Thin sample this season. Artem Dovbyk has played 4 matches (123 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.
Signature: Link → Finish — 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: receive / move — 2× (low confidence, shown as a number only, no tactical conclusion drawn); convert — 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.
Bologna's output per match with Artem Dovbyk (4 matches) versus without him (4 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 4 matches; treat every Δ below as noise until more games exist. A proper on-off model needs many more minutes.
WITH (4)
WITHOUT (4)
Δ
goals for /match
0.75
1.25
-0.50
xG for /match
1.60
0.79
+0.81
goals against /match
1.75
0.75
+1.00
points /match
0.25
1.75
-1.50
03
His Share of the Team
Of everything Bologna produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Artem Dovbyk specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
goals
14%
1 / 7
expected goals (xG)
6%
3.2 / 53.9
zone-14 entries
4%
8 / 213
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 299 strikers 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.
Why Target man 69%: a weighted blend of box threat 84 (weight 50%) + final-third threat 39 (weight 30%) + retention 58 (weight 20%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Creativity
88
Receiving zones
86
Box threat
84
Retention
58
Defensive aggression
55
Press resistance ~proxy
46
Line-breaking
42
Territory (wide vs central)
42
Build-up
42
Final-third threat
39
Dribbling
36
Ball-winning
36
Progression
34
Carrying
19
Through-balls ~proxy
10
Transition ~proxy
10
Passing directness
8
Crossing
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: 189 cm / 92 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.
Serhou Guirassy Borussia Dortmund · Bundesliga · 187 cm / 82 kg
76%
Driven by: box threat (14%), passing directness (14%), transition (13%). Different mechanism — Dovbyk more via territory (wide vs central), ball-winning; Guirassy more via crossing, retention.
Christian Kofane Leverkusen · Bundesliga · 189 cm / 80 kg
69%
Driven by: transition (20%), passing directness (14%), receiving zones (10%). Different mechanism — Dovbyk more via line-breaking, territory (wide vs central); Kofane more via crossing, retention.
Robert Lewandowski Barcelona · La Liga 25/26 · 186 cm / 81 kg
66%
Driven by: transition (15%), box threat (14%), through-balls (13%). Different mechanism — Dovbyk more via line-breaking, territory (wide vs central); Lewandowski more via crossing, retention.
Ferran Torres PSG · Ligue 1 · 182 cm / 80 kg
66%
Driven by: crossing (18%), receiving zones (16%), transition (15%). Different mechanism — Dovbyk more via defensive aggression, creativity; Torres more via passing directness, line-breaking.
Patrik Schick Leverkusen · Bundesliga · 191 cm / 86 kg
64%
Driven by: transition (20%), box threat (13%), through-balls (12%). Different mechanism — Dovbyk more via creativity, defensive aggression; Schick more via crossing, build-up.
Ludovic Ajorque Brest · Ligue 1 · 197 cm / 92 kg
62%
Driven by: transition (21%), passing directness (14%), crossing (13%). Different mechanism — Dovbyk more via box threat, receiving zones; Ajorque more via defensive aggression, crossing.
06
Summary
Artem Dovbyk is a target man / poacher: 1 goals from 0.67 xG (+0.33 vs expected), 4 shots, 2 box entries. A clinical finisher. [Off-ball runs, aerials and hold-up under contact need tracking/aerial data.]
Based on 4 matches (123 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a target man / poacher — best used in a system built around that identity.
His biggest room for growth is final-third threat — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall target man profile.
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