Thin sample this season. Sékou Mara has played 2 matches (83 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: Only Link shows a proven, repeatable pattern this season — too little evidence yet (2 matches loaded) for a fuller signature chain.
Not a pattern: receive / move — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet); finish — 0× (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.
Team
Team context
How much of the team runs through him, and what changes without him.
Strasbourg's output per match with Sékou Mara (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
1.00
1.67
-0.67
xG for /match
0.95
0.00
+0.95
goals against /match
2.50
2.17
+0.33
points /match
1.50
0.67
+0.83
03
His Share of the Team
Of everything Strasbourg produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Sékou Mara specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
expected goals (xG)
14%
3.1 / 21.3
shots
14%
33 / 235
successful take-ons
9%
18 / 195
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.
Why Pressing forward 64%: a weighted blend of defensive aggression 75 (weight 45%) + ball-winning 53 (weight 30%) + transition 36 (weight 25%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Dribbling
77
Defensive aggression
75
Press resistance ~proxy
69
Retention
66
Line-breaking
64
Passing directness
64
Receiving zones
60
Ball-winning
53
Build-up
48
Carrying
47
Creativity
44
Progression
40
Final-third threat
39
Transition ~proxy
36
Crossing
36
Through-balls ~proxy
24
Box threat
24
Territory (wide vs central)
22
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: 184 cm / 73 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.
Federico Viñas Real Oviedo · La Liga 25/26 · 180 cm / 81 kg
65%
Driven by: dribbling (21%), defensive aggression (19%), press resistance (16%). Different mechanism — Mara more via line-breaking, receiving zones; Viñas more via ball-winning, crossing.
Adam Armstrong Wolves · Premier League 25/26 · 172 cm / 69 kg
58%
Driven by: box threat (18%), through-balls (13%), dribbling (11%). Different mechanism — Mara more via defensive aggression, carrying; Armstrong more via creativity, passing directness.
Randy Nteka Rayo Vallecano · La Liga · 189 cm / 75 kg
57%
Driven by: press resistance (19%), through-balls (17%), retention (13%). Different mechanism — Mara more via line-breaking, defensive aggression; Nteka more via box threat, territory (wide vs central).
Giorgi Kvilitaia Metz 25/26 · 193 cm / 82 kg
56%
Driven by: defensive aggression (22%), territory (wide vs central) (18%), through-balls (14%). Different mechanism — Mara more via line-breaking, retention; Kvilitaia more via final-third threat, transition.
Paul Mendy Cagliari · Serie A
55%
Driven by: crossing (19%), through-balls (18%), defensive aggression (16%). Different mechanism — Mara more via crossing; Mendy more via box threat, transition.
Ludovic Ajorque Brest · 197 cm / 92 kg
54%
Driven by: defensive aggression (29%), transition (13%), box threat (13%). Different mechanism — Mara more via passing directness, carrying; Ajorque more via creativity.
06
Summary
Sékou Mara is a pressing forward: 0 goals from 0.00 xG (+0.00 vs expected), 0 shots, 0 box entries. A clinical finisher. [Off-ball runs, aerials and hold-up under contact need tracking/aerial data.]
Based on 2 matches (83 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a pressing forward — best used in a system built around that identity.
His biggest room for growth is transition — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall pressing forward profile.
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