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Player reportLigue 1 2025/26

Junior Mwanga

Le Havre
Ball-winning 6 (destroyer) DM
11.7 defensive actions/90
Capability Analysis
Breaking Pressure
only 157 pressured-passing actions across 4 high-press matches -- not enough sample (needs 5+ matches and 12+ actions)
Progression31%vs 43 centre-backs
"Can he move the team forward with a pass, not just recycle it sideways?"
Progressive passes /902.1318%
Line-breaking passes /900.6657%
Threat added by passing /900.73xT18%
Pass accuracy86.32%32%
Ball-Winning38%vs 43 centre-backs
"How actively does he win the ball back?"
Interceptions /900.8114%
Ball recoveries /903.7657%
Tackles /902.0677%
Duels won /900.75%
defensive midtempo controllerpress resistancescreening
1781
minutes
20 apps
816
passes
86% completed
86%
pass completion
816 passes
75
progressive passes
3.8/90
231
defensive actions
11.7/90
52
tackles + interceptions
54% tackle win
80
recoveries
4.0/90
80
line-breaking passes
4.0/90
Overview

The player

Who he is and how he compares with his peers.

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
drop between the centre-backs — mostly in the middle third (59% of his 816 passes)
86% completion · 816× in 20/20 matches
↓
ESCAPE PRESSURE
turn out of a tight central area
56% won · 32× in 14/20 matches
↓
PROGRESS CENTRAL
break a line through the middle
3.8 prog/90 · 80× in 19/20 matches
↓
SCREEN / WIN BALL
protect the back four
6.7 ball-wins/90 · 132× in 20/20 matches
↓
RECYCLE / PROGRESS
keep it ticking, feed the final third
3.0 f3-entries/90 · 60× in 15/20 matches
Signature: drop to receive → escape the press on the turn → progress centrally or recycle → screen the counter. Block the central lane and press his first touch to force him backwards.
18

Where is he influential — vs where is he merely present?

Red fill = raw touch territory. Gold rings = zones where his influence (xT added, progression, line-breaks, key passes) outweighs how often he's actually there — one combined map instead of two separate maps to compare by eye. Red with no ring: present but not dangerous. A ring on faint red: rare touches, outsized impact.

own goal left, attacking →
41
passes / match
11.7
def actions / 90
12–99
pass range (matches)
30
clearances
Pass range = his fewest and most passes in any single match this season (12 at the low end, 99 at the high) — a measure of match-to-match involvement, not pass distance.
In possession

In possession

What he does with the ball: build-up, progression, creation, carrying and finishing.

11

How dangerous are his carries?

Real ball-carries

238 tracked carries (12.0/90, 58 progressive, 2288m total) — the ball moving with his touches, a different signal from dribbles below (beating an opponent 1v1). even a player who rarely dribbles past a man can still carry the ball forward constantly in build-up; this is that.

1%12%11%9%1%0%14%13%8%2%0%7%10%5%4%0%
progressivelateral/short% of his 238 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 7m, longest 48m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
23Outside → Inside
172Inside → Inside
26Outside → Outside
17Inside → Outside
First (77)Second (65)Third (57)Fourth (39)grouped by carry pattern (start + end position), largest group first
startendown goal left, attacking →

Beaten in the tackle

How often an attacker gets past him in a 1v1 defensive duel — the closest signal the data has to "dribbled past" (no attacker-beat-defender field exists directly, so this counts tackles he attempted and lost).

39
tackle duels
21
won
18
beaten · 46%
brighter band = more tackle duels · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 59%
OUTSIDE 41%
Tackle-duel location — 23 inside · 16 outside
Right Wing
12 · 31%
Right Half-Space
8 · 21%
Central
8 · 21%
Left Half-Space
7 · 18%
Left Wing
4 · 10%
Vision AI beaten in 18 of 39 tackle duels (46% loss rate) — a real defensive leak worth flagging.
Every tackle duel, exact location
wonlost — dribbled pastown goal left, attacking →

Dribbles (1v1s)

Can he escape pressure on the ball? His carries/dribbles in tight central areas, by channel. Season rate: 1.62 dribbles attempted /90.

brighter band = more dribbles · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 72%
OUTSIDE 28%
Dribble location — 23 inside · 9 outside
Right Wing
5 · 16%
Right Half-Space
5 · 16%
Central
11 · 34%
Left Half-Space
7 · 22%
Left Wing
4 · 12%
Vision AI 72% of his carries are central — he receives and turns in congested midfield zones rather than out wide.
02

How does he build & move the ball?

How does he escape the first line?

13%
vertical passes
56×
5%
switches
23×
39%
carries
164×
42%
short circulation
178×
Answer: he escapes the press primarily through carrying — stepping out with the ball.

How he moves the ball — his 4 busiest progression routes, not where every pass starts and ends separately. Arrow width = how often, colour = xT gained, dashed = switch of play. The full breakdown is in the lane matrix below.

own goal left, attacking →
Lane transition matrix — when he receives in a lane, where does it go?
TO →RWRHSCLHSLWRW12156%6830%3613%161%1RHS19128%5324%4637%718%163%5C20512%2420%4231%6426%5410%21LHS1394%612%1627%3727%3830%42LW4414%643%1943%19FROM
Rows normalised: each row sums to 100% of that lane's completed passes. Grey number = passes from that lane.

Primary route: the right half-space in the middle third → the right half-space in the middle third — 4 progressive passes (10% of his progression) at 0.025 xT each. He keeps it in the same lane.

His progression is inward: 50% of progressive passes move the ball toward the middle versus 10% going wider — he cuts in rather than holding width.

9% of his passes are cross-field switches — he changes the point of attack often.

Quality behind the volume: 15 line-breaking passes and 60 final-third entries, 6.6 total xT added.

Origin and destination are measured on the same event row — no receiver inference. Receiver identity is not recoverable from this data source.
All passes — origin zone share
Filter: from to
1%9%11%13%5%1%2%9%13%9%4%0%1%6%7%6%3%0%
completedincomplete816 passes · any zone → any zone · own goal left, attacking →
816
passes
86%
completed
116
lost
Vision AIIn line with his 86% season completion rate.
03

How does he progress play?

How much he drives the ball forward. Progressive = completed pass advancing ≥15 toward goal.

75
progressive · 3.8/90
60
final-third entries · 3.0/90
11
box entries · 0.56/90
14
progression index /90
Progression index: one composite number — progressive passes + progressive carries + 2% of total distance progressed + 8× positive xT added, all per 90. Weights VOLUME and THREAT together rather than counting progressive actions alone.
12

How does he create chances?

16 key passes (0.81/90), 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:
12%6%12%6%6%31%6%6%6%6%
chance creation (16)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
05

Where does he become vulnerable?

130 times he gave the ball away. For a defender the danger is where — a loss in his own third can turn into a chance against; higher up it costs little.

33
attacking third (cheap)
68
middle third
29
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 25% of losses are in the attacking third — a notable share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Mistake danger (proxy): 2.39 danger-index/90 · 0.363 avg/turnover. Weights each loss by threat conceded at that location. True xT-conceded needs the opponent possession model; positional proxy.
06

What is his passing profile?

816
passes attempted
41%
mostly forward
47%
mostly medium
Direction
Forward
335 · 41%
Sideways
290 · 36%
Backward
191 · 23%
Length (completed)
Short (<15m)
324 · 46%
Medium
329 · 47%
Long (>30m)
47 · 7%
07

Preferred Progression Routes — xT-weighted

His progressive passes as zone→zone routes, weighted by expected threat (xT) added — arrow width and the number are the total xT generated on each route, not just how often he plays it. This is where he actually moves the needle.

0.690.530.430.380.380.31
own goal left, attacking →
Highest-value routes (xT)
0.69
Left Wing Mid third → Left Half-Space Att third
2 passes · 1 to a shot
0.53
Right Half-Space Mid third → Right Half-Space Att third
2 passes
0.43
Right Wing Mid third → Right Half-Space Att third
1 passes · 1 to a shot
0.38
Central Mid third → Left Half-Space Att third
2 passes
0.38
Left Half-Space Mid third → Central Att third
1 passes · 1 to a shot
0.31
Right Half-Space Mid third → Left Half-Space Att third
1 passes
09

Where Does He Receive?

The zones where Junior Mwanga gets on the ball — his top three ball-collection areas highlighted (gold = primary). Reception is proxied by where his on-ball actions begin (no explicit receiver is recorded).

123
1 = primary, 2 = secondary, 3 = third · own goal left, attacking →
His collection zones
18%
Primary
Central, Middle third
16%
Secondary
Right Half-Space, Middle third
11%
Third
Left Half-Space, Middle third
These are the zones where he collected the ball most.
10

Where Does He Operate? — Every Zone

Every on-ball touch (pass, dribble, shot) binned into a 6×3 grid — raw counts of where Junior Mwanga actually gets on the ball. Hover any zone for its breakdown by action type, its share of all touches, and the exact coordinate range it covers.

Filter:
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own goal left, attacking → · brighter + higher number = more touches

Passes only — completed vs incomplete, by zone

Same zone grid, restricted to passes so completed/incomplete and match filters actually mean something — a shot or a dribble has no "completed" in the pass sense.

1%9%11%13%5%1%2%9%13%9%4%0%1%6%7%6%3%0%
own goal left, attacking →
08

Every Pass This Season — completed vs incomplete

Every pass this season, plotted individually — green = completed, grey (dashed) = incomplete, gold = key pass. Filter by outcome or isolate one match below.

16Key pass
8Cross
75Progressive
80Long ball
32Switch
By zone — where the pass started → where it landed
78Outside → Inside
384Inside → Inside
87Outside → Outside
151Inside → Outside
By direction
335Forward
191Backward
290Sideways
own goal left, attacking →
04

Tactical patterns — how his football actually looks

Three clustered sequence diagrams from his own event data — his three busiest routes: the way he progresses, the pattern behind his chances, and where a turnover turns dangerous.

own goal left, attacking →
How does he progress the ball forward?
His most common route for progressing play: he plays inside from the left wing toward the left hs, advancing it forward in the middle third — 2 passes worth 0.69 xT.
Where do his chances come from?
Of 16 key passes, his busiest route is a delivery where he plays straight through the central in the final third — 3 times. The receiver isn't identifiable in this data, only where the pass started and ended.
Where does he lose the ball most?
This is a RATE, not a raw count — the share of his touches in each zone that end in a turnover, so a zone he simply plays in more often doesn't automatically look riskier. His weakest zone is the central in the final third: 32% of his 22 touches there are lost (7 times).
12%4/33 lost14%8/58 lost12%8/69 lost10%5/51 lost11%1/9 lost9%7/78 lost10%13/136 lost12%18/147 lost17%16/94 lost21%6/29 lost22%6/27 lost31%8/26 lost32%7/22 lost29%6/21 lost19%3/16 lostRWRHSCLHSLWDEFMIDATT
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Crosses & Cutbacks

8 crosses (0.40/90, 4 completed) and 0 cutbacks (0.00/90, 0 completed) — two separate wide-delivery patterns into the box, each its own map with a completed/failed filter. Neither is a tagged event, so both are inferred from pass geometry — the intended end point of a failed attempt is still real data (an interception doesn’t erase where the ball was aimed): a cross is a pass aimed into the box starting from a wide channel; a cutback starts almost on the byline but is squared back rather than driven forward, aimed centrally around the box. The completed-cross count was checked against this platform’s own real match-level cross totals and lands within about 1 cross of the true count.

Crosses — close-up on the final third
Cutbacks — close-up on the final third
completedfailed (dashed)close-up on the box — attacking ↑ toward goal
Out of possession

Out of possession

Where and how he defends and presses.

14

How & where does he defend?

231 defensive actions across the season (11.7/90). 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 →
39
tackles · 54% won
13
interceptions · 0.7/90
80
recoveries · 4.0/90
30
clearances · 1.5/90
13
blocks
37
avg action height
18
won high (att 3rd)
96
middle third
117
own third
Vision AI A mid-block defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 132 proactive ball-wins (6.7/90), tackle success 54%. He defends mostly around the middle third.
15

Can he play under pressure?

Split by how hard the opponent pressed (opponent PPDA — lower = more intense press). Can Junior Mwanga still play out when the opponent presses high? His build-up quality split by press intensity — the key question for a ball-playing defender. Tiers of ~6-8 matches — directional evidence, not proof.

press tier
completion
prog /90
line-breaks /90
xT /90
High press (PPDA 4.2, 6m)
82%
3.9
4.0
0.83
Mid press (PPDA 5.8, 6m)
86%
4.5
4.9
0.75
Low press (PPDA 7.6, 8m)
89%
3.1
3.3
0.70
Team

Team context

How much of the team runs through him, and what changes without him.

16

Impact on the Team

Le Havre's output per match with Junior Mwanga (16 matches) versus without him (18 matches). What his own defending should move — goals conceded and results — leads; attacking output (largely out of a defender's hands) is shown after, for context. A proper on-off model needs many more minutes.

WITH (16)
WITHOUT (18)
Δ
goals against /match
1.94
1.17
+0.77
points /match
0.69
0.72
-0.03
goals for /match
1.00
0.72
+0.28
xG for /match
0.98
0.00
+0.98
17

His Share of the Team

Of everything Le Havre produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Junior Mwanga specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.

category
share
him / team
tackles
9%
53 / 558
final-third entries
9%
88 / 1031
successful take-ons
8%
18 / 219
Recruitment

Style and verdict

Style profile, closest comparables, and the summary.

19

Playing-Style Profile

Not raw event counts — football style scores: weighted models scored 0–100 against the 258 defensive 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.

Tempo controller70%Deep-lying playmaker65%Ball-winning 625%
Why Tempo controller 70%: a weighted blend of retention 69 (weight 35%) + build-up 68 (weight 30%) + press resistance 73 (weight 20%) + progression 39 (weight 15%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
—
Strong
carrying, passing directness, dribbling, press resistance
Average
retention, build-up, transition, through-balls, territory (wide vs central)
Weak
progression, box threat, creativity, final-third threat, crossing, defensive aggression, ball-winning, receiving zones, line-breaking
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Carrying
79
Passing directness
76
Dribbling
74
Press resistance ~proxy
73
Retention
69
Build-up
68
Transition ~proxy
60
Through-balls ~proxy
47
Territory (wide vs central)
43
Progression
39
Box threat
36
Creativity
33
Final-third threat
32
Crossing
31
Defensive aggression
27
Ball-winning
24
Receiving zones
24
Line-breaking
22
20

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 / 80 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.

Alberto Grassi Cremonese · Serie A 25/26 · 183 cm / 75 kg
82%
Driven by: defensive aggression (20%), press resistance (10%), crossing (9%). Different mechanism — Mwanga more via territory (wide vs central), carrying; Grassi more via receiving zones.
Denis Zakaria Monaco · 191 cm / 76 kg
82%
Driven by: crossing (16%), press resistance (11%), retention (10%). Different mechanism — Mwanga more via through-balls, crossing; Zakaria more via retention.
Benjamin Stambouli Metz 25/26 · 180 cm / 82 kg
80%
Driven by: ball-winning (14%), dribbling (13%), crossing (12%). Different mechanism — Mwanga more via territory (wide vs central), retention; Stambouli more via passing directness, line-breaking.
Sofyan Amrabat Real Betis · La Liga 25/26 · 185 cm / 77 kg
76%
Driven by: build-up (12%), defensive aggression (11%), creativity (11%). Different mechanism — Mwanga more via territory (wide vs central), dribbling; Amrabat more via line-breaking, final-third threat.
Ibrahim Sulemana Sassuolo · Serie A · 180 cm / 72 kg
72%
Driven by: press resistance (12%), line-breaking (11%), creativity (11%). Different mechanism — Mwanga more via passing directness, carrying; Sulemana more via box threat, ball-winning.
Lucas Gourna-Douath Hull City · Premier League · 185 cm / 81 kg
69%
Driven by: creativity (11%), carrying (9%), line-breaking (9%). Different mechanism — Mwanga more via through-balls, dribbling; Gourna-Douath more via crossing, ball-winning.
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Summary

Junior Mwanga is a tempo controller / deep-lying playmaker: 86% completion, 80 line-breaks and 3.8 progressive passes /90, resisting pressure with 56% dribble success. A central controller. [Off-ball screening position and scanning need tracking data.]

Based on 20 matches (1781 minutes) this season — a reliable read. He profiles as a tempo controller / deep-lying playmaker — best used in a system built around that identity. His biggest room for growth is progression — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall tempo controller profile.
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