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Player reportSerie A 2025/26

Éderson

Atalanta
Ball-winning 6 (destroyer) DM
13.3 defensive actions/90
Capability Analysis
Breaking Pressure
only 44 pressured-passing actions across 2 high-press matches -- not enough sample (needs 5+ matches and 12+ actions)
Progression50%vs 34 central mids
"Can he move the team forward with a pass, not just recycle it sideways?"
Progressive passes /902.9932%
Line-breaking passes /901.2135%
Threat added by passing /900.93xT47%
Pass accuracy88.5%88%
Ball-Winning77%vs 34 central mids
"How actively does he win the ball back?"
Interceptions /901.0185%
Ball recoveries /904.8276%
Tackles /901.9582%
Duels won /900.6865%
defensive midtempo controllerpress resistancescreening
2332
minutes
30 apps
1351
passes
89% completed
89%
pass completion
1351 passes
87
progressive passes
3.4/90
345
defensive actions
13.3/90
87
tackles + interceptions
59% tackle win
133
recoveries
5.1/90
113
line-breaking passes
4.4/90
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
drop between the centre-backs — mostly in the middle third (59% of his 1351 passes)
89% completion · 1351× in 30/30 matches
↓
ESCAPE PRESSURE
turn out of a tight central area
42% won · 38× in 22/30 matches
↓
PROGRESS CENTRAL
break a line through the middle
3.4 prog/90 · 113× in 28/30 matches
↓
SCREEN / WIN BALL
protect the back four
8.5 ball-wins/90 · 220× in 30/30 matches
↓
RECYCLE / PROGRESS
keep it ticking, feed the final third
5.1 f3-entries/90 · 131× in 30/30 matches
Signature: drop to receive → escape the press on the turn → progress centrally or recycle → screen the counter. Block the central lane and press his first touch to force him backwards.
19

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 →
45
passes / match
13.3
def actions / 90
18–77
pass range (matches)
41
clearances
Pass range = his fewest and most passes in any single match this season (18 at the low end, 77 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.

11

How dangerous are his carries?

Real ball-carries

335 tracked carries (12.9/90, 70 progressive, 2940m 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%4%6%5%2%1%1%9%13%10%3%1%6%11%17%9%0%
progressivelateral/short% of his 335 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 7m, longest 37m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
41Outside → Inside
232Inside → Inside
50Outside → Outside
12Inside → Outside
First (134)Second (77)Third (71)Fourth (53)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).

59
tackle duels
35
won
24
beaten · 41%
brighter band = more tackle duels · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 66%
OUTSIDE 34%
Tackle-duel location — 39 inside · 20 outside
Right Wing
9 · 15%
Right Half-Space
12 · 20%
Central
14 · 24%
Left Half-Space
13 · 22%
Left Wing
11 · 19%
Vision AI beaten in 24 of 59 tackle duels (41% loss rate) — a real defensive leak worth flagging.
Every tackle duel, exact location
wonlost — dribbled pastown goal left, attacking →

Dribbles (1v1s)

Can he escape pressure on the ball? His carries/dribbles in tight central areas, by channel. Season rate: 1.47 dribbles attempted /90.

brighter band = more dribbles · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 58%
OUTSIDE 42%
Dribble location — 22 inside · 16 outside
Right Wing
4 · 11%
Right Half-Space
3 · 8%
Central
11 · 29%
Left Half-Space
8 · 21%
Left Wing
12 · 32%
Vision AI 58% of his carries are central — he receives and turns in congested midfield zones rather than out wide.
02

How does he build & move the ball?

How does he escape the first line?

10%
vertical passes
59×
8%
switches
43×
31%
carries
177×
51%
short circulation
287×
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 →RWRHSCLHSLWRW7953%4233%2610%81%13%2RHS22635%8024%5530%678%173%7C33013%4325%8328%9120%6614%47LHS3835%1811%4428%10623%8733%128LW1781%13%511%1931%5555%98FROM
Rows normalised: each row sums to 100% of that lane's completed passes. Grey number = passes from that lane.

Primary route: the left wing in the final third → the left half-space in the final third — 8 progressive passes (10% of his progression) at 0.099 xT each. He moves it inside.

His progression is inward: 52% of progressive passes move the ball toward the middle versus 8% going wider — he cuts in rather than holding width.

13% of his passes are cross-field switches — he changes the point of attack often.

Quality behind the volume: 36 line-breaking passes and 131 final-third entries, 9.0 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
1%4%5%8%3%1%1%8%13%11%6%0%1%6%9%14%9%1%
completedincomplete1351 passes · any zone → any zone · own goal left, attacking →
1351
passes
89%
completed
155
lost
Vision AIIn line with his 89% season completion rate.
03

How does he progress play?

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

87
progressive · 3.4/90
131
final-third entries · 5.1/90
17
box entries · 0.66/90
17
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?

24 key passes (0.93/90), 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:
4%4%21%25%8%4%12%12%8%
chance creation (24)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
14

Can he finish?

35 shots · 4.40 xG · 2 goals (-2.40 vs xG). Mostly right-footed. Circle size = xG.

shots  35
on target  25
goals  2
xG  4.40
xG on target  3.99
xG / shot  0.126
Where he shoots from — click an area of the box
05

Where does he become vulnerable?

177 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.

51
attacking third (cheap)
83
middle third
43
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 29% of losses are in the attacking third — a notable share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Mistake danger (proxy): 2.44 danger-index/90 · 0.356 avg/turnover. Weights each loss by threat conceded at that location. True xT-conceded needs the opponent possession model; positional proxy.
07

What is his passing profile?

1351
passes attempted
42%
mostly forward
49%
mostly short
Direction
Forward
572 · 42%
Sideways
461 · 34%
Backward
318 · 24%
Length (completed)
Short (<15m)
581 · 49%
Medium
526 · 44%
Long (>30m)
89 · 7%
06

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.

0.450.420.400.390.370.36
own goal left, attacking →
Highest-value routes (xT)
0.45
Central Mid third → Right Wing Att third
4 passes
0.42
Left Half-Space Mid third → Left Wing Att third
5 passes
0.40
Right Half-Space Def third → Right Half-Space Att third
1 passes
0.39
Central Mid third → Left Wing Att third
4 passes
0.37
Right Half-Space Mid third → Right Half-Space Mid third
4 passes
0.36
Left Half-Space Mid third → Right Wing Att third
3 passes
09

Where Does He Receive?

The zones where Éderson 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
19%
Primary
Left Half-Space, Middle third
17%
Secondary
Central, Middle third
11%
Third
Right Half-Space, Middle third
These are the zones where he collected the ball most.
10

Where Does He Operate? — Every Zone

Every on-ball touch (pass, dribble, shot) binned into a 6×3 grid — raw counts of where Éderson 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:
188212519413017811117015794211259661074310
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.

1%4%5%8%3%1%1%8%13%11%6%0%1%6%9%14%9%1%
own goal left, attacking →
08

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.

24Key pass
8Cross
3Cutback
87Progressive
113Long ball
75Switch
By zone — where the pass started → where it landed
114Outside → Inside
616Inside → Inside
143Outside → Outside
323Inside → Outside
By direction
572Forward
318Backward
461Sideways
own goal left, attacking →
04

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 central to the right wing, advancing it forward in the middle third — 4 passes worth 0.45 xT.
Where do his chances come from?
Of 24 key passes, his busiest route is a delivery where he switches it out from the central to the left hs in the final third — 4 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 right wing in the defensive third: 31% of his 26 touches there are lost (8 times).
31%8/26 lost11%6/53 lost11%9/81 lost9%7/82 lost15%6/39 lost6%3/52 lost9%14/156 lost10%23/230 lost8%22/259 lost13%14/105 lost25%4/16 lost14%6/43 lost16%10/61 lost16%14/85 lost14%9/63 lostRWRHSCLHSLWDEFMIDATT
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Crosses & Cutbacks

8 crosses (0.31/90, 3 completed) and 3 cutbacks (0.12/90, 3 completed) — two separate wide-delivery patterns into the box, each its own map with a completed/failed filter. Neither is a tagged event, so both are inferred from pass geometry — the intended end point of a failed attempt is still real data (an interception doesn’t erase where the ball was aimed): a cross is a pass aimed into the box starting from a wide channel; a cutback starts almost on the byline but is squared back rather than driven forward, aimed centrally around the box. The completed-cross count was checked against this platform’s own real match-level cross totals and lands within about 1 cross of the true count.

Crosses — close-up on the final third
Cutbacks — close-up on the final third
completedfailed (dashed)close-up on the box — attacking ↑ toward goal
Out of possession

Out of possession

Where and how he defends and presses.

15

How & where does he defend?

345 defensive actions across the season (13.3/90). 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 →
59
tackles · 59% won
28
interceptions · 1.1/90
133
recoveries · 5.1/90
41
clearances · 1.6/90
14
blocks
36
avg action height
28
won high (att 3rd)
144
middle third
173
own third
Vision AI A mid-block defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 220 proactive ball-wins (8.5/90), tackle success 59%. He defends mostly around the middle third.
16

Can he play under pressure?

Split by how hard the opponent pressed (opponent PPDA — lower = more intense press). Can Éderson 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 ~10-10 matches — directional evidence, not proof.

press tier
completion
prog /90
line-breaks /90
xT /90
High press (PPDA 4.9, 10m)
81%
2.9
3.2
0.79
Mid press (PPDA 6.5, 10m)
90%
3.2
4.9
1.19
Low press (PPDA 9.8, 10m)
93%
3.9
4.8
0.98
Team

Team context

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

17

Impact on the Team

Atalanta's output per match with Éderson (30 matches) versus without him (8 matches). 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 (30)
WITHOUT (8)
Δ
goals against /match
0.90
1.12
-0.22
points /match
1.53
1.62
-0.09
goals for /match
1.20
1.88
-0.68
xG for /match
1.51
0.39
+1.12
18

His Share of the Team

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

category
share
him / team
tackles
9%
66 / 749
interceptions
8%
34 / 411
final-third entries
8%
185 / 2260
Recruitment

Style and verdict

Style profile, closest comparables, and the summary.

20

Playing-Style Profile

Not raw event counts — football style scores: weighted models scored 0–100 against the 258 defensive mids 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.

Tempo controller70%Deep-lying playmaker68%Ball-winning 657%
Why Tempo controller 70%: a weighted blend of retention 75 (weight 35%) + build-up 62 (weight 30%) + press resistance 57 (weight 20%) + progression 64 (weight 15%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
receiving zones, box threat
Strong
carrying, retention, creativity
Average
final-third threat, transition, progression, build-up, line-breaking, press resistance, ball-winning, dribbling, through-balls, defensive aggression, passing directness, crossing
Weak
territory (wide vs central)
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Receiving zones
89
Box threat
87
Carrying
77
Retention
75
Creativity
71
Final-third threat
69
Transition ~proxy
68
Progression
64
Build-up
62
Line-breaking
62
Press resistance ~proxy
57
Ball-winning
57
Dribbling
51
Through-balls ~proxy
45
Defensive aggression
43
Passing directness
43
Crossing
41
Territory (wide vs central)
17
21

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 / 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 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.

Leon Goretzka Aston Villa · Premier League · 189 cm / 82 kg
83%
Driven by: receiving zones (18%), box threat (17%), retention (12%). Different mechanism — Éderson more via ball-winning; Goretzka more via through-balls, press resistance.
Rodri Barcelona · La Liga · 190 cm / 90 kg
77%
Driven by: receiving zones (17%), box threat (12%), creativity (11%). Different mechanism — Éderson more via dribbling; Rodri more via through-balls, progression.
Equi Fernández Leverkusen · Bundesliga · 178 cm / 70 kg
76%
Driven by: receiving zones (18%), retention (10%), carrying (10%). Different mechanism — Éderson more via through-balls; Fernández more via defensive aggression, dribbling.
Aurélien Tchouaméni Real Madrid · La Liga · 187 cm / 81 kg
73%
Driven by: receiving zones (16%), box threat (16%), territory (wide vs central) (14%). Different mechanism — Éderson more via dribbling, crossing; Tchouaméni more via passing directness.
Noah Cadiou Lorient · Ligue 1 · 191 cm / 84 kg
72%
Driven by: carrying (18%), transition (14%), box threat (13%). Different mechanism — Éderson more via receiving zones, defensive aggression; Cadiou more via passing directness.
Thomas Partey Villarreal · La Liga 25/26 · 185 cm / 77 kg
72%
Driven by: receiving zones (21%), territory (wide vs central) (19%), carrying (13%). Different mechanism — Éderson more via final-third threat, progression; Partey more via dribbling.
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Summary

Éderson is a tempo controller / deep-lying playmaker: 89% completion, 113 line-breaks and 3.4 progressive passes /90, resisting pressure with 42% dribble success. A central controller. [Off-ball screening position and scanning need tracking data.]

Based on 30 matches (2332 minutes) this season — a reliable read. He profiles as a tempo controller / deep-lying playmaker — 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 tempo controller profile.
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