Thin sample this season. Arnaud Kalimuendo has played 9 matches (146 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.
Signature: Link → Finish — the only steps proven repeatable this season (2 of 4 in the full pattern). Not enough evidence yet for the rest of the chain below.
Not a pattern: receive / move — 1× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet); 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.
1 key passes (0.62/90), 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:
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
Split by how hard the opponent pressed (opponent PPDA — lower = more intense press). Does Arnaud Kalimuendo keep producing when the game is tight and the press is high? Tiers of ~3-3 matches — directional evidence, not proof.
press tier
xT /90
prog /90
key P /90
dribble%
High press (PPDA 4.7, 3m)
0.10
1.6
1.64
0%
Mid press (PPDA 6.5, 3m)
0.00
0.0
0.00
0%
Low press (PPDA 11.4, 3m)
0.57
0.0
0.00
0%
Team
Team context
How much of the team runs through him, and what changes without him.
Nottingham Forest's output per match with Arnaud Kalimuendo (9 matches) versus without him (29 matches). A proper on-off model needs many more minutes.
WITH (9)
WITHOUT (29)
Δ
goals for /match
0.33
1.55
-1.22
xG for /match
0.92
0.44
+0.48
goals against /match
1.89
1.17
+0.72
points /match
0.22
1.45
-1.23
05
His Share of the Team
Of everything Nottingham Forest produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Arnaud Kalimuendo specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
expected goals (xG)
6%
3.7 / 60.8
successful take-ons
6%
21 / 370
shots
5%
34 / 645
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.
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Carrying
94
Line-breaking
94
Territory (wide vs central)
94
Retention
94
Progression
92
Press resistance ~proxy
88
Dribbling
86
Receiving zones
79
Creativity
75
Final-third threat
72
Build-up
60
Crossing
56
Transition ~proxy
54
Ball-winning
54
Through-balls ~proxy
53
Defensive aggression
39
Box threat
25
Passing directness
4
07
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 / 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.
Yan Diomande Real Madrid · La Liga · 181 cm / 76 kg
85%
Driven by: press resistance (13%), retention (11%), progression (10%). Different mechanism — Diomande more via through-balls, crossing.
Justin Njinmah Werder Bremen · Bundesliga · 184 cm / 75 kg
85%
Driven by: carrying (14%), territory (wide vs central) (14%), passing directness (12%). Different mechanism — Kalimuendo more via creativity, press resistance; Njinmah more via box threat.
Tijjani Noslin Lazio · Serie A · 180 cm / 75 kg
85%
Driven by: press resistance (12%), retention (12%), progression (11%). Different mechanism — Noslin more via through-balls, box threat.
Tidiam Gomis RBL · Bundesliga · 182 cm / 71 kg
82%
Driven by: carrying (16%), territory (wide vs central) (12%), passing directness (11%). Different mechanism — Kalimuendo more via press resistance, receiving zones; Gomis more via through-balls, box threat.
Ange-Yoan Bonny Inter · Serie A · 189 cm / 83 kg
82%
Driven by: press resistance (17%), passing directness (14%), retention (14%). Different mechanism — Kalimuendo more via line-breaking, creativity; Bonny more via box threat, ball-winning.
Ibrahim Mbaye Aston Villa · 185 cm / 65 kg
81%
Driven by: progression (12%), carrying (11%), line-breaking (9%). Different mechanism — Mbaye more via through-balls, ball-winning.
08
Summary
Arnaud Kalimuendo is a false 9: 0 goals from 0.40 xG (-0.40 vs expected), 4 shots, 1 box entries. Under-performing his chances. [Off-ball runs, aerials and hold-up under contact need tracking/aerial data.]
Based on 9 matches (146 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a false 9 — best used in a system built around that identity.
His biggest room for growth is box threat — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall false 9 profile.
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