Thin sample this season. Sandi Lovric has played 2 matches (26 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
Right Half-Space, Middle third — mostly in the attacking third (44% of his 9 passes)
78% completion · 9× in 2/2 matches
↓
PROGRESS
drive or pass into the final third
6.9 prog/90 · 2× in 2/2 matches
↓
CREATE / FINISH
cut-back or shot from inside
6.92 key passes /90 · 0 goals · 2× in 2/2 matches
Signature: Receive → Progress → Create / 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: arrive — 2× (low confidence, shown as a number only, no tactical conclusion drawn) — omitted from the signature rather than presented as one.
Team
Team context
How much of the team runs through him, and what changes without him.
Udinese's output per match with Sandi Lovric (2 matches) versus without him (6 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 6 matches; treat every Δ below as noise until more games exist. A proper on-off model needs many more minutes.
WITH (2)
WITHOUT (6)
Δ
goals for /match
1.50
1.00
+0.50
xG for /match
0.67
1.14
-0.46
goals against /match
3.50
1.83
+1.67
points /match
0.00
0.67
-0.67
03
His Share of the Team
Of everything Udinese produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Sandi Lovric specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
expected assists (xA)
5%
1.5 / 28.6
box entries
5%
25 / 481
tackles
4%
23 / 622
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.
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Through-balls ~proxy
97
Ball-winning
95
Final-third threat
86
Line-breaking
83
Dribbling
80
Progression
77
Crossing
68
Press resistance ~proxy
67
Defensive aggression
64
Transition ~proxy
64
Carrying
59
Creativity
56
Box threat
56
Retention
53
Passing directness
53
Territory (wide vs central)
51
Build-up
36
Receiving zones
28
05
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: 180 cm / 70 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.
Edu Expósito Espanyol · La Liga · 178 cm / 68 kg
80%
Driven by: through-balls (17%), ball-winning (15%), final-third threat (13%). Different mechanism — Lovric more via ball-winning, retention; Expósito more via passing directness, box threat.
Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta Athletic Club · La Liga · 175 cm / 69 kg
75%
Driven by: ball-winning (30%), through-balls (12%), final-third threat (11%). Different mechanism — Lovric more via territory (wide vs central); Galarreta more via passing directness, receiving zones.
Diego Moreira AC Milan · 179 cm / 73 kg
71%
Driven by: through-balls (19%), ball-winning (19%), dribbling (13%). Different mechanism — Lovric more via passing directness, ball-winning; Moreira more via territory (wide vs central), carrying.
Kévin Danois Auxerre · Ligue 1 · 183 cm / 72 kg
71%
Driven by: ball-winning (30%), dribbling (12%), final-third threat (11%). Different mechanism — Lovric more via through-balls, box threat; Danois more via receiving zones, creativity.
Juan Cuadrado Pisa 25/26 · 176 cm / 66 kg
69%
Driven by: ball-winning (17%), through-balls (16%), final-third threat (12%). Different mechanism — Lovric more via retention, press resistance; Cuadrado more via box threat, receiving zones.
Pablo Barrios Atletico · La Liga · 183 cm / 75 kg
68%
Driven by: ball-winning (20%), dribbling (12%), final-third threat (12%). Different mechanism — Lovric more via through-balls, ball-winning; Barrios more via receiving zones, build-up.
06
Summary
Sandi Lovric is a box-to-box runner / advanced playmaker (8): 6.9 progressive passes, 6.92 key passes /90, 2 box entries, 0 goals from 0.00 xG. A box-to-box contributor across every phase.
Based on 2 matches (26 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a box-to-box runner / advanced playmaker (8) — 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 box-to-box runner profile.
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