Thin sample this season. Alexander Sørloth has played 2 matches (52 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 — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet); convert — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet) — 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.
Atletico's output per match with Alexander Sørloth (2 matches) versus without him (8 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 8 matches; treat every Δ below as noise until more games exist. A proper on-off model needs many more minutes.
WITH (2)
WITHOUT (8)
Δ
goals for /match
1.50
2.12
-0.62
xG for /match
1.87
0.16
+1.71
goals against /match
0.50
0.88
-0.38
points /match
3.00
2.38
+0.62
03
His Share of the Team
Of everything Atletico produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Alexander Sørloth specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
expected goals (xG)
13%
9.1 / 71.9
shots
10%
71 / 686
zone-14 entries
4%
20 / 511
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 Poacher 63%: a weighted blend of box threat 70 (weight 55%) + final-third threat 60 (weight 30%) + press resistance 30 (weight 15%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
line-breaking, press resistance, retention, dribbling, ball-winning, territory (wide vs central)
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Receiving zones
70
Box threat
70
Defensive aggression
60
Final-third threat
60
Carrying
60
Creativity
53
Crossing
50
Passing directness
48
Through-balls ~proxy
48
Progression
46
Transition ~proxy
45
Build-up
41
Line-breaking
34
Press resistance ~proxy
30
Retention
28
Dribbling
27
Ball-winning
22
Territory (wide vs central)
16
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: 195 cm / 94 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 La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, 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.
Dusan Vlahovic Juventus · Serie A 25/26 · 190 cm / 88 kg
81%
Driven by: territory (wide vs central) (16%), press resistance (13%), ball-winning (12%). Different mechanism — Sørloth more via carrying, final-third threat; Vlahovic more via passing directness.
Michael Gregoritsch Augsburg · Bundesliga · 193 cm / 91 kg
70%
Driven by: press resistance (19%), territory (wide vs central) (16%), dribbling (15%). Different mechanism — Sørloth more via carrying, retention; Gregoritsch more via passing directness, through-balls.
Viktor Gyökeres Arsenal · Premier League · 189 cm / 90 kg
66%
Driven by: dribbling (19%), press resistance (17%), ball-winning (16%). Different mechanism — Sørloth more via build-up, dribbling; Gyökeres more via territory (wide vs central), crossing.
Milan Djuric Cremonese · Serie A 25/26 · 198 cm / 94 kg
62%
Driven by: ball-winning (19%), retention (12%), press resistance (12%). Different mechanism — Sørloth more via carrying, crossing; Djuric more via passing directness, defensive aggression.
Andrej Ilic Union Berlin · Bundesliga 25/26 · 189 cm / 86 kg
61%
Driven by: ball-winning (18%), press resistance (16%), retention (15%). Different mechanism — Sørloth more via carrying, crossing; Ilic more via passing directness.
Rasmus Højlund Napoli · Serie A · 191 cm / 86 kg
60%
Driven by: ball-winning (33%), territory (wide vs central) (16%), line-breaking (8%). Different mechanism — Sørloth more via passing directness, through-balls; Højlund more via retention.
06
Summary
Alexander Sørloth is a poacher / target man: 0 goals from 0.38 xG (-0.38 vs expected), 3 shots, 0 box entries. Under-performing his chances. [Off-ball runs, aerials and hold-up under contact need tracking/aerial data.]
Based on 2 matches (52 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a poacher / target man — best used in a system built around that identity.
His biggest room for growth is press resistance — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall poacher profile.
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