Thin sample this season. Mathys de Carvalho has played 1 match (68 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
drop between the centre-backs — mostly in the middle third (64% of his 28 passes)
82% completion · 28× in 1/1 matches
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ESCAPE PRESSURE
turn out of a tight central area
0% won · 1× in 1/1 matches
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PROGRESS CENTRAL
break a line through the middle
0.0 prog/90 · 3× in 1/1 matches
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SCREEN / WIN BALL
protect the back four
5.3 ball-wins/90 · 4× in 1/1 matches
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RECYCLE / PROGRESS
keep it ticking, feed the final third
4.0 f3-entries/90 · 3× in 1/1 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.
Team
Team context
How much of the team runs through him, and what changes without him.
Lyon's output per match with Mathys de Carvalho (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. 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 (7)
Δ
goals against /match
0.00
1.00
-1.00
points /match
3.00
1.57
+1.43
goals for /match
2.00
1.57
+0.43
xG for /match
0.95
0.00
+0.95
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His Share of the Team
Of everything Lyon produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Mathys de Carvalho specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.
category
share
him / team
interceptions
3%
5 / 177
tackles
3%
10 / 369
final-third entries
3%
29 / 1121
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 302 defensive mids in the pool (min 180 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 playmaker72%Ball-winning 643%
Why Tempo controller 78%: a weighted blend of retention 88 (weight 35%) + build-up 76 (weight 30%) + press resistance 64 (weight 20%) + progression 45 (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
88
Carrying
79
Box threat
78
Build-up
76
Press resistance ~proxy
64
Receiving zones
63
Crossing
62
Final-third threat
60
Transition ~proxy
52
Through-balls ~proxy
47
Progression
45
Ball-winning
40
Territory (wide vs central)
40
Creativity
39
Defensive aggression
38
Dribbling
38
Line-breaking
24
Passing directness
22
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: 183 cm) 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.
Yannik Engelhardt Freiburg · Bundesliga · 184 cm / 74 kg
79%
Driven by: build-up (20%), retention (15%), carrying (15%). Different mechanism — Carvalho more via territory (wide vs central), receiving zones.
Martín Zubimendi Arsenal · Premier League · 181 cm / 74 kg
72%
Driven by: retention (20%), carrying (19%), box threat (10%). Different mechanism — Zubimendi more via passing directness.
Daniel Bragança Torino · Serie A · 179 cm / 72 kg
62%
Driven by: retention (21%), carrying (13%), box threat (13%). Different mechanism — Carvalho more via receiving zones, territory (wide vs central); Bragança more via dribbling, defensive aggression.
Neil El Aynaoui RBL · Serie A · 185 cm / 80 kg
62%
Driven by: build-up (26%), retention (23%), carrying (16%). Different mechanism — Aynaoui more via passing directness, dribbling.
Shea Charles Fulham · Premier League · 189 cm / 87 kg
62%
Driven by: retention (24%), build-up (24%), carrying (11%). Different mechanism — Carvalho more via territory (wide vs central), box threat; Charles more via dribbling, defensive aggression.
Ludovit Reis Werder Bremen · Bundesliga · 178 cm / 78 kg
61%
Driven by: retention (19%), carrying (17%), line-breaking (15%). Different mechanism — Carvalho more via crossing, final-third threat; Reis more via ball-winning.
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Summary
Mathys de Carvalho is a tempo controller / deep-lying playmaker: 82% completion, 3 line-breaks and 0.0 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 (68 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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