Thin sample this season. Pontus Almqvist has played 5 matches (115 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.
RECEIVE
Right Half-Space, Attacking third — mostly in the attacking third (72% of his 25 passes)
67% of touches wide right · 25× in 5/5 matches
↓
CARRY / BEAT MAN
dribble past the full-back, cut inside
0% won · 3× in 3/5 matches
↓
CREATE / FINISH
cut-back or shot from inside
2.35 key passes /90 · 1 goals · 4× in 3/5 matches
Signature: Receive → Carry / Beat Man → Create / Finish — the only steps proven repeatable this season (3 of 4 in the full pattern). Not enough evidence yet for the rest of the chain below.
Not a pattern: progress — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet) — omitted from the signature rather than presented as one.
In possession
In possession
What he does with the ball: build-up, progression, creation, carrying and finishing.
13 tracked carries (10.2/90, 8 progressive, 227m total) — the ball moving with his touches, a different signal from dribbles below (beating an opponent 1v1). this counts every touch-carry, not just his dribble attempts below — a fuller picture of how much of his ball-carrying is control-and-move rather than beating a man.
progressivelateral/short% of his 13 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 18m, longest 32m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
Parma Calcio 1913's output per match with Pontus Almqvist (5 matches) versus without him (3 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 3 matches; treat every Δ below as noise until more games exist. A proper on-off model needs many more minutes.
WITH (5)
WITHOUT (3)
Δ
goals for /match
0.80
0.33
+0.47
xG for /match
0.65
0.00
+0.65
goals against /match
1.40
2.67
-1.27
points /match
0.80
0.00
+0.80
04
His Share of the Team
Of everything Parma Calcio 1913 produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Pontus Almqvist specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
expected assists (xA)
4%
1.2 / 28.8
successful take-ons
4%
6 / 158
box entries
3%
11 / 327
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 180 wingers 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 Pressing forward 61%: a weighted blend of defensive aggression 68 (weight 45%) + ball-winning 70 (weight 30%) + transition 28 (weight 25%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Ball-winning
70
Defensive aggression
68
Creativity
55
Build-up
44
Retention
40
Territory (wide vs central)
40
Crossing
39
Transition ~proxy
28
Press resistance ~proxy
27
Receiving zones
27
Passing directness
25
Box threat
22
Carrying
21
Final-third threat
18
Through-balls ~proxy
17
Dribbling
16
Progression
11
Line-breaking
6
06
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: 183 cm / 67 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 Serie A, Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1 and Premier League, 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.
Williot Swedberg Celta Vigo · La Liga · 187 cm / 78 kg
85%
Driven by: progression (14%), line-breaking (12%), final-third threat (11%). Different mechanism — Almqvist more via territory (wide vs central), creativity; Swedberg more via passing directness, box threat.
Matteo Cancellieri Lazio · 180 cm / 79 kg
83%
Driven by: transition (14%), progression (14%), final-third threat (12%). Different mechanism — Almqvist more via creativity, crossing; Cancellieri more via box threat, line-breaking.
Joel Mvuka Lorient · Ligue 1 25/26 · 176 cm / 66 kg
78%
Driven by: progression (13%), line-breaking (13%), dribbling (10%). Different mechanism — Almqvist more via creativity, receiving zones; Mvuka more via territory (wide vs central).
Alieu Fadera Cagliari · 182 cm / 71 kg
77%
Driven by: dribbling (12%), press resistance (11%), final-third threat (9%). Different mechanism — Almqvist more via creativity, crossing; Fadera more via line-breaking, transition.
Chris Rigg Sunderland · Premier League · 177 cm / 65 kg
76%
Driven by: progression (16%), line-breaking (13%), box threat (11%). Different mechanism — Almqvist more via territory (wide vs central), creativity; Rigg more via passing directness.
Joaquín Muñoz Malaga · La Liga · 173 cm / 60 kg
76%
Driven by: transition (13%), progression (12%), through-balls (11%). Different mechanism — Almqvist more via ball-winning; Muñoz more via dribbling, press resistance.
07
Summary
Pontus Almqvist is a wide, outside-first right carrier: 67% of dribbles in the wing lane, 48% of passes from wide — but 82% land inside. 0.0 progressive passes and 2.35 key passes /90 plus 1 goals from 0.15 xG. A carry-and-deliver threat.
Based on 5 matches (115 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a pressing forward — best used in a system built around that identity.
His biggest room for growth is transition — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall pressing forward profile.
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