scores: weighted models scored 0–100 against the 221 attacking mids in the league (min 450 min). This is what separates players who post similar numbers but play differently. Proxy dimensions are inferred from on-ball data; true off-ball running / under-pressure context is not measured.
Advanced playmaker (8)82%Half-space creator74%
Why Advanced playmaker (8) 82%: a weighted blend of creativity 82 (weight 35%) + progression 89 (weight 25%) + final-third threat 84 (weight 25%) + box threat 64 (weight 15%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
press resistance, build-up, territory (wide vs central), dribbling
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Line-breaking
98
Through-balls ~proxy
98
Progression
89
Final-third threat
84
Creativity
82
Crossing
81
Receiving zones
79
Passing directness
78
Transition ~proxy
72
Box threat
64
Carrying
61
Defensive aggression
54
Retention
51
Ball-winning
47
Press resistance ~proxy
39
Build-up
39
Territory (wide vs central)
34
Dribbling
24
05
Similar Players — in style space
Closest comparables measured on the style scores above, within the same position family — so it separates how players are alike, not just how much they touch the ball. Each line explains the shared strength and the divergent mechanism. Scope: pooled across the Premier League, La Liga and the Egyptian Premier League, percentiled within each player's own league before comparing — a match from another league is marked with its league name.
Style, not quality:a high match here means two players tend to produce the ball in similar ways — it is not a ranking, a scouting recommendation, or a claim that they are equally good.
Álex Baena Atletico · La Liga
83%
Driven by: through-balls (15%), line-breaking (14%), progression (14%). Different mechanism — Shahat more via passing directness, defensive aggression; Baena more via build-up, carrying.
Morgan Rogers Chelsea · Premier League
83%
Driven by: line-breaking (16%), creativity (15%), receiving zones (13%). Different mechanism — Shahat more via through-balls, crossing; Rogers more via dribbling, build-up.
Yéremy Pino Crystal Palace · Premier League
83%
Driven by: through-balls (16%), line-breaking (14%), creativity (14%). Different mechanism — Shahat more via carrying, retention; Pino more via build-up, ball-winning.
Félix Correia Lille · La Liga
80%
Driven by: through-balls (16%), line-breaking (16%), crossing (14%). Different mechanism — Shahat more via creativity; Correia more via territory (wide vs central), ball-winning.
Martin Ødegaard Arsenal · Premier League
80%
Driven by: through-balls (12%), line-breaking (11%), progression (11%). Different mechanism — Shahat more via box threat; Ødegaard more via build-up, retention.
Ahmed Madbouli National Bank of Egypt
78%
Driven by: through-balls (14%), line-breaking (14%), crossing (13%). Different mechanism — Shahat more via territory (wide vs central); Madbouli more via build-up, ball-winning.
06
Summary
Hussein El Shahat is an advanced playmaker (8) / half-space creator: 2.65 key passes /90, 10.6 progressive passes, 0 goals from 0.00 xG. A between-the-lines creator. [Off-ball movement into pockets needs tracking.]
Based on 3 matches (34 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as an advanced playmaker (8) / half-space creator — best used in a system built around that identity.
His biggest room for growth is box threat — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall advanced playmaker (8) profile.
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