Thin sample this season. Emile Smith Rowe has played 4 matches (63 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
Left Wing, Attacking third — mostly in the attacking third (50% of his 30 passes)
87% completion · 30× in 4/4 matches
Signature: Only Receive shows a proven, repeatable pattern this season — too little evidence yet (4 matches loaded) for a fuller signature chain.
Not a pattern: progress — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet); arrive — 1× (low confidence, shown as a number only, no tactical conclusion drawn); create / finish — 2× (low confidence, shown as a number only, no tactical conclusion drawn) — 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.
1 key passes (1.43/90), 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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Team
Team context
How much of the team runs through him, and what changes without him.
Fulham's output per match with Emile Smith Rowe (4 matches) versus without him (4 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 4 matches; treat every Δ below as noise until more games exist. A proper on-off model needs many more minutes.
WITH (4)
WITHOUT (4)
Δ
goals for /match
0.75
1.25
-0.50
xG for /match
1.48
0.68
+0.80
goals against /match
1.50
1.00
+0.50
points /match
0.25
1.75
-1.50
04
His Share of the Team
Of everything Fulham produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Emile Smith Rowe specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
expected goals (xG)
10%
4.3 / 43.6
shots
8%
37 / 440
zone-14 entries
8%
21 / 265
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 383 central 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 controller73%Deep-lying playmaker63%Transition runner44%Advanced playmaker (8)43%
Why Tempo controller 73%: a weighted blend of retention 90 (weight 35%) + build-up 57 (weight 30%) + press resistance 71 (weight 20%) + progression 34 (weight 15%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Retention
90
Box threat
75
Press resistance ~proxy
71
Carrying
69
Crossing
62
Receiving zones
59
Territory (wide vs central)
59
Build-up
57
Dribbling
55
Defensive aggression
44
Creativity
43
Ball-winning
41
Final-third threat
41
Through-balls ~proxy
38
Transition ~proxy
35
Progression
34
Line-breaking
24
Passing directness
3
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: 182 cm / 79 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.
Mahdi Camara Rennes · Ligue 1 · 178 cm / 73 kg
79%
Driven by: retention (24%), passing directness (23%), press resistance (13%). Different mechanism — Rowe more via box threat; Camara more via passing directness.
Rodrigo Mendoza Atletico · La Liga · 182 cm / 72 kg
70%
Driven by: passing directness (24%), box threat (13%), press resistance (10%). Different mechanism — Rowe more via territory (wide vs central), retention; Mendoza more via dribbling.
Alexis Claude-Maurice Augsburg · Bundesliga · 174 cm / 62 kg
68%
Driven by: passing directness (25%), box threat (15%), press resistance (13%). Different mechanism — Rowe more via build-up, retention; Claude-Maurice more via dribbling, defensive aggression.
Nikolas Nartey Stuttgart · Bundesliga · 187 cm / 82 kg
65%
Driven by: press resistance (20%), retention (19%), passing directness (14%). Different mechanism — Rowe more via carrying, build-up; Nartey more via dribbling, line-breaking.
Scott McTominay Napoli · Serie A · 193 cm / 88 kg
65%
Driven by: retention (17%), passing directness (13%), box threat (12%). Different mechanism — Rowe more via territory (wide vs central), through-balls; McTominay more via passing directness.
Yunus Musah AC Milan · Serie A · 178 cm / 71 kg
64%
Driven by: retention (27%), press resistance (20%), passing directness (13%). Different mechanism — Rowe more via territory (wide vs central), box threat; Musah more via dribbling, transition.
07
Summary
Emile Smith Rowe is a tempo controller / deep-lying playmaker: 0.0 progressive passes, 1.43 key passes /90, 1 box entries, 0 goals from 0.10 xG. A box-to-box contributor across every phase.
Based on 4 matches (63 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a tempo controller / deep-lying playmaker — best used in a system built around that identity.
His biggest room for growth is progression — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall tempo controller profile.
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