Sassuolo's Bakola outscores Anguissa on carries but loses in the air
The 2007-born midfielder is one of the names linked with life after Anguissa, and the numbers put him ahead almost everywhere. The harder question is who replaces the Cameroonian, and when.
Darryl Bakola carries the ball where Anguissa no longer does. The Sassuolo midfielder is in the 89th percentile for progression with the ball and the 95th for carries. Anguissa is in the 6th and 11th. The figures are per-90-minute percentiles measured against midfielders in Europe's five major leagues.
The Frenchman also leads on passing accuracy (71 to 34), chance creation (55 to 28), ground duels (96 to 23) and defensive impact (78 to 57). Anguissa remains clearly better in aerial duels, 87 to 28, and in the shooting areas.
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Bakola joined Sassuolo from Marseille's academy in February 2026. He has 18 appearances and 2 goals for France's youth sides, and he set up a goal against Newcastle on his first Champions League start. As we have already reported, talks on renewing Anguissa's contract, which runs until June 2027, have stalled since the summer.
But percentiles do not play matches. Lobotka is out until mid-December and the midfield is already short of bodies. Handing the centre of the pitch in a side sitting tenth to a 19-year-old would be a gamble, not a solution. Before January comes Torino, at the Maradona on Saturday 21 November.
Source: AreaNapoli
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