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: Not enough matches loaded yet to establish a repeatable signature for him.
Not a pattern: receive / move — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet); link — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet); finish — 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.
Lens's output per match with Odsonne Édouard (1 matches) versus without him (37 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 37 matches; treat every Δ below as noise until more games exist. A proper on-off model needs many more minutes.
WITH (1)
WITHOUT (37)
Δ
goals for /match
1.00
1.08
-0.08
xG for /match
0.74
0.01
+0.72
goals against /match
1.00
1.35
-0.35
points /match
1.00
1.19
-0.19
03
His Share of the Team
Of everything Lens produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Odsonne Édouard specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
expected goals (xG)
18%
11.2 / 63.4
shots
14%
68 / 492
successful take-ons
10%
16 / 166
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 75%: a weighted blend of box threat 80 (weight 50%) + retention 81 (weight 20%) + final-third threat 51 (weight 30%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
through-balls, progression, ball-winning, line-breaking, territory (wide vs central)
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Retention
81
Box threat
80
Receiving zones
76
Crossing
74
Creativity
67
Press resistance ~proxy
66
Dribbling
58
Final-third threat
51
Passing directness
50
Carrying
50
Transition ~proxy
46
Build-up
43
Defensive aggression
43
Through-balls ~proxy
38
Progression
34
Ball-winning
25
Line-breaking
21
Territory (wide vs central)
3
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: 187 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.
Robert Lewandowski Barcelona · La Liga 25/26 · 186 cm / 81 kg
76%
Driven by: retention (16%), box threat (14%), territory (wide vs central) (13%). Different mechanism — Édouard more via passing directness, crossing; Lewandowski more via build-up.
Serhou Guirassy Borussia Dortmund · Bundesliga · 187 cm / 82 kg
74%
Driven by: territory (wide vs central) (20%), box threat (17%), ball-winning (16%). Different mechanism — Édouard more via passing directness, crossing; Guirassy more via line-breaking.
Christian Kofane Leverkusen · Bundesliga · 189 cm / 80 kg
72%
Driven by: retention (19%), territory (wide vs central) (17%), line-breaking (11%). Different mechanism — Édouard more via passing directness, transition; Kofane more via defensive aggression.
Patrik Schick Leverkusen · Bundesliga · 191 cm / 86 kg
64%
Driven by: box threat (15%), territory (wide vs central) (15%), retention (14%). Different mechanism — Édouard more via crossing, transition; Schick more via build-up.
Georges Mikautadze Villarreal · La Liga · 176 cm / 71 kg
64%
Driven by: box threat (19%), territory (wide vs central) (18%), ball-winning (10%). Different mechanism — Édouard more via defensive aggression; Mikautadze more via carrying, progression.
Donyell Malen Roma · Serie A · 178 cm / 68 kg
63%
Driven by: box threat (26%), retention (15%), territory (wide vs central) (14%). Different mechanism — Malen more via line-breaking, carrying.
06
Summary
Odsonne Édouard is a target man / poacher: 0 goals from 0.00 xG (+0.00 vs expected), 0 shots, 0 box entries. A clinical finisher. [Off-ball runs, aerials and hold-up under contact need tracking/aerial data.]
Based on 1 matches (8 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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