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Lucas Tousart

Brest
Ball-winning 6 (destroyer) DM
17.0 defensive actions/90
Capability Analysis
Breaking Pressure
only 76 pressured-passing actions across 4 high-press matches -- not enough sample (needs 5+ matches and 12+ actions)
Progression11%vs 43 centre-backs
"Can he move the team forward with a pass, not just recycle it sideways?"
Progressive passes /901.372%
Line-breaking passes /900.4632%
Threat added by passing /900.48xT0%
Pass accuracy82.13%9%
Ball-Winning48%vs 43 centre-backs
"How actively does he win the ball back?"
Interceptions /900.9839%
Ball recoveries /902.819%
Tackles /902.2280%
Duels won /901.9664%
defensive midtempo controllerpress resistancescreening
460
minutes
8 apps
225
passes
84% completed
84%
pass completion
225 passes
18
progressive passes
3.5/90
87
defensive actions
17.0/90
12
tackles + interceptions
60% tackle win
10
recoveries
2.0/90
30
line-breaking passes
5.9/90
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
drop between the centre-backs — mostly in the defensive third (68% of his 225 passes)
84% completion · 225× in 8/8 matches
↓
PROGRESS CENTRAL
break a line through the middle
3.5 prog/90 · 30× in 5/8 matches
↓
SCREEN / WIN BALL
protect the back four
4.3 ball-wins/90 · 22× in 8/8 matches
↓
RECYCLE / PROGRESS
keep it ticking, feed the final third
1.2 f3-entries/90 · 6× in 4/8 matches
Signature: Receive → Progress Central → Screen / Win Ball → Recycle / Progress — the only steps proven repeatable this season (4 of 5 in the full pattern). Not enough evidence yet for the rest of the chain below.
Not a pattern: escape pressure — 1× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet) — omitted from the signature rather than presented as one.
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 →
28
passes / match
17.0
def actions / 90
3–69
pass range (matches)
34
clearances
Pass range = his fewest and most passes in any single match this season (3 at the low end, 69 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.

10

How dangerous are his carries?

Real ball-carries

37 tracked carries (7.2/90, 4 progressive, 276m 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.

22%32%14%3%22%5%3%
progressivelateral/short% of his 37 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 6m, longest 17m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
2Outside → Inside
30Inside → Inside
4Outside → Outside
1Inside → Outside
First (15)Second (14)Third (8)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).

5
tackle duels
3
won
2
beaten · 40%
brighter band = more tackle duels · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 80%
OUTSIDE 20%
Tackle-duel location — 4 inside · 1 outside
Right Wing
0 · 0%
Right Half-Space
3 · 60%
Central
1 · 20%
Left Half-Space
0 · 0%
Left Wing
1 · 20%
Vision AI beaten in 2 of 5 tackle duels (40% loss rate) — a solid 1v1 defensive record.
Every tackle duel, exact location
wonlost — dribbled pastown goal left, attacking →

He attempted only 1 dribble of his own all season — dribbling is not part of this role; his ball-carrying is covered above, his defending against the dribble below.

03

How does he build & move the ball?

How does he escape the first line?

10%
vertical passes
17×
2%
switches
4×
21%
carries
37×
67%
short circulation
117×
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 →RWRHSCLHSLWRW1612%250%838%6RHS8533%2813%1144%379%81%1C8128%2312%1033%2721%175%4LHS450%225%125%1LW250%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 defensive third → the right half-space in the middle third — 2 progressive passes (20% of his progression) at 0.069 xT each. He moves it inside.

His progression is inward: 80% of progressive passes move the ball toward the middle versus 0% going wider — he cuts in rather than holding width.

12% of his passes are cross-field switches — he changes the point of attack often.

Quality behind the volume: 5 line-breaking passes and 6 final-third entries, 3.0 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
10%26%11%3%1%4%28%9%3%2%1%1%2%0%0%
completedincomplete225 passes · any zone → any zone · own goal left, attacking →
225
passes
84%
completed
37
lost
Vision AIIn line with his 84% season completion rate.
04

How does he progress play?

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

18
progressive · 3.5/90
6
final-third entries · 1.2/90
4
box entries · 0.78/90
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.
11

How does he create chances?

4 key passes (0.78/90), 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%25%25%
chance creation (4)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
05

Where does he become vulnerable?

37 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)
13
middle third
19
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 14% of losses are in the attacking third — a notable share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Mistake danger (proxy): 3.55 danger-index/90 · 0.490 avg/turnover. Weights each loss by threat conceded at that location. True xT-conceded needs the opponent possession model; positional proxy.
06

What is his passing profile?

225
passes attempted
49%
mostly forward
64%
mostly medium
Direction
Forward
111 · 49%
Sideways
82 · 36%
Backward
32 · 14%
Length (completed)
Short (<15m)
58 · 31%
Medium
120 · 64%
Long (>30m)
10 · 5%
07

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.

0.850.230.180.130.130.11
own goal left, attacking →
Highest-value routes (xT)
0.85
Right Half-Space Mid third → Central Att third
2 passes · 2 to a shot
0.23
Central Att third → Central Att third
1 passes · 1 to a shot
0.18
Right Wing Def third → Right Half-Space Mid third
2 passes
0.13
Right Half-Space Mid third → Right Half-Space Mid third
2 passes
0.13
Central Mid third → Central Mid third
1 passes
0.11
Right Half-Space Def third → Central Mid third
2 passes
08

Where Does He Receive?

The zones where Lucas Tousart 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
32%
Primary
Right Half-Space, Defensive third
27%
Secondary
Central, Defensive third
11%
Third
Right Half-Space, Middle third
These are the zones where he collected the ball most.
09

Where Does He Operate? — Every Zone

Every on-ball touch (pass, dribble, shot) binned into a 6×3 grid — raw counts of where Lucas Tousart 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:
35118622164823582462
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.

10%26%11%3%1%4%28%9%3%2%1%1%2%0%0%
own goal left, attacking →
12

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.

4Key pass
1Cross
1Cutback
18Progressive
30Long ball
4Switch
By zone — where the pass started → where it landed
15Outside → Inside
113Inside → Inside
3Outside → Outside
57Inside → Outside
By direction
111Forward
32Backward
82Sideways
own goal left, attacking →
02

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 hs toward the central, advancing it forward in the middle third — 2 passes worth 0.85 xT.
Where do his chances come from?
Of 4 key passes, his busiest route is a delivery where he plays inside from the right hs toward the central, advancing it forward in the middle third — 2 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 middle third: 50% of his 10 touches there are lost (5 times).
38%6/16 lost12%9/72 lost6%4/62 lost—3 touches · too few—0 touches · too few50%5/10 lost12%3/25 lost9%2/22 lost—4 touches · too few—2 touches · too few—1 touch · too few—2 touches · too few—5 touches · too few—1 touch · too few—0 touches · too fewRWRHSCLHSLWDEFMIDATT
Out of possession

Out of possession

Where and how he defends and presses.

13

How & where does he defend?

87 defensive actions across the season (17.0/90). 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 →
5
tackles · 60% won
7
interceptions · 1.4/90
10
recoveries · 2.0/90
34
clearances · 6.7/90
2
blocks
31
avg action height
9
won high (att 3rd)
24
middle third
54
own third
Vision AI A deep-defending defender. He wins the ball mainly by clearing and blocking — a reactive, protect-the-box profile. 22 proactive ball-wins (4.3/90), tackle success 60%. He defends mostly around the middle third.
14

Can he play under pressure?

Split by how hard the opponent pressed (opponent PPDA — lower = more intense press). Can Lucas Tousart 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 ~2-4 matches — directional evidence, not proof.

press tier
completion
prog /90
line-breaks /90
xT /90
High press (PPDA 3.4, 2m)
83%
5.2
5.2
0.84
Mid press (PPDA 4.2, 2m)
82%
3.3
4.9
0.52
Low press (PPDA 6.2, 4m)
84%
2.7
6.7
0.78
Team

Team context

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

15

Impact on the Team

Insufficient sample: Lucas Tousart played nearly every Brest 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 Brest produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Lucas Tousart specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.

category
share
him / team
goals
7%
1 / 14
clearances
7%
54 / 794
tackles
5%
34 / 646
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 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.

Tempo controller50%Deep-lying playmaker43%Ball-winning 642%
Why Tempo controller 50%: a weighted blend of retention 54 (weight 35%) + build-up 55 (weight 30%) + press resistance 62 (weight 20%) + progression 14 (weight 15%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
—
Strong
passing directness, box threat, defensive aggression
Average
press resistance, build-up, retention, dribbling, crossing
Weak
through-balls, transition, ball-winning, territory (wide vs central), carrying, line-breaking, final-third threat, progression, creativity, receiving zones
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Passing directness
78
Box threat
75
Defensive aggression
75
Press resistance ~proxy
62
Build-up
55
Retention
54
Dribbling
49
Crossing
42
Through-balls ~proxy
39
Transition ~proxy
32
Ball-winning
32
Territory (wide vs central)
27
Carrying
16
Line-breaking
16
Final-third threat
15
Progression
14
Creativity
9
Receiving zones
3
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: 185 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 Ligue 1, Bundesliga, La Liga, Premier League 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.

Facundo Bernal Real Betis · La Liga · 189 cm / 80 kg
80%
Driven by: creativity (22%), progression (13%), receiving zones (13%). Different mechanism — Tousart more via passing directness, defensive aggression; Bernal more via ball-winning.
Tommaso Pobega Bologna · Serie A · 188 cm / 75 kg
78%
Driven by: creativity (22%), receiving zones (15%), progression (12%). Different mechanism — Tousart more via passing directness, through-balls; Pobega more via territory (wide vs central).
Ryan Yates Nottingham Forest · Premier League · 190 cm / 87 kg
78%
Driven by: creativity (18%), receiving zones (14%), progression (13%). Different mechanism — Tousart more via through-balls, defensive aggression; Yates more via territory (wide vs central), crossing.
Lucas Torró Osasuna · La Liga · 190 cm / 77 kg
77%
Driven by: carrying (14%), progression (14%), final-third threat (12%). Different mechanism — Tousart more via through-balls, retention; Torró more via creativity, receiving zones.
Julian Niehues Heidenheim · Bundesliga 25/26 · 195 cm / 89 kg
76%
Driven by: creativity (24%), receiving zones (19%), progression (10%). Different mechanism — Tousart more via defensive aggression, passing directness; Niehues more via carrying, through-balls.
João Palhinha Tottenham · Premier League 25/26 · 190 cm / 84 kg
74%
Driven by: creativity (21%), receiving zones (13%), carrying (10%). Different mechanism — Tousart more via crossing, press resistance; Palhinha more via territory (wide vs central), ball-winning.
20

Summary

Lucas Tousart is a tempo controller: 84% completion, 30 line-breaks and 3.5 progressive passes /90, resisting pressure with 100% dribble success. A central controller. [Off-ball screening position and scanning need tracking data.]

Based on 8 matches (460 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a tempo controller — 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 tempo controller profile.
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