Best Alternatives to Flynn Downes

Playing Style Analysis

Downes has built a quiet reputation as one of the Championship's most reliable circulation midfielders — a player whose value lives entirely in what doesn't go wrong. That 90.3% pass accuracy places him in the top 5% of league midfielders, meaning he's not just tidy, he's elite-level tidy, consistently threading the needle under pressure while others misplace routine balls. His interception numbers (top 20%) confirm genuine positional intelligence rather than reactive defending. The three closest DNA matches to Flynn Downes:

• Samuele Ricci(82% match) — A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.4 key passes/90), a prolific assist provider (0.28 assists/90), meticulous in distribution (90% pass accuracy), wins the physical battle (67% duel success), heavily involved in play (60 touches/90), draws fouls effectively (2.3/90) and active off the ball (2.0 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.
• Vitaly Janelt(82% match) — A Box-to-Box. Statistically, he stands out as naturally left-footed, a capable chance creator (1.4 key passes/90), a prolific assist provider (0.25 assists/90), reads the game exceptionally (1.9 interceptions/90), meticulous in distribution (87% pass accuracy), heavily involved in play (68 touches/90), uses long balls frequently (5.4/90) and a high-intensity presser (press score 3.0/90), constantly disrupting opposition build-up.
• Tyler Adams(81% match) — A Ball-Winner. Statistically, he stands out as an aggressive ball-winner (2.7 tackles/90), reads the game exceptionally (1.7 interceptions/90), meticulous in distribution (87% pass accuracy), heavily involved in play (66 touches/90) and active off the ball (2.8 press score/90), contributing to defensive transitions.

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