Elliot Anderson
Nottingham Forest · Midfielder · England · 3,334 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Elliot Anderson covers both boxes. He is not a specialist who only protects or only arrives late — he is the midfielder who can win it, carry it, and still show up in the final third. That two-way presence is what makes him hard to replace in Nottingham Forest's structure.
What separates Anderson from ordinary specialists is breadth inside a coherent family: credible as box-to-box midfielder, and still trustworthy when asked to step toward carrier. That is versatility with a purpose — not a random scatter of average roles.
On the pitch he has actually been used as CM (#8) / DM (#6). That matters: skill-set breadth is one thing; demonstrated deployment is another. Anderson's authenticity claim starts from those minutes, not from a role board alone.
There are no major weakness flags screaming from the current profile — which does not mean he is complete, only that the main story is the strength of what he already does.
Why Ballity says this
- Midfield / role totality: box-to-box midfielder, carrier, duel destroyer, creator
- Shown minutes: CM (#8) / DM (#6)
- No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment authenticity
- · Sample · featured
Position
Midfielder
Appearances
38
Great+ roles
3
Age
23
Preferred foot
Right
Height
179 cm
Ballity insights
Peer context vs midfielders — how often they get the ball and what they do with it. Separate from role tiers above.
Usage rate
Share of team touches (non-GK) among midfielders with match data.
18.1% team touches
Peer band · Elite
Pool percentile
99.5%
Also 88.9 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for midfielders.
63 score
Peer band · Low
Pool percentile
37.1%
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.
Strong as Ball Progressor (Great), Physicality (Great)
Stat profile
Within position peers — percentile shape (not role scores).
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.
Index
39.7
Breadth 20.1 · Depth 19.6
- ·Fullbacks: Overlapping FB (Great), Playmaking FB (Great)
- ·Midfielders: Box-to-Box Midfielder (Great), Carrier (Great), Duel Destroyer (Great), Creator (Good), Deep-Lying Playmaker (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Generalist
Great GeneralistDistinct Great+
3 Great+ roles total
Box-to-box
GreatBox-to-Box Midfielder
Where he plays
Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.
Natural
Role translations
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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 midfielder 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.
Youri Tielemans
Aston Villa · PL 25/26
Closest roles
Duel DestroyerΔ1
Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ13
Box-to-BoxΔ15
Lamine Camara
AS Monaco · Ligue 1 24/25
Closest roles
CarrierΔ3- Box-to-BoxΔ9
- Duel DestroyerΔ9
Mateo Kovačić
Manchester City · PL 24/25
Closest roles
- Box-to-BoxΔ5
- Deep-Lying PlaymakerΔ2
- CarrierΔ14