Thin sample this season. Djaoui Cissé has played 3 matches (107 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
Left Half-Space, Middle third — mostly in the middle third (56% of his 43 passes)
81% completion · 43× in 3/3 matches
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PROGRESS
drive or pass into the final third
2.5 prog/90 · 3× in 1/3 matches
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CREATE / FINISH
cut-back or shot from inside
1.68 key passes /90 · 0 goals · 7× in 2/3 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 — 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.
2 key passes (1.68/90), 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
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chance creation (1)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
03
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 →
Where do his chances come from?
Of 2 key passes, his busiest route is a delivery where he plays inside from the right wing toward the central in the final third — 1 times. The receiver isn't identifiable in this data, only where the pass started and ended.
Where does he lose the ball most?
Not enough touches in any single zone yet for a reliable rate.
24 defensive actions across the season (20.2/90). 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
9
recoveries · 7.6/90
2
clearances · 1.7/90
3
blocks
49
avg action height
6
won high (att 3rd)
15
middle third
3
own third
Vision AI A front-foot / high defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 10 proactive ball-wins (8.4/90), tackle success 100%. He defends high, stepping out to intercept — suits a high line.
Team
Team context
How much of the team runs through him, and what changes without him.
Rennes's output per match with Djaoui Cissé (3 matches) versus without him (5 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 5 matches; treat every Δ below as noise until more games exist. A proper on-off model needs many more minutes.
WITH (3)
WITHOUT (5)
Δ
goals for /match
3.33
1.60
+1.73
xG for /match
2.17
0.00
+2.17
goals against /match
1.67
1.80
-0.13
points /match
2.00
2.00
+0.00
06
His Share of the Team
Of everything Rennes produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Djaoui Cissé specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
tackles
5%
34 / 744
shots
4%
29 / 699
final-third entries
4%
63 / 1666
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.
Why Transition runner 72%: a weighted blend of transition 68 (weight 45%) + defensive aggression 67 (weight 30%) + box threat 65 (weight 25%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
press resistance, through-balls, retention, receiving zones
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Territory (wide vs central)
72
Transition ~proxy
68
Ball-winning
67
Passing directness
67
Defensive aggression
67
Box threat
65
Carrying
65
Progression
60
Final-third threat
60
Crossing
57
Line-breaking
50
Creativity
48
Dribbling
48
Build-up
47
Press resistance ~proxy
38
Through-balls ~proxy
38
Retention
30
Receiving zones
27
08
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: 188 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.
Lukas Petkov Elversberg · Bundesliga · 183 cm / 76 kg
74%
Driven by: ball-winning (17%), retention (15%), receiving zones (12%). Different mechanism — Cissé more via final-third threat, retention; Petkov more via through-balls, passing directness.
Kassoum Ouattara Monaco 25/26 · 176 cm / 73 kg
72%
Driven by: ball-winning (18%), retention (16%), territory (wide vs central) (14%). Different mechanism — Cissé more via retention; Ouattara more via through-balls, territory (wide vs central).
Mehdi Léris Pisa · Serie A 25/26 · 186 cm / 83 kg
66%
Driven by: ball-winning (22%), retention (18%), press resistance (10%). Different mechanism — Cissé more via carrying, build-up; Léris more via through-balls, ball-winning.
Laurin Ulrich Paderborn · Bundesliga · 180 cm / 76 kg
59%
Driven by: transition (17%), defensive aggression (15%), ball-winning (14%). Different mechanism — Cissé more via dribbling, line-breaking; Ulrich more via crossing, receiving zones.
Rassoul Ndiaye Le Havre · 179 cm / 70 kg
58%
Driven by: transition (21%), retention (16%), passing directness (13%). Different mechanism — Cissé more via build-up; Ndiaye more via receiving zones.
Lucas Calodat Le Mans · 171 cm / 64 kg
58%
Driven by: receiving zones (22%), territory (wide vs central) (14%), retention (14%). Different mechanism — Cissé more via receiving zones, box threat; Calodat more via dribbling, through-balls.
09
Summary
Djaoui Cissé is a transition runner / box-to-box runner: 2.5 progressive passes, 1.68 key passes /90, 0 box entries, 0 goals from 0.24 xG. A box-to-box contributor across every phase.
Based on 3 matches (107 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a transition runner / box-to-box runner — 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 transition runner profile.
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