Thin sample this season. Neil El Aynaoui has played 1 match (14 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 →
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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 (90% of his 10 passes)
100% completion · 10× 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: escape pressure — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet); progress central — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet); screen / win ball — 0× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet); recycle / progress — 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.
RBL's output per match with Neil El Aynaoui (1 matches) versus without him (8 matches). Insufficient evidence — the without-sample is only 8 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 (1)
WITHOUT (8)
Δ
goals against /match
0.00
1.00
-1.00
points /match
3.00
2.25
+0.75
goals for /match
4.00
2.38
+1.62
xG for /match
2.61
0.00
+2.61
03
His Share of the Team
Of everything RBL produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Neil El Aynaoui specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
interceptions
6%
27 / 422
tackles
5%
33 / 664
successful take-ons
5%
14 / 284
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 260 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 controller82%Deep-lying playmaker78%Ball-winning 669%
Why Tempo controller 82%: a weighted blend of retention 83 (weight 35%) + build-up 83 (weight 30%) + press resistance 72 (weight 20%) + progression 55 (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
83
Build-up
83
Carrying
76
Dribbling
74
Press resistance ~proxy
72
Crossing
71
Box threat
70
Defensive aggression
65
Transition ~proxy
62
Ball-winning
61
Receiving zones
60
Final-third threat
57
Progression
55
Passing directness
53
Through-balls ~proxy
51
Territory (wide vs central)
51
Creativity
49
Line-breaking
39
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: 185 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 Serie A, Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1 and Premier League, 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.
Shea Charles Fulham · Premier League · 189 cm / 87 kg
82%
Driven by: build-up (26%), retention (18%), press resistance (13%). Different mechanism — Aynaoui more via territory (wide vs central), passing directness; Charles more via final-third threat.
Himad Abdelli Marseille · Ligue 1 · 185 cm / 81 kg
73%
Driven by: carrying (17%), box threat (14%), retention (12%). Different mechanism — Aynaoui more via passing directness; Abdelli more via final-third threat, line-breaking.
Samir El Mourabet Strasbourg · Ligue 1 · 187 cm / 72 kg
71%
Driven by: build-up (22%), press resistance (18%), retention (17%). Different mechanism — Aynaoui more via territory (wide vs central), box threat; Mourabet more via line-breaking.
Ellyes Skhiri Koln · Bundesliga · 185 cm / 74 kg
67%
Driven by: build-up (32%), retention (20%), carrying (14%). Different mechanism — Aynaoui more via box threat, dribbling; Skhiri more via through-balls, creativity.
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg Marseille · Ligue 1 · 187 cm / 81 kg
61%
Driven by: retention (18%), carrying (13%), press resistance (12%). Different mechanism — Aynaoui more via ball-winning, territory (wide vs central); Højbjerg more via passing directness, line-breaking.
Pape Matar Sarr Juventus · 185 cm / 80 kg
60%
Driven by: press resistance (18%), carrying (17%), retention (15%). Different mechanism — Aynaoui more via build-up, through-balls; Sarr more via receiving zones, creativity.
06
Summary
Neil El Aynaoui is a tempo controller / deep-lying playmaker: 100% completion, 0 line-breaks and 6.4 progressive passes /90, resisting pressure with 0% dribble success. A central controller. [Off-ball screening position and scanning need tracking data.]
Based on 1 matches (14 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 progression — even a modest improvement there would meaningfully lift his overall tempo controller profile.
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