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Rayan Fofana

Le Havre
Penalty-box poacher ST
3.7 shots/90 · 0.13 xG per shot — shoots from high-value spots · 0.49 xG/90
strikerpoacherbox threatfinishing
1179
minutes
31 apps
7
goals
6.46 xG
6.5
xG
48 shots
48
shots
0.13 xG/shot
1
box entries
0.08/90
4
key passes
0.31/90
46
dribbles
37% won
72%
pass completion
197 passes
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.

LINK
lay-off and combine
4 key passes · 72% completion · 197× in 31/31 matches
↓
FINISH
shoot from central zones
6.46 xG · 48× in 23/31 matches
↓
CONVERT
goals vs expected
7 goals (+0.5 vs xG) · 7× in 23/31 matches
Signature: Link → Finish → Convert — 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: receive / move — 1× (insufficient confidence, hidden — not enough evidence yet) — omitted from the signature rather than presented as one.
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 →
6
passes / match
2.2
dribbles / match
1–17
pass range (matches)
1–7
dribble range (matches)
Pass range = his fewest and most passes in any single match this season (1 at the low end, 17 at the high) — a measure of match-to-match involvement, not pass distance. Dribble range works the same way, for dribbles/carries per match.
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

66 tracked carries (5.0/90, 16 progressive, 717m total) — the ball moving with his touches, a different signal from dribbles below (beating an opponent 1v1). this counts every touch-carry, not just his dribble attempts below — a fuller picture of how much of his ball-carrying is control-and-move rather than beating a man.

5%6%14%12%8%2%5%6%6%6%2%2%8%8%11%3%
progressivelateral/short% of his 66 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 7m, longest 35m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
14Outside → Inside
32Inside → Inside
18Outside → Outside
2Inside → Outside
First (26)Second (20)Third (10)Fourth (10)grouped by carry pattern (start + end position), largest group first
startendown goal left, attacking →

Dribbles (1v1s)

Does he drop to link or stay central? Touches by channel. Season rate: 3.51 dribbles attempted /90.

brighter band = more dribbles · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 54%
OUTSIDE 46%
Dribble location — 25 inside · 21 outside
Right Wing
16 · 35%
Right Half-Space
11 · 24%
Central
8 · 17%
Left Half-Space
6 · 13%
Left Wing
5 · 11%
Vision AI His touches are central and high — a penalty-box striker.
13

How does he build & move 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 →RWRHSCLHSLWRW2181%1710%210%2RHS3754%2035%135%23%13%1C4810%519%956%2712%62%1LHS205%15%135%735%720%4LW157%133%560%9FROM
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 wing in the final third — 2 progressive passes (33% of his progression) at 0.013 xT each. He keeps it in the same lane.

His progression is inward: 33% of progressive passes move the ball toward the middle versus 0% going wider — he cuts in rather than holding width.

9% of his passes are cross-field switches — he changes the point of attack often.

Quality behind the volume: 1 line-breaking passes and 5 final-third entries, -2.1 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
2%12%11%14%6%1%13%13%6%2%1%8%5%5%3%
completedincomplete197 passes · any zone → any zone · own goal left, attacking →
197
passes
72%
completed
56
lost
Vision AIIn line with his 72% season completion rate.
07

How does he create chances?

4 key passes (0.31/90), 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:
25%25%50%
chance creation (4)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
Box deliveries — key passes reaching the final third, by flank
from the left (0)from the right (4)of 4 key passes landing in the final thirdattacking ↑ toward goal
02

Can he finish?

48 shots · 6.46 xG · 7 goals (+0.54 vs xG). Mostly right-footed. Circle size = xG.

shots  48
on target  28
goals  7
xG  6.46
xG on target  7.27
xG / shot  0.134
Where he shoots from — click an area of the box
06

Where does he become vulnerable?

85 possessions lost. Directness has a cost — the question is where. Attacking-third losses are cheap; deep ones are dangerous.

49
attacking third (cheap)
30
middle third
6
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 58% of losses are in the attacking third — he gambles where a turnover costs little.
Mistake danger (proxy): 1.35 danger-index/90 · 0.208 avg/turnover. Weights each loss by threat conceded at that location. True xT-conceded needs the opponent possession model; positional proxy.
11

What is his passing profile?

197
passes attempted
50%
mostly sideways
73%
mostly short
Direction
Forward
35 · 18%
Sideways
98 · 50%
Backward
64 · 32%
Length (completed)
Short (<15m)
103 · 73%
Medium
31 · 22%
Long (>30m)
7 · 5%
08

Where Does He Receive?

The zones where Rayan Fofana 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
20%
Primary
Central, Middle third
14%
Secondary
Right Half-Space, Attacking third
13%
Third
Right Half-Space, 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 Rayan Fofana 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:
4179179128262342526243327
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.

2%12%11%14%6%1%13%13%6%2%1%8%5%5%3%
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.

4Key pass
1Cross
3Cutback
6Progressive
12Long ball
5Switch
By zone — where the pass started → where it landed
8Outside → Inside
73Inside → Inside
28Outside → Outside
32Inside → Outside
By direction
35Forward
64Backward
98Sideways
own goal left, attacking →
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 4 key passes, his busiest route is a delivery where he switches from the right wing to the left wing, advancing it forward in the middle 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?
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: 44% of his 18 touches there are lost (8 times).
—4 touches · too few—0 touches · too few—1 touch · too few—1 touch · too few—1 touch · too few33%5/15 lost33%10/30 lost13%6/46 lost27%4/15 lost25%3/12 lost44%8/18 lost35%9/26 lost22%2/9 lost38%5/13 lost—6 touches · too fewRWRHSCLHSLWDEFMIDATT
05

Does he carry inside or outside — his ball-carries across the pitch

Four arrows, one per movement class of his ball-carries: outside→inside (cutting in with the ball), inside→outside (carrying wide), outside→outside (down the touchline) and inside→inside (through the middle). Each count is measured from the carry's real start and end coordinates.

own goal left, attacking →
Across 66 ball-carries, his dominant tendency is that he carries through central areas (48%). He carries from outside into the middle 14 times and out toward the touchline 2 — a genuine inside forward who cuts in with the ball.
04

What happens right after he carries the ball

Every carry's end point matched against his own very next pass or shot in the same match, when one starts almost exactly there — the direct continuation of that touch, not a separate stat. “No clean link” means no pass or shot of his own started close enough to count (often the carry ended in a tackle or a loss); it isn't a claim about exactly what happened, only that nothing traceable followed.

Shot
7 · 11%
Progressive / key pass
4 · 6%
Simple pass
20 · 30%
No clean link
35 · 53%
Of 66 carries, 11% flow straight into a shot of his own, 6% into a key or progressive pass — a genuine end product to the carry, not just ball retention. 53% have no clean link to a next touch of his own close to where the carry ended.
Out of possession

Out of possession

Where and how he defends and presses.

15

How & where does he defend?

126 defensive actions across the season (9.6/90). 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 →
13
tackles · 46% won
2
interceptions · 0.2/90
20
recoveries · 1.5/90
5
clearances · 0.4/90
12
blocks
59
avg action height
49
won high (att 3rd)
58
middle third
19
own third
Vision AI A front-foot / high defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 35 proactive ball-wins (2.7/90), tackle success 46%. He defends high, stepping out to intercept — suits a high line.

Defensive work in the attacking half

Ball-wins in the attacking half only (own half vs. attacking half, a simple 2-way split, not the usual thirds) — the clearest single signal of how much he presses and recovers the ball high up the pitch.

77
attacking-half actions · 5.88/90
14

Against Different Pressing Intensities

Split by how hard the opponent pressed (opponent PPDA — lower = more intense press). Does Rayan Fofana keep producing when the game is tight and the press is high? Tiers of ~10-11 matches — directional evidence, not proof.

press tier
xT /90
prog /90
key P /90
dribble%
High press (PPDA 4.2, 10m)
0.16
0.8
0.19
29%
Mid press (PPDA 5.8, 10m)
0.11
0.5
0.23
57%
Low press (PPDA 8.7, 11m)
0.11
0.0
0.59
25%
Team

Team context

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

16

Impact on the Team

Insufficient sample: Rayan Fofana played nearly every Le Havre 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.

17

His Share of the Team

Of everything Le Havre produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Rayan Fofana specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.

category
share
him / team
goals
9%
7 / 80
expected goals (xG)
8%
6.5 / 78.8
shots
7%
48 / 727
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 299 strikers 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.

Poacher59%Transition runner58%Pressing forward58%Target man54%
Why Poacher 59%: a weighted blend of box threat 77 (weight 55%) + press resistance 58 (weight 15%) + final-third threat 17 (weight 30%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
—
Strong
box threat, defensive aggression, dribbling
Average
carrying, territory (wide vs central), press resistance, build-up, retention, ball-winning
Weak
transition, through-balls, progression, final-third threat, passing directness, crossing, line-breaking, creativity, receiving zones
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Box threat
77
Defensive aggression
75
Dribbling
75
Carrying
69
Territory (wide vs central)
60
Press resistance ~proxy
58
Build-up
54
Retention
47
Ball-winning
40
Transition ~proxy
31
Through-balls ~proxy
26
Progression
24
Final-third threat
17
Passing directness
16
Crossing
12
Line-breaking
10
Creativity
10
Receiving zones
9
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: 187 cm / 74 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.

Rodrigo Ribeiro Augsburg · Bundesliga · 185 cm / 72 kg
87%
Driven by: line-breaking (12%), creativity (12%), crossing (11%). Different mechanism — Fofana more via territory (wide vs central), build-up; Ribeiro more via receiving zones.
Cristhian Stuani Girona · La Liga 25/26 · 186 cm / 76 kg
79%
Driven by: crossing (14%), creativity (12%), receiving zones (12%). Different mechanism — Fofana more via carrying, territory (wide vs central).
Jovan Milosevic Werder Bremen · Bundesliga 25/26 · 190 cm / 84 kg
79%
Driven by: crossing (16%), receiving zones (12%), creativity (11%). Different mechanism — Fofana more via box threat, carrying; Milosevic more via retention, build-up.
Moise Kean Como · Serie A · 183 cm / 67 kg
74%
Driven by: creativity (17%), crossing (14%), receiving zones (10%). Different mechanism — Fofana more via territory (wide vs central), defensive aggression.
Roberto Piccoli Bologna · Serie A · 190 cm / 78 kg
71%
Driven by: creativity (17%), receiving zones (13%), line-breaking (13%). Different mechanism — Fofana more via carrying, box threat.
Tolu Arokodare Wolves · Premier League 25/26 · 197 cm / 97 kg
70%
Driven by: crossing (18%), passing directness (12%), defensive aggression (12%). Different mechanism — Fofana more via territory (wide vs central), box threat; Arokodare more via creativity, receiving zones.
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Summary

Rayan Fofana is a poacher / transition runner: 7 goals from 6.46 xG (+0.54 vs expected), 48 shots, 1 box entries. A clinical finisher. [Off-ball runs, aerials and hold-up under contact need tracking/aerial data.]

Based on 31 matches (1179 minutes) — a reasonable read, still building toward a full-season sample. He profiles as a poacher / transition runner — 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 poacher profile.
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