Thin sample this season. Stefano Sabelli has played 2 matches (61 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
drop between the centre-backs — mostly in the middle third (56% of his 16 passes)
56% completion · 16× in 2/2 matches
↓
PROGRESS CENTRAL
break a line through the middle
1.5 prog/90 · 5× in 2/2 matches
↓
SCREEN / WIN BALL
protect the back four
3.0 ball-wins/90 · 2× in 2/2 matches
Signature: Receive → Progress Central → Screen / Win Ball — the only steps proven repeatable this season (3 of 5 in the full pattern). Not enough evidence yet for the rest of the chain below.
Not a pattern: escape pressure — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet); recycle / progress — 1× (low confidence, shown as a number only, no tactical conclusion drawn) — 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.
Genoa's output per match with Stefano Sabelli (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
2.50
1.33
+1.17
points /match
1.50
0.67
+0.83
goals for /match
1.50
0.50
+1.00
xG for /match
0.97
0.79
+0.18
03
His Share of the Team
Of everything Genoa produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Stefano Sabelli specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
box entries
5%
23 / 437
half-space entries
4%
35 / 799
progressive passes
4%
67 / 1684
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 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.
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Through-balls ~proxy
100
Line-breaking
98
Territory (wide vs central)
94
Progression
83
Final-third threat
80
Passing directness
79
Crossing
75
Receiving zones
62
Defensive aggression
55
Transition ~proxy
54
Box threat
50
Build-up
40
Creativity
39
Ball-winning
36
Carrying
33
Press resistance ~proxy
18
Dribbling
10
Retention
5
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: 176 cm / 70 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.
Jordan Teze Monaco · Ligue 1 · 183 cm / 68 kg
81%
Driven by: press resistance (15%), dribbling (15%), line-breaking (12%). Different mechanism — Sabelli more via defensive aggression; Teze more via creativity, receiving zones.
Martin Frese Hellas Verona 25/26 · 179 cm / 75 kg
80%
Driven by: press resistance (19%), retention (17%), dribbling (15%). Different mechanism — Sabelli more via receiving zones, final-third threat; Frese more via ball-winning.
Lucien Agoumé Sevilla · La Liga · 185 cm / 72 kg
79%
Driven by: retention (14%), through-balls (11%), territory (wide vs central) (11%). Different mechanism — Agoumé more via ball-winning, dribbling.
Nahuel Estévez Parma Calcio 1913 25/26 · 181 cm / 77 kg
77%
Driven by: press resistance (20%), dribbling (16%), retention (15%). Different mechanism — Sabelli more via territory (wide vs central), defensive aggression; Estévez more via creativity.
Jordan Zemura Udinese 25/26 · 173 cm / 63 kg
77%
Driven by: retention (17%), through-balls (14%), territory (wide vs central) (11%). Different mechanism — Sabelli more via build-up, receiving zones; Zemura more via dribbling, carrying.
Joris Chotard Brest · Ligue 1 · 179 cm / 70 kg
76%
Driven by: press resistance (22%), retention (18%), dribbling (18%). Different mechanism — Sabelli more via line-breaking, territory (wide vs central).
06
Summary
Stefano Sabelli is a ball-winning 6: 56% completion, 5 line-breaks and 1.5 progressive passes /90, resisting pressure with 0% dribble success. A central controller. [Off-ball screening position and scanning need tracking data.]
Based on 2 matches (61 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a ball-winning 6 — 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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