Thin sample this season. Samuel Mbangula has played 0 matches (0 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: Not enough matches loaded yet to establish a repeatable signature for him.
Not a pattern: receive — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet); turn / beat man — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet); create — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet); finish — 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.
Insufficient sample: Samuel Mbangula played nearly every Bologna match in the loaded data, so there is no meaningful "without him" comparison yet. This section fills in as more matches (and the rest of the season) are scraped.
03
His Share of the Team
Of everything Bologna produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Samuel Mbangula specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
successful take-ons
23%
31 / 132
zone-14 entries
10%
18 / 180
half-space entries
9%
48 / 559
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 247 attacking 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.
Half-space creator39%Advanced playmaker (8)33%
Why Half-space creator 39%: a weighted blend of creativity 42 (weight 40%) + dribbling 90 (weight 15%) + final-third threat 37 (weight 30%) + box threat 11 (weight 15%). 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
90
Dribbling
90
Press resistance ~proxy
89
Build-up
85
Carrying
81
Transition ~proxy
70
Crossing
65
Territory (wide vs central)
63
Receiving zones
63
Ball-winning
55
Progression
49
Line-breaking
47
Passing directness
44
Creativity
42
Final-third threat
37
Defensive aggression
37
Through-balls ~proxy
33
Box threat
11
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: 171 cm / 64 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 Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1, 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.
Seko Fofana Rennes · Ligue 1 25/26 · 185 cm / 83 kg
73%
Driven by: press resistance (16%), retention (15%), build-up (15%). Different mechanism — Mbangula more via territory (wide vs central), passing directness; Fofana more via creativity, final-third threat.
Aimar Oroz Osasuna · La Liga · 177 cm / 72 kg
72%
Driven by: box threat (25%), build-up (17%), transition (13%). Different mechanism — Mbangula more via dribbling, press resistance; Oroz more via creativity, final-third threat.
Arthur Atta Fiorentina · Serie A · 189 cm / 77 kg
71%
Driven by: press resistance (20%), dribbling (16%), retention (14%). Different mechanism — Atta more via box threat, final-third threat.
Iliman Ndiaye Man City · Premier League · 180 cm / 78 kg
67%
Driven by: press resistance (22%), dribbling (16%), retention (14%). Different mechanism — Mbangula more via crossing, passing directness; Ndiaye more via ball-winning, box threat.
Sergio Canales Racing Santander · La Liga · 175 cm / 66 kg
64%
Driven by: build-up (23%), press resistance (17%), retention (14%). Different mechanism — Mbangula more via territory (wide vs central); Canales more via box threat, passing directness.
Wilson Odobert Tottenham · Premier League 25/26 · 182 cm / 76 kg
63%
Driven by: press resistance (25%), dribbling (18%), retention (16%). Different mechanism — Mbangula more via build-up, defensive aggression; Odobert more via box threat, line-breaking.
06
Summary
Samuel Mbangula is a half-space creator: 0.00 key passes /90, 0.0 progressive passes, 0 goals from 0.00 xG. A between-the-lines creator. [Off-ball movement into pockets needs tracking.]
Based on 0 matches (0 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a half-space creator — 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 half-space creator profile.
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