Thin sample this season. Junior Kroupi has played 1 match (9 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
Right Wing, Attacking third — between the lines — mostly in the attacking third (67% of his 3 passes)
33% completion · 3× in 1/1 matches
Signature: Only Receive shows a proven, repeatable pattern this season — too little evidence yet (1 match loaded) for a fuller signature chain.
Not a pattern: 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.
Bournemouth's output per match with Junior Kroupi (1 matches) versus without him (7 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 7 matches; treat every Δ below as noise until more games exist. A proper on-off model needs many more minutes.
WITH (1)
WITHOUT (7)
Δ
goals for /match
3.00
1.29
+1.71
xG for /match
1.07
0.00
+1.07
goals against /match
0.00
1.86
-1.86
points /match
3.00
0.86
+2.14
03
His Share of the Team
Of everything Bournemouth produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Junior Kroupi specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
expected goals (xG)
12%
7.7 / 63.6
shots
9%
52 / 559
zone-14 entries
7%
19 / 258
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 creator28%Advanced playmaker (8)23%
Why Half-space creator 28%: a weighted blend of box threat 80 (weight 15%) + creativity 28 (weight 40%) + dribbling 37 (weight 15%) + final-third threat 15 (weight 30%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
—
Strong
box threat
Average
passing directness, build-up, press resistance, defensive aggression, retention, receiving zones
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Box threat
80
Passing directness
61
Build-up
59
Press resistance ~proxy
44
Defensive aggression
43
Retention
43
Receiving zones
41
Dribbling
37
Ball-winning
33
Transition ~proxy
29
Creativity
28
Through-balls ~proxy
19
Final-third threat
15
Line-breaking
12
Crossing
11
Territory (wide vs central)
10
Carrying
8
Progression
7
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: 179 cm / 70 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.
Tiago Tomás Stuttgart · Bundesliga · 180 cm / 69 kg
81%
Driven by: carrying (15%), progression (14%), transition (13%). Different mechanism — Kroupi more via build-up, passing directness; Tomás more via crossing, line-breaking.
Danny Namaso Auxerre · Ligue 1 · 182 cm / 77 kg
80%
Driven by: progression (18%), crossing (17%), territory (wide vs central) (11%). Different mechanism — Kroupi more via passing directness, box threat; Namaso more via defensive aggression, carrying.
Grady Diangana Elche · La Liga · 180 cm / 73 kg
79%
Driven by: progression (16%), line-breaking (11%), final-third threat (10%). Different mechanism — Kroupi more via box threat; Diangana more via crossing, retention.
Ismaïla Sarr Crystal Palace · 185 cm / 76 kg
78%
Driven by: progression (13%), carrying (10%), final-third threat (10%). Different mechanism — Kroupi more via press resistance, retention; Sarr more via passing directness, crossing.
Mateo Joseph Mallorca · La Liga 25/26 · 185 cm / 74 kg
75%
Driven by: progression (17%), final-third threat (13%), transition (12%). Different mechanism — Kroupi more via passing directness, receiving zones; Joseph more via territory (wide vs central), retention.
Ansu Fati Monaco · Ligue 1 · 178 cm / 66 kg
75%
Driven by: crossing (22%), territory (wide vs central) (14%), progression (12%). Different mechanism — Fati more via retention, receiving zones.
06
Summary
Junior Kroupi 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 1 matches (9 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 final-third threat — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall half-space creator profile.
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