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Lewis Miley

Newcastle
Ball-winning 6 (destroyer) DM
15.3 defensive actions/90
Capability Analysis
Breaking Pressure
only 73 pressured-passing actions across 2 high-press matches -- not enough sample (needs 5+ matches and 12+ actions)
Progression52%vs 23 defensive mids
"Can he move the team forward with a pass, not just recycle it sideways?"
Progressive passes /904.4848%
Line-breaking passes /901.4352%
Threat added by passing /900.97xT39%
Pass accuracy86.5%70%
Ball-Winning41%vs 23 defensive mids
"How actively does he win the ball back?"
Interceptions /901.0643%
Ball recoveries /904.2817%
Tackles /901.559%
Duels won /902.1296%
defensive midtempo controllerpress resistancescreening
560
minutes
7 apps
351
passes
86% completed
86%
pass completion
351 passes
21
progressive passes
3.4/90
95
defensive actions
15.3/90
15
tackles + interceptions
78% tackle win
36
recoveries
5.8/90
32
line-breaking passes
5.1/90
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 351 passes)
86% completion · 351× in 7/7 matches
↓
ESCAPE PRESSURE
turn out of a tight central area
60% won · 5× in 3/7 matches
↓
PROGRESS CENTRAL
break a line through the middle
3.4 prog/90 · 32× in 7/7 matches
↓
SCREEN / WIN BALL
protect the back four
8.2 ball-wins/90 · 51× in 7/7 matches
↓
RECYCLE / PROGRESS
keep it ticking, feed the final third
3.4 f3-entries/90 · 21× in 7/7 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 →
50
passes / match
15.3
def actions / 90
34–74
pass range (matches)
17
clearances
Pass range = his fewest and most passes in any single match this season (34 at the low end, 74 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.

10

How dangerous are his carries?

Real ball-carries

61 tracked carries (9.8/90, 9 progressive, 526m 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.

2%13%25%10%7%10%5%8%16%2%3%
progressivelateral/short% of his 61 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 7m, longest 24m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
4Outside → Inside
31Inside → Inside
18Outside → Outside
8Inside → Outside
First (21)Second (19)Third (13)Fourth (8)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).

9
tackle duels
7
won
2
beaten · 22%
brighter band = more tackle duels · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 22%
OUTSIDE 78%
Tackle-duel location — 2 inside · 7 outside
Right Wing
7 · 78%
Right Half-Space
1 · 11%
Central
1 · 11%
Left Half-Space
0 · 0%
Left Wing
0 · 0%
Vision AI beaten in 2 of 9 tackle duels (22% loss rate) — a solid 1v1 defensive record.
Every tackle duel, exact location
wonlost — dribbled pastown goal left, attacking →

He attempted only 5 dribbles of his own all season — dribbling is not part of this role; his ball-carrying is covered above, his defending against the dribble below.

03

How does he build & move the ball?

How does he escape the first line?

7%
vertical passes
11×
2%
switches
4×
18%
carries
29×
72%
short circulation
116×
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 →RWRHSCLHSLWRW13356%7538%515%61%1RHS4827%1333%1631%158%4C6218%1116%1027%1734%215%3LHS329%39%338%1244%14LW2811%343%1246%13FROM
Rows normalised: each row sums to 100% of that lane's completed passes. Grey number = passes from that lane.

Primary route: the right wing in the final third → the right half-space in the final third — 5 progressive passes (19% of his progression) at 0.199 xT each. He moves it inside.

His progression is inward: 54% of progressive passes move the ball toward the middle versus 19% going wider — he cuts in rather than holding width.

Only 4% of his passes switch play, so his threat is same-side — contain the flank he occupies and the route closes.

Quality behind the volume: 12 line-breaking passes and 21 final-third entries, 2.9 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
3%7%17%18%9%3%1%6%8%5%4%1%1%3%7%5%3%0%
completedincomplete351 passes · any zone → any zone · own goal left, attacking →
351
passes
86%
completed
48
lost
Vision AIIn line with his 86% season completion rate.
04

How does he progress play?

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

21
progressive · 3.4/90
21
final-third entries · 3.4/90
7
box entries · 1.12/90
16
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.
11

How does he create chances?

7 key passes (1.12/90), 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:
43%29%29%
chance creation (7)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
05

Where does he become vulnerable?

50 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.

13
attacking third (cheap)
24
middle third
13
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 26% of losses are in the attacking third — a notable share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Mistake danger (proxy): 3.08 danger-index/90 · 0.384 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?

351
passes attempted
37%
mostly sideways
61%
mostly short
Direction
Forward
116 · 33%
Sideways
131 · 37%
Backward
104 · 30%
Length (completed)
Short (<15m)
186 · 61%
Medium
101 · 33%
Long (>30m)
16 · 5%
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.

0.870.640.510.430.400.29
own goal left, attacking →
Highest-value routes (xT)
0.87
Right Wing Att third → Right Half-Space Att third
3 passes
0.64
Central Mid third → Right Wing Att third
4 passes · 1 to a shot
0.51
Right Half-Space Mid third → Left Half-Space Att third
2 passes
0.43
Right Half-Space Mid third → Right Wing Att third
2 passes
0.40
Right Wing Mid third → Right Half-Space Att third
1 passes
0.29
Left Half-Space Mid third → Right Half-Space Att third
1 passes
08

Where Does He Receive?

The zones where Lewis Miley 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
26%
Primary
Right Wing, Middle third
10%
Secondary
Right Half-Space, Middle third
10%
Third
Central, Middle third
These are the zones where he collected the ball most.
09

Where Does He Operate? — Every Zone

Every on-ball touch (pass, dribble, shot) binned into a 6×3 grid — raw counts of where Lewis Miley 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:
2112616101422301916210265962329
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.

3%7%17%18%9%3%1%6%8%5%4%1%1%3%7%5%3%0%
own goal left, attacking →
12

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.

7Key pass
7Cross
2Cutback
21Progressive
32Long ball
9Switch
By zone — where the pass started → where it landed
73Outside → Inside
101Inside → Inside
88Outside → Outside
41Inside → Outside
By direction
116Forward
104Backward
131Sideways
own goal left, attacking →
02

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 right wing toward the right hs in the final third — 3 passes worth 0.87 xT.
Where do his chances come from?
Of 7 key passes, his busiest route is a delivery where he plays inside from the right wing toward the central in the final third — 2 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 right wing in the final third: 23% of his 31 touches there are lost (7 times).
12%3/26 lost17%2/12 lost18%4/22 lost—7 touches · too few—6 touches · too few9%8/94 lost20%7/35 lost9%3/32 lost19%5/26 lost0%0/21 lost23%7/31 lost9%1/11 lost0%0/15 lost—7 touches · too few—6 touches · too fewRWRHSCLHSLWDEFMIDATT
13

Crosses & Cutbacks

7 crosses (1.12/90, 4 completed) and 2 cutbacks (0.32/90, 1 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?

95 defensive actions across the season (15.3/90). 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 →
9
tackles · 78% won
6
interceptions · 1.0/90
36
recoveries · 5.8/90
17
clearances · 2.7/90
3
blocks
38
avg action height
11
won high (att 3rd)
44
middle third
40
own third
Vision AI A mid-block defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 51 proactive ball-wins (8.2/90), tackle success 78%. 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 Lewis Miley 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 ~2-3 matches — directional evidence, not proof.

press tier
completion
prog /90
line-breaks /90
xT /90
High press (PPDA 3.4, 2m)
85%
3.5
4.1
0.72
Mid press (PPDA 4.1, 2m)
76%
5.1
8.0
1.53
Low press (PPDA 5.8, 3m)
92%
2.2
4.0
1.11
Team

Team context

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

16

Impact on the Team

Newcastle's output per match with Lewis Miley (7 matches) versus without him (1 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 1 matches; treat every Δ below as noise until more games exist. 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 (7)
WITHOUT (1)
Δ
goals against /match
2.00
0.00
+2.00
points /match
1.14
3.00
-1.86
goals for /match
1.43
2.00
-0.57
xG for /match
1.15
0.00
+1.15
17

His Share of the Team

Of everything Newcastle produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Lewis Miley specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.

category
share
him / team
interceptions
8%
26 / 315
zone-14 entries
7%
21 / 322
final-third entries
6%
109 / 1694
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 controller78%Deep-lying playmaker76%Ball-winning 635%
Why Tempo controller 78%: a weighted blend of retention 81 (weight 35%) + build-up 62 (weight 30%) + press resistance 78 (weight 20%) + progression 69 (weight 15%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
territory (wide vs central)
Strong
retention, dribbling, press resistance, line-breaking
Average
progression, build-up, through-balls, receiving zones, final-third threat, carrying, crossing, creativity, box threat
Weak
transition, defensive aggression, ball-winning, passing directness
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Territory (wide vs central)
89
Retention
81
Dribbling
79
Press resistance ~proxy
78
Line-breaking
74
Progression
69
Build-up
62
Through-balls ~proxy
61
Receiving zones
61
Final-third threat
60
Carrying
59
Crossing
59
Creativity
57
Box threat
48
Transition ~proxy
35
Defensive aggression
34
Ball-winning
25
Passing directness
16
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: 185 cm / 72 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.

Thiago Pitarch Real Madrid · La Liga · 175 cm / 66 kg
73%
Driven by: passing directness (17%), press resistance (15%), territory (wide vs central) (15%). Different mechanism — Pitarch more via carrying, defensive aggression.
Eduardo Camavinga Real Madrid · La Liga · 182 cm / 68 kg
70%
Driven by: press resistance (18%), retention (16%), dribbling (11%). Different mechanism — Miley more via territory (wide vs central); Camavinga more via ball-winning, receiving zones.
Iván Martín Racing Santander · La Liga · 178 cm / 70 kg
63%
Driven by: press resistance (16%), dribbling (14%), passing directness (14%). Different mechanism — Miley more via through-balls; Martín more via carrying, transition.
Carlos Augusto Inter · Serie A · 184 cm / 78 kg
62%
Driven by: territory (wide vs central) (19%), ball-winning (17%), passing directness (15%). Different mechanism — Miley more via dribbling, press resistance; Augusto more via box threat.
Patric Lazio · Serie A 25/26 · 184 cm / 72 kg
57%
Driven by: retention (17%), ball-winning (17%), press resistance (17%). Different mechanism — Miley more via territory (wide vs central), through-balls; Patric more via build-up.
Beñat Turrientes Real Sociedad · La Liga · 181 cm / 70 kg
56%
Driven by: dribbling (21%), press resistance (19%), passing directness (12%). Different mechanism — Miley more via territory (wide vs central), retention; Turrientes more via box threat, crossing.
21

Summary

Lewis Miley is a tempo controller / deep-lying playmaker: 86% completion, 32 line-breaks and 3.4 progressive passes /90, resisting pressure with 60% dribble success. A central controller. [Off-ball screening position and scanning need tracking data.]

Based on 7 matches (560 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a tempo controller / deep-lying playmaker — best used in a system built around that identity. His biggest room for growth is build-up — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall tempo controller profile.
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