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Bryan Cristante

Roma
Ball-winning 6 (destroyer) DM
19.5 defensive actions/90
Capability Analysis
Breaking Pressure
only 33 pressured-passing actions across 1 high-press match -- not enough sample (needs 5+ matches and 12+ actions)
Progression66%vs 16 defensive mids
"Can he move the team forward with a pass, not just recycle it sideways?"
Progressive passes /905.3881%
Line-breaking passes /902.1175%
Threat added by passing /901.49xT81%
Pass accuracy82.11%25%
Ball-Winning66%vs 16 defensive mids
"How actively does he win the ball back?"
Interceptions /900.838%
Ball recoveries /905.2262%
Tackles /902.0869%
Duels won /903.1394%
defensive midball-winning 6press resistancescreening
627
minutes
7 apps
512
passes
87% completed
87%
pass completion
512 passes
52
progressive passes
7.5/90
136
defensive actions
19.5/90
24
tackles + interceptions
59% tackle win
37
recoveries
5.3/90
42
line-breaking passes
6.0/90
Overview

The player

Who he is and how he compares with 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
drop between the centre-backs — mostly in the middle third (65% of his 512 passes)
87% completion · 512× in 7/7 matches
↓
PROGRESS CENTRAL
break a line through the middle
7.5 prog/90 · 42× in 7/7 matches
↓
SCREEN / WIN BALL
protect the back four
8.8 ball-wins/90 · 61× in 7/7 matches
↓
RECYCLE / PROGRESS
keep it ticking, feed the final third
10.5 f3-entries/90 · 73× in 7/7 matches
Signature: Receive → Progress Central → Screen / Win Ball → Recycle / Progress — 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: escape pressure — 2× (low confidence, shown as a number only, no tactical conclusion drawn) — omitted from the signature rather than presented as one.
18

Where is he influential — vs where is he merely present?

Red fill = raw touch territory. Gold rings = zones where his influence (xT added, progression, line-breaks, key passes) outweighs how often he's actually there — one combined map instead of two separate maps to compare by eye. Red with no ring: present but not dangerous. A ring on faint red: rare touches, outsized impact.

own goal left, attacking →
73
passes / match
19.5
def actions / 90
41–95
pass range (matches)
14
clearances
Pass range = his fewest and most passes in any single match this season (41 at the low end, 95 at the high) — a measure of match-to-match involvement, not pass distance.
In possession

In possession

What he does with the ball: build-up, progression, creation, carrying and finishing.

10

How dangerous are his carries?

Real ball-carries

144 tracked carries (20.7/90, 45 progressive, 1436m total) — the ball moving with his touches, a different signal from dribbles below (beating an opponent 1v1). even a player who rarely dribbles past a man can still carry the ball forward constantly in build-up; this is that.

6%17%9%2%1%11%14%17%1%1%2%10%8%2%
progressivelateral/short% of his 144 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 9m, longest 27m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
8Outside → Inside
112Inside → Inside
11Outside → Outside
13Inside → Outside
First (49)Second (37)Third (30)Fourth (28)grouped by carry pattern (start + end position), largest group first
startendown goal left, attacking →

Beaten in the tackle

How often an attacker gets past him in a 1v1 defensive duel — the closest signal the data has to "dribbled past" (no attacker-beat-defender field exists directly, so this counts tackles he attempted and lost).

17
tackle duels
10
won
7
beaten · 41%
brighter band = more tackle duels · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 59%
OUTSIDE 41%
Tackle-duel location — 10 inside · 7 outside
Right Wing
6 · 35%
Right Half-Space
5 · 29%
Central
4 · 24%
Left Half-Space
1 · 6%
Left Wing
1 · 6%
Vision AI beaten in 7 of 17 tackle duels (41% loss rate) — a real defensive leak worth flagging.
Every tackle duel, exact location
wonlost — dribbled pastown goal left, attacking →

He attempted only 2 dribbles of his own all season — dribbling is not part of this role; his ball-carrying is covered above, his defending against the dribble below.

02

How does he build & move the ball?

How does he escape the first line?

15%
vertical passes
32×
5%
switches
11×
41%
carries
88×
39%
short circulation
83×
Answer: he escapes the press primarily through carrying — stepping out with the ball.

How he moves the ball — his 4 busiest progression routes, not where every pass starts and ends separately. Arrow width = how often, colour = xT gained, dashed = switch of play. The full breakdown is in the lane matrix below.

own goal left, attacking →
Lane transition matrix — when he receives in a lane, where does it go?
TO →RWRHSCLHSLWRW5469%3722%127%42%1RHS16439%6418%2930%4912%192%3C12217%2124%2925%3127%337%8LHS852%29%826%2216%1446%39LW2214%341%945%10FROM
Rows normalised: each row sums to 100% of that lane's completed passes. Grey number = passes from that lane.

Primary route: the right half-space in the middle third → the right half-space in the final third — 5 progressive passes (15% of his progression) at 0.128 xT each. He keeps it in the same lane.

His progression is inward: 41% of progressive passes move the ball toward the middle versus 6% going wider — he cuts in rather than holding width.

12% of his passes are cross-field switches — he changes the point of attack often.

Quality behind the volume: 16 line-breaking passes and 73 final-third entries, 8.7 total xT added.

Origin and destination are measured on the same event row — no receiver inference. Receiver identity is not recoverable from this data source.
All passes — origin zone share
Filter: from to
1%5%13%15%7%1%0%8%11%12%6%0%2%7%7%4%0%
completedincomplete512 passes · any zone → any zone · own goal left, attacking →
512
passes
87%
completed
65
lost
Vision AIIn line with his 87% season completion rate.
03

How does he progress play?

How much he drives the ball forward. Progressive = completed pass advancing ≥15 toward goal.

52
progressive · 7.5/90
73
final-third entries · 10.5/90
7
box entries · 1.00/90
32
progression index /90
Progression index: one composite number — progressive passes + progressive carries + 2% of total distance progressed + 8× positive xT added, all per 90. Weights VOLUME and THREAT together rather than counting progressive actions alone.
11

How does he create chances?

1 key passes (0.14/90), 0 of them assists — where his chance creation specifically comes from, 18 zones (6×3), showing his share of key passes originating there.

Chance creation — key pass origin zone share
Filter:
100%
chance creation (1)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
13

Can he finish?

13 shots · 0.82 xG · 0 goals (-0.82 vs xG). Mostly right-footed. Circle size = xG.

shots  13
on target  7
goals  0
xG  0.82
xG on target  0.78
xG / shot  0.063
Where he shoots from — click an area of the box
05

Where does he become vulnerable?

66 times he gave the ball away. For a defender the danger is where — a loss in his own third can turn into a chance against; higher up it costs little.

19
attacking third (cheap)
37
middle third
10
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 29% of losses are in the attacking third — a notable share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Mistake danger (proxy): 3.16 danger-index/90 · 0.334 avg/turnover. Weights each loss by threat conceded at that location. True xT-conceded needs the opponent possession model; positional proxy.
06

What is his passing profile?

512
passes attempted
56%
mostly forward
52%
mostly medium
Direction
Forward
287 · 56%
Sideways
159 · 31%
Backward
66 · 13%
Length (completed)
Short (<15m)
184 · 41%
Medium
234 · 52%
Long (>30m)
29 · 6%
07

Preferred Progression Routes — xT-weighted

His progressive passes as zone→zone routes, weighted by expected threat (xT) added — arrow width and the number are the total xT generated on each route, not just how often he plays it. This is where he actually moves the needle.

0.720.440.400.370.280.27
own goal left, attacking →
Highest-value routes (xT)
0.72
Right Half-Space Mid third → Right Half-Space Att third
4 passes
0.44
Left Half-Space Mid third → Left Wing Att third
3 passes
0.40
Right Half-Space Mid third → Right Wing Att third
5 passes
0.37
Right Wing Mid third → Right Wing Att third
2 passes
0.28
Right Half-Space Mid third → Right Wing Mid third
5 passes
0.27
Right Wing Mid third → Left Wing Att third
1 passes
08

Where Does He Receive?

The zones where Bryan Cristante gets on the ball — his top three ball-collection areas highlighted (gold = primary). Reception is proxied by where his on-ball actions begin (no explicit receiver is recorded).

123
1 = primary, 2 = secondary, 3 = third · own goal left, attacking →
His collection zones
25%
Primary
Right Half-Space, Middle third
15%
Secondary
Central, Middle third
13%
Third
Left Half-Space, Middle third
These are the zones where he collected the ball most.
09

Where Does He Operate? — Every Zone

Every on-ball touch (pass, dribble, shot) binned into a 6×3 grid — raw counts of where Bryan Cristante actually gets on the ball. Hover any zone for its breakdown by action type, its share of all touches, and the exact coordinate range it covers.

Filter:
113636222141546535104276776364
own goal left, attacking → · brighter + higher number = more touches

Passes only — completed vs incomplete, by zone

Same zone grid, restricted to passes so completed/incomplete and match filters actually mean something — a shot or a dribble has no "completed" in the pass sense.

1%5%13%15%7%1%0%8%11%12%6%0%2%7%7%4%0%
own goal left, attacking →
12

Every Pass This Season — completed vs incomplete

Every pass this season, plotted individually — green = completed, grey (dashed) = incomplete, gold = key pass. Filter by outcome or isolate one match below.

1Key pass
4Cross
1Cutback
52Progressive
42Long ball
23Switch
By zone — where the pass started → where it landed
28Outside → Inside
234Inside → Inside
48Outside → Outside
137Inside → Outside
By direction
287Forward
66Backward
159Sideways
own goal left, attacking →
04

Tactical patterns — how his football actually looks

Three clustered sequence diagrams from his own event data — his three busiest routes: the way he progresses, the pattern behind his chances, and where a turnover turns dangerous.

own goal left, attacking →
How does he progress the ball forward?
His most common route for progressing play: he plays straight through the right hs, advancing it forward in the middle third — 4 passes worth 0.72 xT.
Where do his chances come from?
Of 1 key passes, his busiest route is a delivery where he plays straight through the central, advancing it forward in the middle third — 1 times. The receiver isn't identifiable in this data, only where the pass started and ended.
Where does he lose the ball most?
This is a RATE, not a raw count — the share of his touches in each zone that end in a turnover, so a zone he simply plays in more often doesn't automatically look riskier. His weakest zone is the central in the final third: 23% of his 26 touches there are lost (6 times).
—7 touches · too few4%1/27 lost9%3/34 lost20%2/10 lost—3 touches · too few16%7/44 lost11%14/131 lost5%4/75 lost13%9/68 lost12%2/17 lost7%1/15 lost16%4/25 lost23%6/26 lost22%5/23 lost—7 touches · too fewRWRHSCLHSLWDEFMIDATT
Out of possession

Out of possession

Where and how he defends and presses.

14

How & where does he defend?

136 defensive actions across the season (19.5/90). Where he wins the ball, and how — the core question for a defender. Aerial duels are not recorded for this competition, so aerial dominance is not measured here.

click a card to isolate that action type · own goal left, attacking →
17
tackles · 59% won
7
interceptions · 1.0/90
37
recoveries · 5.3/90
14
clearances · 2.0/90
4
blocks
45
avg action height
26
won high (att 3rd)
66
middle third
44
own third
Vision AI A front-foot / high defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 61 proactive ball-wins (8.8/90), tackle success 59%. He defends high, stepping out to intercept — suits a high line.
15

Can he play under pressure?

Split by how hard the opponent pressed (opponent PPDA — lower = more intense press). Can Bryan Cristante still play out when the opponent presses high? His build-up quality split by press intensity — the key question for a ball-playing defender. Tiers of ~2-3 matches — directional evidence, not proof.

press tier
completion
prog /90
line-breaks /90
xT /90
High press (PPDA 5.2, 2m)
87%
5.2
5.8
1.70
Mid press (PPDA 6.5, 2m)
87%
5.3
4.8
1.72
Low press (PPDA 8.6, 3m)
88%
10.1
6.9
1.77
Team

Team context

How much of the team runs through him, and what changes without him.

16

Impact on the Team

Roma's output per match with Bryan Cristante (7 matches) versus without him (2 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 2 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 (7)
WITHOUT (2)
Δ
goals against /match
1.14
0.00
+1.14
points /match
2.43
2.00
+0.43
goals for /match
3.00
1.00
+2.00
xG for /match
2.27
0.00
+2.27
17

His Share of the Team

Of everything Roma produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Bryan Cristante specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.

category
share
him / team
final-third entries
14%
367 / 2623
zone-14 entries
12%
59 / 482
half-space entries
11%
176 / 1598
Recruitment

Style and verdict

Style profile, closest comparables, and the summary.

19

Playing-Style Profile

Not raw event counts — football style scores: weighted models scored 0–100 against the 258 defensive mids in the pool (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.

Ball-winning 676%Deep-lying playmaker66%Tempo controller59%
Why Ball-winning 6 76%: a weighted blend of defensive aggression 88 (weight 30%) + ball-winning 58 (weight 40%) + progression 92 (weight 15%) + retention 48 (weight 15%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
passing directness, transition, receiving zones, progression, final-third threat, carrying, defensive aggression, line-breaking
Strong
box threat
Average
through-balls, crossing, creativity, ball-winning, build-up, press resistance, dribbling, territory (wide vs central), retention
Weak
—
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Passing directness
98
Transition ~proxy
96
Receiving zones
94
Progression
92
Final-third threat
90
Carrying
88
Defensive aggression
88
Line-breaking
87
Box threat
77
Through-balls ~proxy
68
Crossing
63
Creativity
61
Ball-winning
58
Build-up
54
Press resistance ~proxy
54
Dribbling
53
Territory (wide vs central)
53
Retention
48
20

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: 186 cm / 80 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 Serie A, Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1 and 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.

Cristian Cásseres Toulouse · Ligue 1 · 176 cm / 68 kg
85%
Driven by: transition (19%), final-third threat (13%), progression (11%). Different mechanism — Cásseres more via creativity, ball-winning.
Elliot Anderson Man City · Premier League · 179 cm / 69 kg
84%
Driven by: transition (20%), progression (12%), final-third threat (12%). Different mechanism — Anderson more via dribbling, creativity.
Manuel Locatelli Juventus · 185 cm / 75 kg
84%
Driven by: transition (19%), progression (11%), receiving zones (11%). Different mechanism — Cristante more via territory (wide vs central), defensive aggression; Locatelli more via retention, through-balls.
Rodri Barcelona · La Liga · 190 cm / 90 kg
81%
Driven by: transition (17%), receiving zones (13%), progression (13%). Different mechanism — Cristante more via passing directness, territory (wide vs central); Rodri more via creativity, retention.
Dani Ceballos Real Betis · La Liga · 179 cm / 70 kg
79%
Driven by: transition (21%), defensive aggression (15%), final-third threat (12%). Different mechanism — Cristante more via box threat, passing directness; Ceballos more via ball-winning, retention.
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg Marseille · Ligue 1 · 187 cm / 81 kg
78%
Driven by: transition (20%), passing directness (13%), final-third threat (12%). Different mechanism — Cristante more via defensive aggression, ball-winning; Højbjerg more via retention, press resistance.
21

Summary

Bryan Cristante is a ball-winning 6 / deep-lying playmaker: 87% completion, 42 line-breaks and 7.5 progressive passes /90, resisting pressure with 50% dribble success. A central controller. [Off-ball screening position and scanning need tracking data.]

Based on 7 matches (627 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a ball-winning 6 / deep-lying playmaker — best used in a system built around that identity. His biggest room for growth is retention — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall ball-winning 6 profile.
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