Thin sample this season. Ansu Fati has played 3 matches (100 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
Left Half-Space, Middle third — between the lines — mostly in the middle third (65% of his 31 passes)
84% completion · 31× in 3/3 matches
↓
TURN / BEAT MAN
face forward in the pocket
25% won · 4× in 2/3 matches
↓
FINISH
arrive and shoot from central zones
0 goals · 0.35 xG · 5× in 2/3 matches
Signature: Receive → Turn / Beat Man → 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: create — 1× (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 (0.90/90), 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 (1)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 (1)from the right (0)of 1 key passes landing in the final thirdattacking ↑ toward goal
Team
Team context
How much of the team runs through him, and what changes without him.
Monaco's output per match with Ansu Fati (3 matches) versus without him (5 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 5 matches; treat every Δ below as noise until more games exist. A proper on-off model needs many more minutes.
WITH (3)
WITHOUT (5)
Δ
goals for /match
1.00
1.60
-0.60
xG for /match
1.32
0.00
+1.32
goals against /match
1.33
0.60
+0.73
points /match
0.67
2.60
-1.93
04
His Share of the Team
Of everything Monaco produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Ansu Fati specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
expected goals (xG)
17%
9.1 / 54.2
shots
10%
48 / 487
successful take-ons
6%
15 / 248
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 247 attacking 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.
Half-space creator54%Advanced playmaker (8)45%
Why Half-space creator 54%: a weighted blend of creativity 53 (weight 40%) + box threat 84 (weight 15%) + final-third threat 37 (weight 30%) + dribbling 58 (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
Box threat
84
Retention
81
Receiving zones
76
Passing directness
72
Press resistance ~proxy
69
Build-up
61
Dribbling
58
Defensive aggression
55
Creativity
53
Final-third threat
37
Through-balls ~proxy
37
Transition ~proxy
32
Ball-winning
26
Line-breaking
26
Carrying
23
Progression
22
Crossing
10
Territory (wide vs central)
2
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: 178 cm / 66 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 Ligue 1, Bundesliga, La Liga, Premier League 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.
Eberechi Eze Arsenal · Premier League · 178 cm / 73 kg
84%
Driven by: territory (wide vs central) (18%), retention (13%), crossing (11%). Different mechanism — Fati more via box threat; Eze more via crossing, dribbling.
Oihan Sancet Athletic Club · La Liga · 188 cm / 73 kg
82%
Driven by: territory (wide vs central) (18%), ball-winning (13%), crossing (12%). Different mechanism — Fati more via receiving zones, through-balls; Sancet more via crossing, carrying.
Martin Terrier Leverkusen · Bundesliga · 184 cm / 73 kg
78%
Driven by: crossing (16%), territory (wide vs central) (14%), transition (13%). Different mechanism — Fati more via passing directness, transition.
Junior Kroupi Bournemouth · Premier League · 179 cm / 70 kg
75%
Driven by: crossing (22%), territory (wide vs central) (14%), progression (12%). Different mechanism — Fati more via retention, receiving zones.
Peque Fernández Sevilla · La Liga · 172 cm / 66 kg
70%
Driven by: crossing (25%), territory (wide vs central) (21%), ball-winning (18%). Different mechanism — Fati more via box threat, retention; Fernández more via carrying.
Jamal Musiala Bayern · Bundesliga · 186 cm / 75 kg
69%
Driven by: box threat (19%), territory (wide vs central) (15%), progression (11%). Different mechanism — Fati more via passing directness, line-breaking; Musiala more via crossing, dribbling.
07
Summary
Ansu Fati is a half-space creator: 0.90 key passes /90, 1.8 progressive passes, 0 goals from 0.35 xG. A between-the-lines creator. [Off-ball movement into pockets needs tracking.]
Based on 3 matches (100 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a half-space creator — best used in a system built around that identity.
His biggest room for growth is final-third threat — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall half-space creator profile.
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