Thin sample this season. Rico Henry has played 1 match (6 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 (100% of his 1 passes)
0% completion · 1× in 1/1 matches
Signature: Only Receive shows a proven, repeatable pattern this season — too little evidence yet (1 match loaded) for a fuller signature chain.
Not a pattern: progress — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet); dribble — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet); deliver — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet); defend — 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.
Brentford's output per match with Rico Henry (1 matches) versus without him (7 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 7 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 (1)
WITHOUT (7)
Δ
goals against /match
1.00
1.14
-0.14
points /match
1.00
1.43
-0.43
goals for /match
1.00
1.86
-0.86
xG for /match
1.80
1.01
+0.79
03
His Share of the Team
Of everything Brentford produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Rico Henry specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
successful take-ons
4%
15 / 390
ball recoveries
3%
72 / 2310
clearances
3%
42 / 1364
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 232 full-backs 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.
Inverted full-back25%Overlapping full-back25%
Why Inverted full-back 25%: a weighted blend of build-up 41 (weight 35%) + retention 28 (weight 30%) + press resistance 54 (weight 10%) + progression 13 (weight 25%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Territory (wide vs central)
83
Dribbling
80
Press resistance ~proxy
54
Transition ~proxy
52
Passing directness
49
Carrying
42
Build-up
41
Through-balls ~proxy
38
Ball-winning
31
Creativity
31
Retention
28
Box threat
23
Defensive aggression
22
Receiving zones
16
Progression
13
Line-breaking
11
Final-third threat
7
Crossing
6
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: 170 cm / 67 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.
Lewie Coyle Hull City · 173 cm / 67 kg
85%
Driven by: crossing (21%), final-third threat (14%), progression (12%). Different mechanism — Henry more via dribbling, carrying; Coyle more via passing directness, defensive aggression.
Iñigo Arguibide Osasuna · La Liga · 178 cm / 70 kg
84%
Driven by: crossing (15%), final-third threat (13%), receiving zones (9%). Different mechanism — Henry more via dribbling, through-balls.
Saël Kumbedi Wolfsburg · Bundesliga 25/26 · 175 cm / 67 kg
79%
Driven by: final-third threat (14%), box threat (13%), progression (13%). Different mechanism — Henry more via transition, dribbling; Kumbedi more via crossing, line-breaking.
Manuel Lazzari Lazio · Serie A · 174 cm / 67 kg
77%
Driven by: crossing (19%), line-breaking (11%), defensive aggression (9%). Different mechanism — Henry more via through-balls, passing directness; Lazzari more via carrying, retention.
Milos Kerkez Liverpool · 180 cm / 71 kg
73%
Driven by: crossing (30%), progression (13%), line-breaking (10%). Different mechanism — Henry more via dribbling, passing directness; Kerkez more via final-third threat, receiving zones.
Jordy Makengo Freiburg · Bundesliga · 191 cm / 81 kg
68%
Driven by: final-third threat (13%), progression (12%), defensive aggression (12%). Different mechanism — Henry more via territory (wide vs central); Makengo more via retention, crossing.
06
Summary
Rico Henry is an inverted full-back: 0.0 progressive passes and 0 box entries, delivering 0 key passes. Inverted full-back. [1v1 recovery pace and off-ball overlap timing need tracking.]
Based on 1 matches (6 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 progression — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall inverted full-back profile.
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