Pass difficulty
89.8%
77th percentile among DEF players
n = 23 eligible peers · sample 1946
Player profile
Edmond Fayçal Tapsoba
Bayer Leverkusen · Left Center Back · DEF
Matches observed27
Pass attempts1,946
Reliable sampleActual completion
91.6%
1,783 completed passes
Pass difficulty
89.8%
How difficult a pass was to complete.
Actual vs. expected passing
+1.8 pp
+34.8 completions vs model expectation
Actual pass completion compared with the model's expected completion.
Player intelligence
Position profile
DEF context · Each percentile is an empirical rank among eligible players in the same broad position group. Percentiles are not ratings.
Style
Performance
0–100 empirical percentiles among eligible same-position peers.
Style
Tendencies describe what a player attempts; higher is not automatically better.
Under-pressure pass rate
12.1%
59th percentile among DEF players
n = 23 eligible peers · sample 1946
Progressive pass rate
11.8%
55th percentile among DEF players
n = 23 eligible peers · sample 1946
Long-pass rate
12.8%
45th percentile among DEF players
n = 23 eligible peers · sample 1946
Average forward distance
7.7 units
82nd percentile among DEF players
n = 23 eligible peers · sample 1946
Positive forward distance / 100 passes
951.6 units
77th percentile among DEF players
n = 23 eligible peers · sample 1946
Final-third entries / 100 passes
11.511
82nd percentile among DEF players
n = 23 eligible peers · sample 1946
Carry share of actions
46.3%
85th percentile among DEF players
n = 94 eligible peers · sample 3518
Progressive carry rate
3.1%
58th percentile among DEF players
n = 87 eligible peers · sample 1629
Progressive action rate
7.6%
37th percentile among DEF players
n = 94 eligible peers · sample 3518
Under-pressure action rate
14.4%
42nd percentile among DEF players
n = 94 eligible peers · sample 3518
Shots / observed match
0.44 / match
Unavailable among DEF players
n = 4 eligible peers · sample 12
requires 20 shots
xG / shot
11.8%
Unavailable among DEF players
n = 4 eligible peers · sample 12
requires 20 shots
Performance
Observed execution or model-derived output relative to opportunities.
Actual vs. expected passing
+1.8 pp
73rd percentile among DEF players
n = 23 eligible peers · sample 1946
Under-pressure completion above expected
+0.2 pp
42nd percentile among DEF players
n = 13 eligible peers · sample 235
Progressive completion above expected
+4.9 pp
56th percentile among DEF players
n = 17 eligible peers · sample 230
Long-pass completion above expected
+2.2 pp
75th percentile among DEF players
n = 21 eligible peers · sample 249
Goals above expected
-1.421
Unavailable among DEF players
n = 4 eligible peers · sample 12
requires 20 shots
Overall impact / 100 actions
0.073
89th percentile among DEF players
n = 94 eligible peers · sample 3518
Weak split-half stability in the current 34-match product cohort.
Passing impact / 100 passes
0.062
88th percentile among DEF players
n = 94 eligible peers · sample 1889
Weak split-half stability in the current 34-match product cohort.
Carrying impact / 100 carries
0.086
71st percentile among DEF players
n = 87 eligible peers · sample 1629
Moderate split-half stability; descriptive rather than latent ability.
Progressive-action impact / 100 actions
0.012
59th percentile among DEF players
n = 94 eligible peers · sample 3518
Weak split-half stability in the current 34-match product cohort.
Under-pressure impact / 100 actions
0.020
56th percentile among DEF players
n = 94 eligible peers · sample 3518
Weak split-half stability in the current 34-match product cohort.
Playing style
Safe Circulator
Position-relative style among eligible DEF players.
Style separation0.604
Progressive-pass rate (lower)
Pass difficulty (higher)
Positive forward distance / 100 passes (lower)
Long-pass rate (lower)
Pass difficulty+1.03 z
Under-pressure pass rate-0.04 z
Progressive-pass rate-0.61 z
Long-pass rate-0.47 z
Positive forward distance / 100 passes+0.30 z
Carry share of actions+0.84 z
Bars are z-scores relative to eligible positional peers, not percentiles or ratings. Distance-based style separation, not a probability. Smaller values mean the player lies nearer the boundary between the two archetypes.
Role Fit
DEF role
How closely a player's playing style matches this role. Compared with the observed role of Leverkusen's other DEF contributors.
#5 of 9Comparable current-team defensive profilesRaw distance: 0.633
Lower distance means closer stylistic resemblance.
Closest stylistic dimensions
- Progressive passing rate
- Passes under pressure
- Carry involvement
Largest stylistic difference
Forward distance per 100 passes
higher sampleObserved across 27 matchesRole: 34 matches · 8 contributors
Role Fit compares observed playing style. It does not predict player quality, transfer success, or future performance.
Expected Goals
Non-penalty shooting
Goals above expected is descriptive for this observed sample, not a definitive finishing-skill rating.
Shots
12
10 matches observed
Goals
0
Total xG
1.4
Goals above expected
-1.4
xG / shot
0.1
0.0% goals / shot
Limited sample: fewer than 20 non-penalty shots.
Campos visualization
Shot map
Non-penalty xG is encoded by marker size and color. Preserved penalties have no modeled xG.
Shots12
Goals0
xG1.42
xG0.00 – 1.00
Foot
Corner
Green outline = GoalNormal outline = Non-goal
Attacking impact
Impact of passes and carries
Measures how much each pass or carry changed the expected attacking value of a possession. Positive values improved the attack; negative values reduced it.
Overall impact / 100 actions
+0.073
Passing impact / 100 passes
+0.062
Carrying impact / 100 carries
+0.086
Progressive-action impact / 100 actions
+0.012
Under-pressure impact / 100 actions
+0.020
3,518 actions · 1,889 passes · 1,629 carries · 69.0% increased attacking value
Campos visualization
Carry value map
Exact StatsBomb carry start/end locations. Green increases modeled possession value; coral decreases it.
Situational execution
Under pressure
235 attempts
- Actual
- 80.9%
- Pass difficulty
- 80.7%
- Actual vs. expected passing
- +0.2 pp
Progressive passing
230 attempts
- Actual
- 66.1%
- Pass difficulty
- 61.2%
- Actual vs. expected passing
- +4.9 pp
Long passing
249 attempts
- Actual
- 78.7%
- Pass difficulty
- 76.5%
- Actual vs. expected passing
- +2.2 pp
Progression profile
Progressive-pass rate
11.8%
Pressure-pass rate
12.1%
Average forward distance
7.7 m
Positive forward distance / 100
951.6 m
Final-third entries / 100
11.5
Campos visualization
Pass map
Attacking left to right. Switch between xPass execution difficulty and possession attacking impact.
Showing 1–200 of 1,946 passes
CompletedIncompleteStronger line = greater pass difficultyThicker line = progressive or under pressure
- Pass difficulty
- 99.2%
- Outcome
- Completed
- Attacking impact
- -0.0011
- Value before
- 0.0158
- Value after
- 0.0147
- Length
- 19.9 m
- Context
- Standard
Event clocks are not retained in the pass API.
Similar playing styles
Style similarity compares position-relative playing style across passing and carrying tendencies. Scores are not ability ratings.
100 means identical observed profiles; 50 is about the median same-position playing style match. Not a probability.
Style similarity
82.8 / 100
Long Pass RatePositive Forward Distance Per 100 PassesPressure Pass Rate
Sample support: Limited · 1 limiting matches
Observed: 27 vs 1 matches
Style similarity
80.3 / 100
Carry Share Of ActionsExpected Completion Rate