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Lisandro Martínez

Man Utd
Ball-playing centre-back CB
7.9 progressive passes/90 · 1.8 line-breaking/90
Capability Analysis
Aerial & Box Defending19%vs 50 centre-backs
"Can he win the individual defensive battle in his own box?"
Aerial duels won /900.00%
Aerial win rate: 0.0%
Clearances /904.3838%
Ball-Winning36%vs 50 centre-backs
"How actively does he win the ball back?"
Interceptions /900.7422%
Ball recoveries /903.8680%
Tackles /901.1236%
Duels won /900.988%
Breaking Pressure
only 17 pressured-passing actions across 1 high-press match -- not enough sample (needs 5+ matches and 12+ actions)
Progression90%vs 50 centre-backs
"Can he move the team forward with a pass, not just recycle it sideways?"
Progressive passes /905.492%
Line-breaking passes /901.6392%
Threat added by passing /901.59xT94%
Pass accuracy89.9%82%
Ball-Carrying94%vs 50 centre-backs
"Does he advance the ball himself when the pass isn't on?"
Progressive carries /9010.0194%
Carry distance /90203.62m94%
centre-backball-playing centre-backbuild-upline-breaking
557
minutes
7 apps
391
passes
90% completed
90%
pass completion
391 passes
49
progressive passes
7.9/90
40
line-breaking passes
6.5/90
81
defensive actions
13.1/90
9
tackles + interceptions
80% tackle win
25
clearances
4.0/90
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 middle third (59% of his 391 passes)
90% completion · 391× in 7/7 matches
↓
BREAK A LINE
vertical pass past the opponent midfield
7.9 prog/90 · 40× in 7/7 matches
↓
SWITCH PLAY
diagonal to the far side
cross-field balls · 6× in 3/7 matches
↓
PROGRESS
entries into the final third
6.3/90 · 39× in 7/7 matches
Signature: Receive → Break A Line → Switch Play → 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: carry out — 2× (low confidence, shown as a number only, no tactical conclusion drawn) — 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 →
56
passes / match
13.1
def actions / 90
17–92
pass range (matches)
25
clearances
Pass range = his fewest and most passes in any single match this season (17 at the low end, 92 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.

08

How dangerous are his carries?

Real ball-carries

137 tracked carries (22.1/90, 28 progressive, 1187m 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.

1%1%1%14%18%12%1%7%14%23%8%1%
progressivelateral/short% of his 137 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 7m, longest 34m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
10Outside → Inside
113Inside → Inside
9Outside → Outside
5Inside → Outside
First (44)Second (36)Third (29)Fourth (28)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
4
won
1
beaten · 20%
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
0 · 0%
Central
2 · 40%
Left Half-Space
2 · 40%
Left Wing
1 · 20%
Vision AI beaten in 1 of 5 tackle duels (20% 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.

02

How does he build & move the ball?

How does he escape the first line?

16%
vertical passes
40×
2%
switches
4×
44%
carries
107×
38%
short circulation
92×
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 →RWRHSCLHSLWRW0RHS520%120%160%3C784%328%2246%3615%126%5LHS2230%18%1835%7826%5731%69LW462%124%1124%1150%23FROM
Rows normalised: each row sums to 100% of that lane's completed passes. Grey number = passes from that lane.

Primary route: the left half-space in the middle third → central areas in the middle third — 8 progressive passes (22% of his progression) at 0.027 xT each. He moves it inside.

His progression is inward: 51% of progressive passes move the ball toward the middle versus 3% going wider — he cuts in rather than holding width.

Only 5% of his passes switch play, so his threat is same-side — contain the flank he occupies and the route closes.

Quality behind the volume: 11 line-breaking passes and 39 final-third entries, 8.0 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
0%1%0%5%10%12%10%2%1%6%15%21%16%2%
completedincomplete391 passes · any zone → any zone · own goal left, attacking →
391
passes
90%
completed
39
lost
Vision AIIn line with his 90% season completion rate.
04

How does he progress play?

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

49
progressive · 7.9/90
39
final-third entries · 6.3/90
3
box entries · 0.48/90
31
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 (0.32/90), 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
09

Where does he become vulnerable?

39 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.

2
attacking third (cheap)
24
middle third
13
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 5% of losses are in the attacking third — a notable share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Mistake danger (proxy): 3.03 danger-index/90 · 0.481 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?

391
passes attempted
54%
mostly forward
51%
mostly medium
Direction
Forward
213 · 54%
Sideways
120 · 31%
Backward
58 · 15%
Length (completed)
Short (<15m)
155 · 44%
Medium
179 · 51%
Long (>30m)
18 · 5%
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.

0.750.640.420.380.370.36
own goal left, attacking →
Highest-value routes (xT)
0.75
Left Half-Space Mid third → Left Wing Att third
9 passes
0.64
Left Half-Space Mid third → Central Att third
2 passes
0.42
Left Half-Space Mid third → Left Half-Space Att third
2 passes
0.38
Left Half-Space Mid third → Left Wing Mid third
6 passes
0.37
Left Half-Space Mid third → Left Half-Space Mid third
4 passes
0.36
Left Half-Space Def third → Left Half-Space Mid third
6 passes
06

Where Does He Receive?

The zones where Lisandro Martínez 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
38%
Primary
Left Half-Space, Middle third
22%
Secondary
Left Half-Space, Defensive third
11%
Third
Central, Middle third
These are the zones where he collected the ball most.
07

Where Does He Operate? — Every Zone

Every on-ball touch (pass, dribble, shot) binned into a 6×3 grid — raw counts of where Lisandro Martínez 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:
235882618121384541134131
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.

0%1%0%5%10%12%10%2%1%6%15%21%16%2%
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
1Cross
1Cutback
49Progressive
40Long ball
6Switch
By zone — where the pass started → where it landed
23Outside → Inside
227Inside → Inside
23Outside → Outside
79Inside → Outside
By direction
213Forward
58Backward
120Sideways
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 switches it out from the left hs to the left wing, advancing it forward in the middle third — 9 passes worth 0.75 xT.
Where do his chances come from?
Of 2 key passes, his busiest route is a delivery where he plays straight through the left hs, 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 left wing in the defensive third: 24% of his 21 touches there are lost (5 times).
—0 touches · too few—2 touches · too few6%2/32 lost7%6/86 lost24%5/21 lost—0 touches · too few—4 touches · too few7%3/44 lost10%15/150 lost15%5/34 lost—0 touches · too few—1 touch · too few12%1/8 lost0%0/8 lost—1 touch · too fewRWRHSCLHSLWDEFMIDATT
Out of possession

Out of possession

Where and how he defends and presses.

13

How & where does he defend?

81 defensive actions across the season (13.1/90). 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 · 80% won
4
interceptions · 0.6/90
16
recoveries · 2.6/90
25
clearances · 4.0/90
6
blocks
26
avg action height
1
won high (att 3rd)
22
middle third
58
own third
Vision AI A deep-defending defender. He wins the ball mainly by clearing and blocking — a reactive, protect-the-box profile. 25 proactive ball-wins (4.0/90), tackle success 80%. 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 Lisandro Martínez 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 3.8, 2m)
83%
7.1
9.5
1.03
Mid press (PPDA 4.3, 2m)
93%
6.0
4.2
1.10
Low press (PPDA 6.1, 3m)
89%
9.4
7.2
2.19
Team

Team context

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

15

Impact on the Team

Man Utd's output per match with Lisandro Martínez (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
1.57
2.00
-0.43
points /match
1.00
0.00
+1.00
goals for /match
1.43
0.00
+1.43
xG for /match
1.58
1.85
-0.28
16

His Share of the Team

Of everything Man Utd produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Lisandro Martínez specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.

category
share
him / team
clearances
8%
94 / 1159
final-third entries
6%
145 / 2305
threat added by passing (xT)
6%
34.2 / 591.5
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 513 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-back86%Stopper centre-back38%
Why Ball-playing centre-back 86%: a weighted blend of retention 86 (weight 30%) + progression 93 (weight 25%) + build-up 65 (weight 30%) + press resistance 87 (weight 15%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
carrying, dribbling, progression, receiving zones, line-breaking, final-third threat, press resistance, through-balls, transition, retention
Strong
passing directness, creativity
Average
build-up, crossing, ball-winning
Weak
box threat, territory (wide vs central), defensive aggression
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Carrying
97
Dribbling
94
Progression
93
Receiving zones
92
Line-breaking
91
Final-third threat
90
Press resistance ~proxy
87
Through-balls ~proxy
87
Transition ~proxy
87
Retention
86
Passing directness
79
Creativity
79
Build-up
65
Crossing
57
Ball-winning
45
Box threat
40
Territory (wide vs central)
20
Defensive aggression
13
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: 175 cm / 78 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.

Clément Lenglet Atletico · La Liga 25/26 · 186 cm / 81 kg
91%
Driven by: carrying (14%), transition (13%), progression (12%). Different mechanism — Martínez more via dribbling, receiving zones; Lenglet more via territory (wide vs central), defensive aggression.
Castello Lukeba RBL · Bundesliga · 184 cm / 73 kg
91%
Driven by: press resistance (12%), transition (12%), dribbling (10%). Different mechanism — Martínez more via final-third threat, through-balls.
Joachim Andersen Fulham · 192 cm / 86 kg
87%
Driven by: progression (13%), carrying (12%), transition (11%). Different mechanism — Martínez more via receiving zones, dribbling; Andersen more via defensive aggression.
Michel Mboula Metz · Ligue 1 25/26 · 185 cm
86%
Driven by: carrying (14%), progression (12%), transition (11%). Different mechanism — Martínez more via passing directness, creativity; Mboula more via territory (wide vs central), crossing.
Mario Gila AC Milan · Serie A · 185 cm / 74 kg
85%
Driven by: transition (14%), carrying (12%), progression (11%). Different mechanism — Martínez more via dribbling, press resistance; Gila more via defensive aggression, box threat.
Daley Blind Girona · La Liga 25/26 · 180 cm / 72 kg
85%
Driven by: transition (12%), carrying (11%), progression (11%). Different mechanism — Blind more via territory (wide vs central), ball-winning.
20

Summary

Lisandro Martínez is a ball-playing centre-back: 90% pass completion, 40 line-breaking passes and 7.9 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 7 matches (557 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a ball-playing centre-back — best used in a system built around that identity. His biggest room for growth is build-up — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall ball-playing centre-back profile.
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