Thin sample this season. William Osula has played 4 matches (189 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 → Convert — 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: receive / move — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet) — omitted from the signature rather than presented as one.
17 defensive actions across the season (8.1/90). Where he wins the ball, and how — the core question for a defender. Aerial duels are not recorded for this competition, so aerial dominance is not measured here.
click a card to isolate that action type · own goal left, attacking →
1
tackles · 100% won
0
interceptions · 0.0/90
4
recoveries · 1.9/90
2
clearances · 1.0/90
2
blocks
46
avg action height
3
won high (att 3rd)
10
middle third
4
own third
Vision AI A front-foot / high defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 5 proactive ball-wins (2.4/90), tackle success 100%. He defends high, stepping out to intercept — suits a high line.
Defensive work in the attacking half
Ball-wins in the attacking half only (own half vs. attacking half, a simple 2-way split, not the usual thirds) — the clearest single signal of how much he presses and recovers the ball high up the pitch.
6
attacking-half actions · 2.86/90
Team
Team context
How much of the team runs through him, and what changes without him.
Newcastle's output per match with William Osula (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
1.25
1.75
-0.50
xG for /match
1.32
0.00
+1.32
goals against /match
1.75
1.75
+0.00
points /match
1.00
1.75
-0.75
04
His Share of the Team
Of everything Newcastle produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through William Osula specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
goals
20%
1 / 5
expected goals (xG)
6%
3.7 / 63.5
shots
5%
29 / 592
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 47%: a weighted blend of defensive aggression 57 (weight 45%) + ball-winning 38 (weight 30%) + transition 43 (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
Retention
83
Crossing
76
Press resistance ~proxy
65
Carrying
59
Defensive aggression
57
Dribbling
53
Build-up
52
Transition ~proxy
43
Box threat
41
Ball-winning
38
Creativity
33
Receiving zones
29
Final-third threat
23
Progression
21
Through-balls ~proxy
10
Territory (wide vs central)
8
Line-breaking
6
Passing directness
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: 180 cm / 81 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.
Filip Stojilkovic Pisa · Serie A 25/26 · 185 cm / 80 kg
73%
Driven by: passing directness (17%), line-breaking (14%), progression (11%). Different mechanism — Osula more via carrying, transition; Stojilkovic more via through-balls, territory (wide vs central).
Tani Oluwaseyi Villarreal · La Liga · 187 cm / 80 kg
71%
Driven by: through-balls (16%), line-breaking (16%), crossing (12%). Different mechanism — Osula more via retention; Oluwaseyi more via passing directness, territory (wide vs central).
Taiwo Awoniyi Coventry · 183 cm / 84 kg
70%
Driven by: line-breaking (17%), retention (17%), passing directness (14%). Different mechanism — Osula more via crossing; Awoniyi more via through-balls, dribbling.
Rasmus Højlund Napoli · Serie A · 191 cm / 86 kg
66%
Driven by: passing directness (21%), line-breaking (16%), territory (wide vs central) (14%). Different mechanism — Osula more via ball-winning, crossing; Højlund more via receiving zones, creativity.
Emmanuel Emegha Strasbourg · Ligue 1 25/26 · 196 cm / 82 kg
66%
Driven by: passing directness (15%), line-breaking (13%), retention (12%). Different mechanism — Osula more via defensive aggression, crossing; Emegha more via box threat.
Tasos Douvikas Como · Serie A · 186 cm / 76 kg
66%
Driven by: line-breaking (17%), through-balls (15%), territory (wide vs central) (12%). Different mechanism — Osula more via crossing, defensive aggression; Douvikas more via passing directness, box threat.
07
Summary
William Osula is a pressing forward: 1 goals from 0.53 xG (+0.47 vs expected), 6 shots, 0 box entries. A clinical finisher. [Off-ball runs, aerials and hold-up under contact need tracking/aerial data.]
Based on 4 matches (189 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 ball-winning — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall pressing forward profile.
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