Anton Stach

Leeds United · Midfielder · Germany · 2,378 min

Ballity Verdict

What makes this player special?

Confidence · high

Anton Stach is at his best when the game opens into one-versus-one battles out wide. For Leeds United, that means stretch, isolation, and the ability to beat a full-back before the box gets crowded — not a pure chance-creation spreadsheet profile. The headline trait is playmaking winger.

Beyond the headline job, Stach remains plausible as creator and box crasher. The secondary roles matter for how a coach can reorganise without changing the XI entirely.

On the pitch he has actually been used as CM (#8) / AM (#10). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Stach's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.

The trade-off is real: creator shows up as a structural caveat in the profile. Any club buying the upside has to decide whether that hole is tolerable in their system — or whether they will need complementary players beside him.

Why Ballity says this

  • Midfield / role totality: playmaking winger, creator, box crasher
  • Shown minutes: CM (#8) / AM (#10)
  • Known caveat: creator
Receipts
  • · Player Profile
  • · Role Breadth
  • · Deployment authenticity
  • · Sample · featured

Position

Wide Forward

Appearances

29

Great+ roles

3

Age

27

Preferred foot

Both

Height

192 cm

Ballity insights

Peer context vs wingers — how often they get the ball and what they do with it. Separate from role tiers above. Attackers also split separation into on-ball (dribble-created) and off-ball (movement).

Usage rate

Share of team touches (non-GK) among wingers with match data.

11.4% team touches

Peer band · High

Pool percentile

80.7%

Also 57.7 touches/90 (season aggregate).

Efficiency

Output quality per action for wingers.

25 score

Peer band · Average

Pool percentile

52.2%

xA per key pass 0.0691v1 win rate 43.5Cross accuracy 28.7

On-ball separation

Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.

33 score

Peer band · Minimal

Pool percentile

0.6%

1v1 win % 43.5Adv touchline % 18.1Wide channel (self-created) % 4.7Unblocked (self-created) % 60.9Shadow zone (self-created) % 39.1Fast break (self-created) % 6.2Half-space % 20.4

Off-ball separation

Movement-created space on assisted attempts.

38 score

Peer band · Minimal

Pool percentile

1.9%

Unblocked (assisted) % 54.2Shadow zone (assisted) % 29.2Arrival zone (assisted) % 25Wide channel (assisted) % 4.2xG per assisted shot 0.1

Balance & structural weaknesses

How complete this player is on the position's job board — strengths and holes.

How we define this

Two-way = Great+ on ≥2 complementary axes. One-way = every other route Limited/closed. Weak routes = Average holes on complementary axes.

Weak routesWinger

Strong as Creator (Elite)

Weak routes

Duelist · Average

Defensive contribution

Proxy only · confidence: proxynot a role tier

Clears

Proxy p97 · Actions p94 within winger peers

Stat profile

Within position peers — percentile shape (not role scores).

Duels 79Tempo 61Defending 57Clinical Finisher
Creation53
Ball Progressor27
Carrying56
Finishing22
Defending57
Duels79
Tempo61
Box threat32

Versatility Index

Precise 0–100 score — cross-group breadth (67%) plus within-group depth (33%), quality-scaled by tier. Distinct from the shape card below.

4 groups · 9 roles
68/ 100

Index

68.3

Breadth 43.6 · Depth 24.8

Fullbacks · EliteCentre-backsMidfielders · GoodWingers · EliteForwards · Great
  • ·Fullbacks: Overlapping FB (Elite)
  • ·Midfielders: Creator (Good), Box Crasher (Good), Box-to-Box Midfielder (Good), Deep-Lying Playmaker (Good)
  • ·Wingers: Playmaking Winger (Elite), Duelist Winger (Good)
  • ·Forwards: Target Man (Great), Link Forward (Great)

Versatility shape

Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.

Great

Generalist

Great Generalist
3

Distinct Great+

3 Great+ roles total

Where he plays

Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.

Natural

AMAMCreator
CMCMCreator

Role translations

Where the profile could fit. Tap a position — then see which role style suits it.

NaturalValidatedSupportedStrongPlausibleExploratory

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Role-by-role detail

How each role is scored. Expand a row for a radar of role-shaped stats.

Similar players

Shape match across winger roles — cosine similarity of role scores (domestic leagues only). Slot 1 is the best same-league match; the rest are the next closest from the full pool.

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