Best Alternatives to Arne Engels

Playing Style Analysis

Engels is the rare midfielder who makes a B-tier Scottish Premiership side look genuinely dangerous in transition—a creator and scorer operating in the same elite bracket simultaneously. His key passes per 90 and goals per 90 both sit in the top 5% of the league, a combination that most attacking midfielders in this division can only claim for one of those metrics. The counterintuitive read here is his 49.8 passes per 90—also top 5%—which sounds like a volume merchant, but paired with 81.8% accuracy and 5.35 passes into the final third per 90, this is a midfielder who moves the game forward at pace, not one recycling possession sideways. The three closest DNA matches to Arne Engels:

• Han-Noah Massengo(83% match) — A Balanced Midfielder. Statistically, he stands out as meticulous in distribution (86% pass accuracy), heavily involved in play (56 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.7 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Daichi Kamada(83% match) — A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as an aggressive ball-winner (3.0 tackles/90), wins the physical battle (55% duel success), heavily involved in play (54 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.7 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Maximilian Eggestein(82% match) — A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as active in the tackle (1.9 tackles/90), wins the physical battle (58% duel success), heavily involved in play (57 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.1 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.

Similarity uses per-90 performance across playing-style dimensions. How Player DNA matching works →