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Axel Disasi

Crystal Palace
Stopper centre-back CB
11.8 defensive actions/90 · 3.5 progressive/90 — defends first
centre-backball-playing centre-backbuild-upline-breaking
1645
minutes
18 apps
692
passes
87% completed
87%
pass completion
692 passes
64
progressive passes
3.5/90
85
line-breaking passes
4.7/90
215
defensive actions
11.8/90
45
tackles + interceptions
73% tackle win
65
clearances
3.6/90
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
in the first line of build-up — mostly in the defensive third (55% of his 692 passes)
87% completion · 692× in 18/18 matches
↓
CARRY OUT
step into midfield to commit a presser
5 carries · 10× in 3/18 matches
↓
BREAK A LINE
vertical pass past the opponent midfield
3.5 prog/90 · 85× in 18/18 matches
↓
SWITCH PLAY
diagonal to the far side
cross-field balls · 17× in 10/18 matches
↓
PROGRESS
entries into the final third
1.9/90 · 35× in 12/18 matches
Signature: receive in the first line → break the midfield line vertically → switch or progress. Press him early and shut the vertical lane to force the safe sideways ball.
17

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 →
38
passes / match
11.8
def actions / 90
7–60
pass range (matches)
65
clearances
Pass range = his fewest and most passes in any single match this season (7 at the low end, 60 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.

09

How dangerous are his carries?

Real ball-carries

171 tracked carries (9.4/90, 37 progressive, 1522m 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.

2%1%2%1%1%3%12%15%6%18%17%18%5%1%
progressivelateral/short% of his 171 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 7m, longest 35m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
8Outside → Inside
109Inside → Inside
30Outside → Outside
24Inside → Outside
First (65)Second (54)Third (29)Fourth (23)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).

22
tackle duels
16
won
6
beaten · 27%
brighter band = more tackle duels · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 68%
OUTSIDE 32%
Tackle-duel location — 15 inside · 7 outside
Right Wing
2 · 9%
Right Half-Space
4 · 18%
Central
6 · 27%
Left Half-Space
5 · 23%
Left Wing
5 · 23%
Vision AI beaten in 6 of 22 tackle duels (27% loss rate) — a solid 1v1 defensive record.
Every tackle duel, exact location
wonlost — dribbled pastown goal left, attacking →

He attempted only 5 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?

12%
vertical passes
61×
3%
switches
16×
29%
carries
148×
56%
short circulation
285×
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 →RWRHSCLHSLWRW1225%333%442%5RHS3549%1723%817%611%4C2077%1422%4543%8818%3711%23LHS2462%56%1436%8917%4339%95LW999%920%2071%70FROM
Rows normalised: each row sums to 100% of that lane's completed passes. Grey number = passes from that lane.

Primary route: the left wing in the defensive third → the left wing in the middle third — 6 progressive passes (18% of his progression) at 0.047 xT each. He keeps it in the same lane.

Inward (27%) and outward (30%) progression are balanced — no strong lane bias.

Only 6% of his passes switch play, so his threat is same-side — contain the flank he occupies and the route closes.

Quality behind the volume: 6 line-breaking passes and 35 final-third entries, 6.4 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%2%2%1%0%0%10%13%13%4%0%0%11%18%14%7%1%
completedincomplete692 passes · any zone → any zone · own goal left, attacking →
692
passes
87%
completed
93
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.

64
progressive · 3.5/90
35
final-third entries · 1.9/90
0
box entries · 0.00/90
10
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.
12

How does he create chances?

2 key passes (0.11/90), 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:
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chance creation (2)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
06

Where does he become vulnerable?

94 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.

5
attacking third (cheap)
45
middle third
44
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 5% of losses are in the attacking third — a notable share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Mistake danger (proxy): 2.75 danger-index/90 · 0.534 avg/turnover. Weights each loss by threat conceded at that location. True xT-conceded needs the opponent possession model; positional proxy.
05

What is his passing profile?

692
passes attempted
46%
mostly forward
50%
mostly short
Direction
Forward
318 · 46%
Sideways
274 · 40%
Backward
100 · 14%
Length (completed)
Short (<15m)
297 · 50%
Medium
262 · 44%
Long (>30m)
40 · 7%
10

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.

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own goal left, attacking →
Highest-value routes (xT)
0.73
Central Def third → Right Half-Space Att third
3 passes
0.64
Left Wing Def third → Left Wing Mid third
7 passes
0.56
Left Wing Def third → Left Half-Space Mid third
7 passes
0.34
Left Half-Space Mid third → Right Wing Att third
2 passes
0.32
Left Half-Space Mid third → Left Wing Mid third
7 passes
0.26
Left Half-Space Def third → Left Wing Att third
1 passes
07

Where Does He Receive?

The zones where Axel Disasi 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
20%
Primary
Left Half-Space, Defensive third
19%
Secondary
Central, Defensive third
19%
Third
Left Half-Space, Middle third
These are the zones where he collected the ball most.
08

Where Does He Operate? — Every Zone

Every on-ball touch (pass, dribble, shot) binned into a 6×3 grid — raw counts of where Axel Disasi 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:
741279748972909030410717161221
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%2%2%1%0%0%10%13%13%4%0%0%11%18%14%7%1%
own goal left, attacking →
11

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
2Cutback
64Progressive
85Long ball
17Switch
By zone — where the pass started → where it landed
38Outside → Inside
334Inside → Inside
73Outside → Outside
154Inside → Outside
By direction
318Forward
100Backward
274Sideways
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 switches it out from the central to the right hs, advancing it forward in the defensive third — 3 passes worth 0.73 xT.
Where do his chances come from?
Of 2 key passes, his busiest route is a delivery where he switches it out from the left hs to the left wing, 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 right wing in the defensive third: 38% of his 8 touches there are lost (3 times).
38%3/8 lost29%6/21 lost6%8/133 lost8%11/137 lost19%16/85 lost25%2/8 lost23%6/26 lost15%14/93 lost10%13/129 lost26%9/35 lost—1 touch · too few—2 touches · too few—4 touches · too few—5 touches · too few—5 touches · too fewRWRHSCLHSLWDEFMIDATT
Out of possession

Out of possession

Where and how he defends and presses.

13

How & where does he defend?

215 defensive actions across the season (11.8/90). 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 →
22
tackles · 73% won
23
interceptions · 1.3/90
46
recoveries · 2.5/90
65
clearances · 3.6/90
9
blocks
28
avg action height
13
won high (att 3rd)
60
middle third
142
own third
Vision AI A deep-defending defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 91 proactive ball-wins (5.0/90), tackle success 73%. He defends deep, protecting his box — a last-line stopper.
14

Can he play under pressure?

Split by how hard the opponent pressed (opponent PPDA — lower = more intense press). Can Axel Disasi 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 ~6-6 matches — directional evidence, not proof.

press tier
completion
prog /90
line-breaks /90
xT /90
High press (PPDA 4.1, 6m)
82%
2.2
3.5
0.38
Mid press (PPDA 5.1, 6m)
86%
3.8
5.7
0.62
Low press (PPDA 7.1, 6m)
90%
4.6
4.8
0.65
Team

Team context

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

15

Impact on the Team

Insufficient sample: Axel Disasi played nearly every Crystal Palace match in the loaded data, so there is no meaningful "without him" comparison yet. This section fills in as more matches (and the rest of the season) are scraped.

16

His Share of the Team

Of everything Crystal Palace produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Axel Disasi specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.

category
share
him / team
interceptions
5%
23 / 446
clearances
5%
65 / 1413
expected goals (xG)
3%
1.8 / 61.1
Recruitment

Style and verdict

Style profile, closest comparables, and the summary.

18

Playing-Style Profile

Not raw event counts — football style scores: weighted models scored 0–100 against the 515 centre-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.

Ball-playing centre-back52%Stopper centre-back31%
Why Ball-playing centre-back 52%: a weighted blend of retention 64 (weight 30%) + build-up 60 (weight 30%) + press resistance 69 (weight 15%) + progression 12 (weight 25%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
—
Strong
dribbling
Average
press resistance, retention, box threat, build-up, ball-winning, crossing
Weak
carrying, passing directness, territory (wide vs central), transition, defensive aggression, creativity, progression, receiving zones, line-breaking, final-third threat, through-balls
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Dribbling
71
Press resistance ~proxy
69
Retention
64
Box threat
61
Build-up
60
Ball-winning
46
Crossing
41
Carrying
33
Passing directness
30
Territory (wide vs central)
29
Transition ~proxy
24
Defensive aggression
24
Creativity
13
Progression
12
Receiving zones
11
Line-breaking
10
Final-third threat
7
Through-balls ~proxy
6
19

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: 190 cm / 83 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.

Nobel Mendy Hull City · 187 cm / 78 kg
92%
Driven by: creativity (17%), final-third threat (13%), receiving zones (12%). Different mechanism — Disasi more via crossing, dribbling.
Micky van de Ven Tottenham · 193 cm / 81 kg
87%
Driven by: creativity (18%), line-breaking (11%), final-third threat (10%). Different mechanism — Ven more via carrying, transition.
Daniel Elfadli Hamburg · Bundesliga · 188 cm / 78 kg
85%
Driven by: final-third threat (15%), receiving zones (11%), progression (11%). Different mechanism — Disasi more via box threat; Elfadli more via retention, carrying.
Ville Koski Alaves · La Liga · 185 cm
83%
Driven by: creativity (16%), final-third threat (13%), progression (11%). Different mechanism — Disasi more via crossing, ball-winning; Koski more via passing directness.
Christian Kabasele Udinese · Serie A · 187 cm / 84 kg
83%
Driven by: final-third threat (14%), progression (13%), receiving zones (11%). Different mechanism — Disasi more via crossing, territory (wide vs central); Kabasele more via passing directness.
César Tárrega Valencia · La Liga · 194 cm / 78 kg
81%
Driven by: final-third threat (17%), progression (13%), transition (12%). Different mechanism — Disasi more via box threat, crossing; Tárrega more via defensive aggression, receiving zones.
20

Summary

Axel Disasi is a ball-playing centre-back: 87% pass completion, 85 line-breaking passes and 3.5 progressive passes /90. A build-and-progress centre-back whose value is in beating the first line with the pass, not in raw defensive volume. [Aerial duels, marking, line-height and 1v1 recovery need aerial-event + tracking data, absent here.]

Based on 18 matches (1645 minutes) this season — a reliable read. He profiles as a ball-playing centre-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 ball-playing centre-back profile.
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