Best Alternatives to Mohamed Bayo

Playing Style Analysis

Bayo is the kind of striker who exists almost exclusively to put the ball in the net—and in the Super Lig this season, he's doing exactly that better than 90% of his peers. His 0.63 goals per 90 is the headline, and it's genuinely elite at this level. What makes that number counterintuitive is how little he participates in build-up play: sitting in the bottom 10% for passes per 90, he's essentially invisible until the moment he isn't. The three closest DNA matches to Mohamed Bayo:

• Felipe Augusto(85% match) — A Poacher. Statistically, he stands out as a constant goal threat (2.7 shots/90), a proven goalscorer (0.55 goals/90) and top 20% scorer in the league.
• Cherif Ndiaye(85% match) — A Complete Forward. Statistically, he stands out as a capable chance creator (1.3 key passes/90), a proven goalscorer (0.47 goals/90), draws fouls effectively (2.9/90) and top 20% scorer in the league.
• David Datro Fofana(83% match) — Fofana is the kind of forward who wins games with his feet on the ground and his head in the right place—a rare combination in a league where most attackers pick one. Sitting in the top 20% for goals per 90 and the top 10% for dribbles, he's doing the hard yards in a B-tier Super Lig environment while Chelsea wait to see if the talent is real.

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