SouthamptonBased on 1,832 min · 2025/2026 · Championship · FULL
vs Hayden Hackney · Championship · Same playing style · €12.0M
Downes wins on
Aerials Won
2.71/90 · 70th pct · 55 aerials won in 26 games
Downes loses on
Assists
0.00/90 · Bottom 1% · 0 assists in 26 games
Based on 1,832 min (26 apps) vs anchor 3,337 min · 180 peers in Championship MID · Season per-90 · latest DNA row
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Championship · same-role pool
2.71/90
70th pct
Downes
Aerials Won
RT edge
1.05/90
Bottom 15%
Hackney
0.00/90
Bottom 1%
Downes
Assists
gap
0.19/90
Top 20%
Hackney
Percentile rank among Championship midfielders (n=221) · Per 90 min · RT Intelligence™
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. 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.
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