Thin sample this season. Ben Davies has played 2 matches (39 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 →
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, Middle third — wide or inverted — mostly in the middle third (68% of his 22 passes)
100% completion · 22× in 2/2 matches
↓
PROGRESS
carry or combine up the flank
4.6 prog/90 · 2× in 2/2 matches
↓
DRIBBLE
beat his man up the line
0% won · 2× in 2/2 matches
↓
DEFEND
1v1 and cover on his side
5 def actions · lost 0% deep · 5× in 2/2 matches
Signature: Receive → Progress → Dribble → Defend — the only steps proven repeatable this season (4 of 5 in the full pattern). Not enough evidence yet for the rest of the chain below.
Not a pattern: deliver — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet) — omitted from the signature rather than presented as one.
Team
Team context
How much of the team runs through him, and what changes without him.
Tottenham's output per match with Ben Davies (2 matches) versus without him (6 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 6 matches; treat every Δ below as noise until more games exist. What his own defending should move — goals conceded and results — leads; attacking output (largely out of a defender's hands) is shown after, for context. A proper on-off model needs many more minutes.
WITH (2)
WITHOUT (6)
Δ
goals against /match
0.50
1.50
-1.00
points /match
3.00
0.50
+2.50
goals for /match
2.50
0.50
+2.00
xG for /match
0.96
0.62
+0.34
03
His Share of the Team
Of everything Tottenham produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Ben Davies specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
goals
20%
1 / 5
expected goals (xG)
1%
0.7 / 51.2
tackles
1%
6 / 857
Recruitment
Style and verdict
Style profile, closest comparables, and the summary.
Not raw event counts — football style scores: weighted models scored 0–100 against the 261 full-backs in the pool (min 180 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.
Inverted full-back76%Overlapping full-back39%
Why Inverted full-back 76%: a weighted blend of build-up 84 (weight 35%) + retention 68 (weight 30%) + progression 70 (weight 25%) + press resistance 36 (weight 10%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Defensive aggression
84
Build-up
84
Box threat
81
Progression
70
Retention
68
Passing directness
68
Final-third threat
63
Territory (wide vs central)
58
Carrying
55
Transition ~proxy
55
Ball-winning
53
Crossing
41
Receiving zones
40
Press resistance ~proxy
36
Creativity
30
Line-breaking
27
Through-balls ~proxy
3
Dribbling
3
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. A light physical-profile term (height / weight; this player: 181 cm / 77 kg) is included at a quarter of one style axis's weight — enough to break ties between stylistic twins, not to override style.Scope: pooled across the Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1 and Serie A, 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.
Andrea Carboni Monza · Serie A · 187 cm / 70 kg
77%
Driven by: dribbling (22%), defensive aggression (15%), build-up (14%). Different mechanism — Davies more via territory (wide vs central), retention; Carboni more via passing directness, through-balls.
Junior Firpo Real Betis · La Liga · 184 cm / 78 kg
66%
Driven by: through-balls (23%), build-up (19%), dribbling (18%). Different mechanism — Davies more via progression, box threat; Firpo more via territory (wide vs central), crossing.
Benjamin Henrichs RBL · Bundesliga · 183 cm / 79 kg
61%
Driven by: through-balls (26%), dribbling (19%), build-up (16%). Different mechanism — Davies more via progression, territory (wide vs central); Henrichs more via dribbling, receiving zones.
Piero Hincapié Arsenal · 183 cm / 77 kg
60%
Driven by: build-up (20%), through-balls (20%), dribbling (11%). Different mechanism — Davies more via territory (wide vs central), box threat; Hincapié more via dribbling.
Kenny Tete Fulham · 180 cm / 71 kg
60%
Driven by: build-up (29%), creativity (19%), dribbling (17%). Different mechanism — Davies more via defensive aggression, carrying; Tete more via through-balls, ball-winning.
Lucas Hernández PSG · Ligue 1 · 184 cm / 79 kg
57%
Driven by: build-up (30%), dribbling (21%), through-balls (17%). Different mechanism — Davies more via territory (wide vs central), box threat; Hernández more via receiving zones, creativity.
06
Summary
Ben Davies is an inverted full-back: 4.6 progressive passes and 0 box entries, delivering 0 key passes. Overlap-first full-back. [1v1 recovery pace and off-ball overlap timing need tracking.]
Based on 2 matches (39 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as an inverted full-back — best used in a system built around that identity.
His biggest room for growth is press resistance — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall inverted full-back profile.
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