Thin sample this season. Georginio Rutter has played 5 matches (170 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 →
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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 / MOVE
occupy the box, drop or run channel — mostly in the attacking third (67% of his 30 passes)
Signature: Receive / Move → Link → 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: convert — 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.
10 tracked carries (5.3/90, 3 progressive, 80m 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 10 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
First (10)grouped by carry pattern (start + end position), largest group first
startendown goal left, attacking →
Dribbles (1v1s)
Does he drop to link or stay central? Touches by channel. Season rate: 4.24 dribbles attempted /90.
brighter band = more dribbles · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 38%
OUTSIDE 62%
Dribble location — 3 inside · 5 outside
Right Wing
1 · 12%
Right Half-Space
0 · 0%
Central
1 · 12%
Left Half-Space
2 · 25%
Left Wing
4 · 50%
Vision AI His touches are spread wide — a roaming forward.
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How does he create chances?
3 key passes (1.59/90), 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
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chance creation (3)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
Box deliveries — key passes reaching the final third, by flank
from the left (2)from the right (1)of 3 key passes landing in the final thirdattacking ↑ toward goal
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Where does he become vulnerable?
20 possessions lost. Directness has a cost — the question is where. Attacking-third losses are cheap; deep ones are dangerous.
15
attacking third (cheap)
4
middle third
1
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 75% of losses are in the attacking third — he gambles where a turnover costs little.
Mistake danger (proxy): 2.11 danger-index/90 · 0.199 avg/turnover. Weights each loss by threat conceded at that location. True xT-conceded needs the opponent possession model; positional proxy.
20 defensive actions across the season (10.6/90). 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 →
3
tackles · 67% won
0
interceptions · 0.0/90
7
recoveries · 3.7/90
3
clearances · 1.6/90
3
blocks
52
avg action height
10
won high (att 3rd)
4
middle third
6
own third
Vision AI A front-foot / high defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 10 proactive ball-wins (5.3/90), tackle success 67%. He defends high, stepping out to intercept — suits a high line.
Defensive work in the attacking half
Ball-wins in the attacking half only (own half vs. attacking half, a simple 2-way split, not the usual thirds) — the clearest single signal of how much he presses and recovers the ball high up the pitch.
11
attacking-half actions · 5.82/90
Team
Team context
How much of the team runs through him, and what changes without him.
Brighton's output per match with Georginio Rutter (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
2.80
3.00
-0.20
xG for /match
1.67
0.00
+1.67
goals against /match
0.40
1.67
-1.27
points /match
2.40
1.33
+1.07
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His Share of the Team
Of everything Brighton produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Georginio Rutter specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
successful take-ons
16%
31 / 195
expected assists (xA)
14%
3.4 / 24.2
shots
9%
47 / 542
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 Pressing forward 72%: a weighted blend of ball-winning 95 (weight 30%) + transition 97 (weight 25%) + defensive aggression 35 (weight 45%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
build-up, press resistance, territory (wide vs central)
Weak
retention, defensive aggression, box threat
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Passing directness
100
Final-third threat
97
Transition ~proxy
97
Progression
95
Ball-winning
95
Through-balls ~proxy
94
Carrying
94
Line-breaking
90
Creativity
84
Crossing
75
Receiving zones
74
Dribbling
70
Build-up
59
Press resistance ~proxy
51
Territory (wide vs central)
43
Retention
39
Defensive aggression
35
Box threat
29
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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: 182 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 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.
Franco Vázquez Cremonese · Serie A 25/26 · 187 cm / 82 kg
91%
Driven by: transition (16%), ball-winning (15%), final-third threat (10%). Different mechanism — Vázquez more via territory (wide vs central), retention.
Nicolò Zaniolo Udinese · Serie A · 190 cm / 79 kg
90%
Driven by: transition (17%), final-third threat (11%), ball-winning (11%). Different mechanism — Zaniolo more via territory (wide vs central), box threat.
Sebastiano Esposito Sassuolo · Serie A · 183 cm / 76 kg
89%
Driven by: transition (15%), ball-winning (13%), final-third threat (11%). Different mechanism — Rutter more via dribbling; Esposito more via territory (wide vs central), build-up.
Cucho Hernández Real Betis · La Liga · 176 cm / 79 kg
84%
Driven by: transition (17%), progression (12%), passing directness (10%). Different mechanism — Rutter more via ball-winning, final-third threat; Hernández more via box threat, territory (wide vs central).
Jack Harrison Leeds · Serie A 25/26 · 175 cm / 70 kg
84%
Driven by: transition (14%), progression (11%), final-third threat (11%). Different mechanism — Rutter more via passing directness; Harrison more via territory (wide vs central), build-up.
Antoine Griezmann Atletico · La Liga 25/26 · 176 cm / 73 kg
83%
Driven by: transition (14%), final-third threat (12%), progression (11%). Different mechanism — Rutter more via dribbling, passing directness; Griezmann more via box threat, build-up.
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Summary
Georginio Rutter is a pressing forward / false 9: 0 goals from 0.23 xG (-0.23 vs expected), 5 shots, 4 box entries. Under-performing his chances. [Off-ball runs, aerials and hold-up under contact need tracking/aerial data.]
Based on 5 matches (170 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a pressing forward / false 9 — best used in a system built around that identity.
His biggest room for growth is defensive aggression — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall pressing forward profile.
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