
Based on 842 min · 2025/2026 · Championship · FULL
Ranked by AI DNA similarity — playing style, pressing, and tactical fit. Below: the closest replacements with per-90 stats and form.
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See Full Verdict + Share Card →Akpom arrives in the Championship as a physical attacker whose best work happens in the margins—the contested header, the held-up ball, the duel that buys his team a second chance. His aerial and ground duel win rates both sit in the top 20% of Championship forwards, which tells you something important: this is a man who competes. The counterintuitive read here is his passing volume—25 passes per 90 with above-average accuracy suggests a forward far more involved in build-up than his goal return implies. The three closest DNA matches to Chuba Akpom:
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