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Nordi Mukiele

Sunderland
Inverted full-back FB
55% of actions inside the pitch · average position x=43
Capability Analysis
Ball-Winning83%vs 21 full-backs
"How actively does he win the ball back?"
Interceptions /901.3381%
Ball recoveries /904.0471%
Tackles /902.2186%
Duels won /902.3695%
Breaking Pressure
only 62 pressured-passing actions across 3 high-press matches -- not enough sample (needs 5+ matches and 12+ actions)
Wide Delivery24%vs 21 full-backs
"Does he create danger from wide areas -- crosses and cutbacks?"
Crosses /900.00%
Cross accuracy: 0.0%
Cutbacks /901.6848%
Ball-Carrying78%vs 21 full-backs
"Does he advance the ball himself when the pass isn't on?"
Progressive carries /904.7781%
Carry distance /90108.42m76%
full-backoverlapping full-backprogressioncrossing
627
minutes
7 apps
72%
pass completion
281 passes
44
progressive passes
6.3/90
21
final-3rd entries
3.0/90
6
box entries
0.86/90
158
defensive actions
22.7/90
32
tackles + interceptions
68% tackle win
6
dribbles
67% won
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
Right Wing, Middle third — wide or inverted — mostly in the middle third (43% of his 281 passes)
72% completion · 281× in 7/7 matches
↓
PROGRESS
carry or combine up the flank
6.3 prog/90 · 44× in 7/7 matches
↓
DRIBBLE
beat his man up the line
67% won · 6× in 5/7 matches
↓
DELIVER
cross or cut-back into the box
2 key passes · 6× in 6/7 matches
↓
DEFEND
1v1 and cover on his side
158 def actions · lost 28% deep · 158× in 7/7 matches
Signature: receive wide/inverted → progress the flank → deliver into the box → recover to defend 1v1. Attack the space behind him in transition.
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 →
40
passes / match
22.7
def actions / 90
22–67
pass range (matches)
45
clearances
Pass range = his fewest and most passes in any single match this season (22 at the low end, 67 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.

06

How dangerous are his carries?

Real ball-carries

70 tracked carries (10.0/90, 24 progressive, 786m 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.

13%24%13%16%6%4%1%6%7%7%1%1%
progressivelateral/short% of his 70 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 8m, longest 43m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
2Outside → Inside
28Inside → Inside
23Outside → Outside
17Inside → Outside
First (29)Second (19)Third (15)Fourth (7)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).

19
tackle duels
13
won
6
beaten · 32%
brighter band = more tackle duels · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 32%
OUTSIDE 68%
Tackle-duel location — 6 inside · 13 outside
Right Wing
13 · 68%
Right Half-Space
5 · 26%
Central
1 · 5%
Left Half-Space
0 · 0%
Left Wing
0 · 0%
Vision AI beaten in 6 of 19 tackle duels (32% loss rate) — a solid 1v1 defensive record.
Every tackle duel, exact location
wonlost — dribbled pastown goal left, attacking →

He attempted only 6 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.

10

How does he build & move the ball?

How does he escape the first line?

28%
vertical passes
33×
7%
switches
8×
40%
carries
46×
25%
short circulation
29×
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 →RWRHSCLHSLWRW9544%4239%3711%105%51%1RHS6928%1926%1841%286%4C323%112%456%1819%69%3LHS450%250%2LW250%150%1FROM
Rows normalised: each row sums to 100% of that lane's completed passes. Grey number = passes from that lane.

Primary route: the right wing in the final third → the right half-space in the final third — 8 progressive passes (19% of his progression) at 0.133 xT each. He moves it inside.

His progression is inward: 60% of progressive passes move the ball toward the middle versus 2% going wider — he cuts in rather than holding width.

9% of his passes are cross-field switches — he changes the point of attack often.

Quality behind the volume: 20 line-breaking passes and 21 final-third entries, 7.3 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
6%17%15%17%16%5%1%6%6%5%1%1%0%1%1%1%
completedincomplete281 passes · any zone → any zone · own goal left, attacking →
281
passes
72%
completed
79
lost
Vision AIIn line with his 72% season completion rate.
07

How does he progress play?

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

44
progressive · 6.3/90
21
final-third entries · 3.0/90
6
box entries · 0.86/90
23
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.
09

How does he create chances?

2 key passes (0.29/90), 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:
50%50%
chance creation (2)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
08

Where does he become vulnerable?

81 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.

32
attacking third (cheap)
26
middle third
23
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 40% of losses are in the attacking third — a notable share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Mistake danger (proxy): 4.06 danger-index/90 · 0.349 avg/turnover. Weights each loss by threat conceded at that location. True xT-conceded needs the opponent possession model; positional proxy.
12

What is his passing profile?

281
passes attempted
54%
mostly forward
47%
mostly medium
Direction
Forward
153 · 54%
Sideways
75 · 27%
Backward
53 · 19%
Length (completed)
Short (<15m)
82 · 41%
Medium
94 · 47%
Long (>30m)
26 · 13%
11

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.

1.010.630.450.390.320.22
own goal left, attacking →
Highest-value routes (xT)
1.01
Right Wing Att third → Left Half-Space Att third
3 passes
0.63
Right Half-Space Mid third → Right Half-Space Att third
3 passes
0.45
Central Mid third → Central Mid third
4 passes
0.39
Right Half-Space Mid third → Right Wing Att third
3 passes
0.32
Right Wing Att third → Right Half-Space Att third
1 passes
0.22
Right Wing Mid third → Right Half-Space Mid third
2 passes
04

Where Does He Receive?

The zones where Nordi Mukiele 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
21%
Primary
Right Wing, Middle third
16%
Secondary
Right Wing, Attacking third
15%
Third
Right Wing, Defensive third
These are the zones where he collected the ball most.
05

Where Does He Operate? — Every Zone

Every on-ball touch (pass, dribble, shot) binned into a 6×3 grid — raw counts of where Nordi Mukiele 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:
1242418181456165244494615
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.

6%17%15%17%16%5%1%6%6%5%1%1%0%1%1%1%
own goal left, attacking →
13

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.

2Key pass
14Cross
3Cutback
44Progressive
53Long ball
15Switch
By zone — where the pass started → where it landed
53Outside → Inside
80Inside → Inside
44Outside → Outside
25Inside → Outside
By direction
153Forward
53Backward
75Sideways
own goal left, attacking →
03

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 inside from the right wing toward the left hs in the final third — 3 passes worth 1.01 xT.
Where do his chances come from?
Of 2 key passes, his busiest route is a delivery where he plays inside from the right hs toward the central in the final 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 right half-space in the final third: 62% of his 13 touches there are lost (8 times).
41%17/41 lost9%3/33 lost8%1/13 lost—3 touches · too few—0 touches · too few26%15/58 lost13%5/39 lost23%5/22 lost—2 touches · too few—0 touches · too few38%17/45 lost62%8/13 lost—5 touches · too few—4 touches · too few—3 touches · too fewRWRHSCLHSLWDEFMIDATT
02

Crosses & Cutbacks

14 crosses (2.01/90, 5 completed) and 3 cutbacks (0.43/90, 3 completed) — two separate wide-delivery patterns into the box, each its own map with a completed/failed filter. Neither is a tagged event, so both are inferred from pass geometry — the intended end point of a failed attempt is still real data (an interception doesn’t erase where the ball was aimed): a cross is a pass aimed into the box starting from a wide channel; a cutback starts almost on the byline but is squared back rather than driven forward, aimed centrally around the box. The completed-cross count was checked against this platform’s own real match-level cross totals and lands within about 1 cross of the true count.

Crosses — close-up on the final third
Cutbacks — close-up on the final third
completedfailed (dashed)close-up on the box — attacking ↑ toward goal
Out of possession

Out of possession

Where and how he defends and presses.

14

How & where does he defend?

158 defensive actions across the season (22.7/90). 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 →
19
tackles · 68% won
13
interceptions · 1.9/90
30
recoveries · 4.3/90
45
clearances · 6.5/90
3
blocks
33
avg action height
15
won high (att 3rd)
54
middle third
89
own third
Vision AI A mid-block defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 62 proactive ball-wins (8.9/90), tackle success 68%. He defends mostly around the middle third.
15

Can he play under pressure?

Split by how hard the opponent pressed (opponent PPDA — lower = more intense press). Can Nordi Mukiele 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 3.3, 2m)
59%
3.8
7.5
0.93
Mid press (PPDA 3.9, 2m)
70%
5.2
7.5
1.15
Low press (PPDA 4.9, 3m)
79%
9.3
7.8
1.68
Team

Team context

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

16

Impact on the Team

Sunderland's output per match with Nordi Mukiele (7 matches) versus without him (1 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 1 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 (1)
Δ
goals against /match
1.71
2.00
-0.29
points /match
0.71
0.00
+0.71
goals for /match
0.71
1.00
-0.29
xG for /match
1.49
0.82
+0.67
17

His Share of the Team

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

category
share
him / team
clearances
14%
211 / 1552
interceptions
13%
53 / 407
tackles
12%
88 / 747
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 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.

Overlapping full-back64%Inverted full-back41%
Why Overlapping full-back 64%: a weighted blend of transition 79 (weight 25%) + crossing 51 (weight 30%) + final-third threat 57 (weight 25%) + dribbling 55 (weight 20%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
passing directness
Strong
through-balls, line-breaking, transition, ball-winning, box threat, defensive aggression, progression, carrying
Average
creativity, receiving zones, final-third threat, dribbling, crossing, build-up, press resistance
Weak
retention, territory (wide vs central)
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Passing directness
98
Through-balls ~proxy
85
Line-breaking
83
Transition ~proxy
79
Ball-winning
79
Box threat
77
Defensive aggression
73
Progression
73
Carrying
70
Creativity
59
Receiving zones
58
Final-third threat
57
Dribbling
55
Crossing
51
Build-up
46
Press resistance ~proxy
41
Retention
21
Territory (wide vs central)
9
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: 187 cm / 84 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.

Anthony Oyono Frosinone · Serie A · 184 cm
71%
Driven by: ball-winning (21%), passing directness (19%), transition (18%). Different mechanism — Mukiele more via build-up, through-balls; Oyono more via retention, press resistance.
Pedro Porro Tottenham · 173 cm / 69 kg
68%
Driven by: passing directness (15%), retention (14%), through-balls (12%). Different mechanism — Mukiele more via defensive aggression; Porro more via territory (wide vs central), final-third threat.
Rubén Sánchez Elche · La Liga · 185 cm / 73 kg
68%
Driven by: transition (18%), passing directness (15%), through-balls (12%). Different mechanism — Mukiele more via defensive aggression, ball-winning; Sánchez more via dribbling, final-third threat.
Antonee Robinson Fulham · 183 cm / 73 kg
66%
Driven by: ball-winning (17%), transition (15%), line-breaking (11%). Different mechanism — Mukiele more via passing directness; Robinson more via territory (wide vs central), receiving zones.
Flávio Nazinho Monaco · Ligue 1 · 178 cm / 72 kg
64%
Driven by: territory (wide vs central) (20%), through-balls (13%), line-breaking (11%). Different mechanism — Mukiele more via passing directness, dribbling; Nazinho more via retention, final-third threat.
Rasmus Kristensen Eintracht Frankfurt · Bundesliga 25/26 · 187 cm / 70 kg
62%
Driven by: transition (18%), passing directness (15%), defensive aggression (12%). Different mechanism — Mukiele more via creativity; Kristensen more via territory (wide vs central), retention.
21

Summary

Nordi Mukiele is an overlapping full-back: 6.3 progressive passes and 6 box entries, delivering 2 key passes. Overlap-first full-back. [1v1 recovery pace and off-ball overlap timing need tracking.]

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