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Harry Maguire

Man Utd
Ball-playing centre-back CB
6.3 progressive passes/90 · 0.8 line-breaking/90
Capability Analysis
Aerial & Box Defending23%vs 50 centre-backs
"Can he win the individual defensive battle in his own box?"
Aerial duels won /900.00%
Aerial win rate: 0.0%
Clearances /904.8746%
Ball-Winning53%vs 50 centre-backs
"How actively does he win the ball back?"
Interceptions /900.9542%
Ball recoveries /903.4664%
Tackles /901.0230%
Duels won /903.0476%
Breaking Pressure
only 33 pressured-passing actions across 1 high-press match -- not enough sample (needs 5+ matches and 12+ actions)
Progression42%vs 50 centre-backs
"Can he move the team forward with a pass, not just recycle it sideways?"
Progressive passes /902.7236%
Line-breaking passes /900.6744%
Threat added by passing /900.92xT38%
Pass accuracy86.95%52%
Ball-Carrying84%vs 50 centre-backs
"Does he advance the ball himself when the pass isn't on?"
Progressive carries /908.1984%
Carry distance /90180.26m84%
centre-backball-playing centre-backbuild-upline-breaking
766
minutes
8 apps
486
passes
89% completed
89%
pass completion
486 passes
54
progressive passes
6.3/90
41
line-breaking passes
4.8/90
145
defensive actions
17.0/90
21
tackles + interceptions
57% tackle win
33
clearances
3.9/90
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
in the first line of build-up — mostly in the middle third (56% of his 486 passes)
89% completion · 486× in 8/8 matches
↓
CARRY OUT
step into midfield to commit a presser
3 carries · 6× in 2/8 matches
↓
BREAK A LINE
vertical pass past the opponent midfield
6.3 prog/90 · 41× in 8/8 matches
↓
SWITCH PLAY
diagonal to the far side
cross-field balls · 24× in 7/8 matches
↓
PROGRESS
entries into the final third
4.2/90 · 36× in 8/8 matches
Signature: receive in the first line → break the midfield line vertically → switch or progress. Press him early and shut the vertical lane to force the safe sideways ball.
17

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 →
61
passes / match
17.0
def actions / 90
34–85
pass range (matches)
33
clearances
Pass range = his fewest and most passes in any single match this season (34 at the low end, 85 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.

08

How dangerous are his carries?

Real ball-carries

177 tracked carries (20.8/90, 53 progressive, 1760m 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.

5%9%12%7%3%1%5%21%23%10%1%1%2%1%1%
progressivelateral/short% of his 177 carries originating in each zone · own goal left, attacking →
Every carry, exact path — median 8m, longest 38m
By zone — where the carry started → where it ended
7Outside → Inside
154Inside → Inside
10Outside → Outside
6Inside → Outside
First (66)Second (55)Third (44)Fourth (12)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).

7
tackle duels
4
won
3
beaten · 43%
brighter band = more tackle duels · own goal left, attacking →
INSIDE 57%
OUTSIDE 43%
Tackle-duel location — 4 inside · 3 outside
Right Wing
3 · 43%
Right Half-Space
2 · 29%
Central
0 · 0%
Left Half-Space
2 · 29%
Left Wing
0 · 0%
Vision AI beaten in 3 of 7 tackle duels (43% loss rate) — a solid 1v1 defensive record.
Every tackle duel, exact location
wonlost — dribbled pastown goal left, attacking →

He attempted only 3 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.

02

How does he build & move the ball?

How does he escape the first line?

15%
vertical passes
44×
5%
switches
16×
46%
carries
137×
33%
short circulation
99×
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 →RWRHSCLHSLWRW4342%1835%1521%92%1RHS19728%5623%4537%737%135%10C1749%1514%2533%5836%628%14LHS1429%436%536%5LW425%150%225%1FROM
Rows normalised: each row sums to 100% of that lane's completed passes. Grey number = passes from that lane.

Primary route: the right half-space in the middle third → the right half-space in the final third — 3 progressive passes (12% of his progression) at 0.097 xT each. He keeps it in the same lane.

His progression is inward: 46% of progressive passes move the ball toward the middle versus 19% going wider — he cuts in rather than holding width.

Only 7% of his passes switch play, so his threat is same-side — contain the flank he occupies and the route closes.

Quality behind the volume: 7 line-breaking passes and 36 final-third entries, 8.4 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
5%13%13%12%4%0%4%13%19%11%2%1%0%1%1%0%0%0%
completedincomplete486 passes · any zone → any zone · own goal left, attacking →
486
passes
89%
completed
54
lost
Vision AIIn line with his 89% season completion rate.
04

How does he progress play?

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

54
progressive · 6.3/90
36
final-third entries · 4.2/90
3
box entries · 0.35/90
26
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.
12

How does he create chances?

3 key passes (0.35/90), 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:
67%33%
chance creation (3)assist (0)% of the selected group's key passes originating in each zone
09

Where does he become vulnerable?

54 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.

10
attacking third (cheap)
19
middle third
25
own third (dangerous)
Vision AI 19% of losses are in the attacking third — a notable share happen deeper, which invites transitions.
Mistake danger (proxy): 3.07 danger-index/90 · 0.484 avg/turnover. Weights each loss by threat conceded at that location. True xT-conceded needs the opponent possession model; positional proxy.
05

What is his passing profile?

486
passes attempted
51%
mostly forward
48%
mostly medium
Direction
Forward
250 · 51%
Sideways
183 · 38%
Backward
53 · 11%
Length (completed)
Short (<15m)
194 · 45%
Medium
209 · 48%
Long (>30m)
29 · 7%
10

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.

0.350.330.320.290.260.25
own goal left, attacking →
Highest-value routes (xT)
0.35
Right Half-Space Mid third → Right Half-Space Mid third
4 passes
0.33
Right Wing Att third → Central Att third
1 passes · 1 to a shot
0.32
Right Half-Space Mid third → Left Wing Att third
2 passes
0.29
Central Mid third → Left Wing Att third
4 passes
0.26
Right Half-Space Mid third → Left Wing Mid third
4 passes
0.25
Central Mid third → Central Mid third
3 passes
06

Where Does He Receive?

The zones where Harry Maguire 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 Half-Space, Middle third
24%
Secondary
Central, Middle third
17%
Third
Right Half-Space, Defensive third
These are the zones where he collected the ball most.
07

Where Does He Operate? — Every Zone

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

5%13%13%12%4%0%4%13%19%11%2%1%0%1%1%0%0%0%
own goal left, attacking →
11

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.

3Key pass
4Cross
1Cutback
54Progressive
41Long ball
24Switch
By zone — where the pass started → where it landed
28Outside → Inside
285Inside → Inside
19Outside → Outside
100Inside → Outside
By direction
250Forward
53Backward
183Sideways
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 →
How does he progress the ball forward?
His most common route for progressing play: he plays straight through the right hs in the middle third — 4 passes worth 0.35 xT.
Where do his chances come from?
Of 3 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 defensive third: 32% of his 22 touches there are lost (7 times).
32%7/22 lost13%11/82 lost8%5/63 lost—4 touches · too few—3 touches · too few5%1/21 lost7%9/125 lost6%7/116 lost17%2/12 lost—0 touches · too few11%1/9 lost17%2/12 lost22%2/9 lost—7 touches · too few—1 touch · too fewRWRHSCLHSLWDEFMIDATT
Out of possession

Out of possession

Where and how he defends and presses.

13

How & where does he defend?

145 defensive actions across the season (17.0/90). 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 →
7
tackles · 57% won
14
interceptions · 1.6/90
36
recoveries · 4.2/90
33
clearances · 3.9/90
2
blocks
31
avg action height
9
won high (att 3rd)
47
middle third
89
own third
Vision AI A deep-defending defender. He wins the ball mainly by stepping in — tackles, interceptions & recoveries outweigh clearances. 57 proactive ball-wins (6.7/90), tackle success 57%. He defends mostly around the middle third.
14

Can he play under pressure?

Split by how hard the opponent pressed (opponent PPDA — lower = more intense press). Can Harry Maguire 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 ~2-4 matches — directional evidence, not proof.

press tier
completion
prog /90
line-breaks /90
xT /90
High press (PPDA 3.8, 2m)
88%
7.6
3.8
1.21
Mid press (PPDA 4.3, 2m)
85%
5.1
5.1
0.91
Low press (PPDA 6.3, 4m)
91%
6.4
5.2
1.42
Team

Team context

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

15

Impact on the Team

Insufficient sample: Harry Maguire played nearly every Man Utd 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.

16

His Share of the Team

Of everything Man Utd produced this season, the categories where the biggest share ran through Harry Maguire specifically — his share of the team total, not a per-90 rate.

category
share
him / team
clearances
12%
138 / 1159
interceptions
6%
27 / 432
ball recoveries
5%
98 / 2098
Recruitment

Style and verdict

Style profile, closest comparables, and the summary.

18

Playing-Style Profile

Not raw event counts — football style scores: weighted models scored 0–100 against the 515 centre-backs 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.

Ball-playing centre-back60%Stopper centre-back54%
Why Ball-playing centre-back 60%: a weighted blend of retention 64 (weight 30%) + build-up 53 (weight 30%) + progression 51 (weight 25%) + press resistance 62 (weight 15%). The score reflects how distinctively his profile SHAPE matches this archetype vs his peers.
Elite
—
Strong
carrying, passing directness, transition
Average
retention, box threat, press resistance, dribbling, build-up, defensive aggression, progression, final-third threat, receiving zones, ball-winning, line-breaking, creativity
Weak
crossing, through-balls, territory (wide vs central)
Unknown
aerial ability, marking, off-ball running — not in event data
Carrying
80
Passing directness
78
Transition ~proxy
78
Retention
64
Box threat
63
Press resistance ~proxy
62
Dribbling
55
Build-up
53
Defensive aggression
53
Progression
51
Final-third threat
46
Receiving zones
46
Ball-winning
44
Line-breaking
43
Creativity
42
Crossing
31
Through-balls ~proxy
6
Territory (wide vs central)
5
19

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: 194 cm / 90 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.

Mohammed Salisu Monaco · Ligue 1 · 191 cm / 82 kg
78%
Driven by: transition (24%), carrying (15%), through-balls (14%). Different mechanism — Salisu more via ball-winning, dribbling.
Aymeric Laporte Athletic Club · La Liga · 189 cm / 86 kg
78%
Driven by: transition (25%), territory (wide vs central) (15%), passing directness (12%). Different mechanism — Laporte more via through-balls, final-third threat.
Willi Orbán RBL · Bundesliga · 186 cm / 87 kg
78%
Driven by: territory (wide vs central) (16%), carrying (14%), through-balls (12%). Different mechanism — Orbán more via through-balls, territory (wide vs central).
Loïc Badé Leverkusen · Bundesliga · 191 cm / 89 kg
77%
Driven by: transition (22%), territory (wide vs central) (16%), through-balls (14%). Different mechanism — Badé more via ball-winning, build-up.
Jeff Chabot Stuttgart · Bundesliga · 195 cm / 95 kg
77%
Driven by: territory (wide vs central) (24%), transition (19%), passing directness (13%). Different mechanism — Maguire more via dribbling; Chabot more via through-balls, defensive aggression.
Nayef Aguerd Marseille · Ligue 1 · 190 cm / 83 kg
76%
Driven by: transition (24%), through-balls (16%), carrying (14%). Different mechanism — Aguerd more via receiving zones, creativity.
20

Summary

Harry Maguire is a ball-playing centre-back: 89% pass completion, 41 line-breaking passes and 6.3 progressive passes /90. A build-and-progress centre-back whose value is in beating the first line with the pass, not in raw defensive volume. [Aerial duels, marking, line-height and 1v1 recovery need aerial-event + tracking data, absent here.]

Based on 8 matches (766 minutes) — an early read, treat with caution until more minutes are logged. He profiles as a ball-playing centre-back — 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 ball-playing centre-back profile.
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