Aleksi Paananen has been a defensive workhorse in the Veikkausliiga during the 2025/26 season so far, featuring in eight matches and logging 427 minutes. He has recorded four tackles and five interceptions, giving him a tackles per 90 of 0.84 and an interception rate that exceeds the midfield baseline of 0.2 tackles per 90. While his offensive output remains modest with no goals, no assists, and only three shots (1 on target) - a shots per 90 of 0.63 compared to the baseline of 1.28 - his key passes per 90 stand at 0.21, well below the midfield baseline of 1.48. Paananen’s average match rating of 6.53 reflects a solid defensive contribution, and his dribbles succeeded per 90 of 0.84 is below the baseline of 1.62, underscoring his focus on defensive duties rather than attacking flair.
Aleksi Paananen has played 427 minutes across 8 appearances in Veikkausliiga, at 0.00 goals per 90 against a positional baseline of 0.24, converting 0% of 3 shots and averaging 6.53 a match.
| Player | Pos | Apps | Mins | Goals | Assists | Shots | On tgt | Goals /shot | Key passes | Pass acc | Dribbles | Drib % | Tackles | Interc. | Blocks | Duels won % | Fouls | Fouled | Yel | Red | Saves | Rating | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikko Pitkänen | D | 8 | 720 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 33% | 1 | 84% | 7 | 64% | 0 | 10 | 3 | 45% | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.55 | 4.5 |
| Niklas Jokelainen | F | 8 | 651 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 12% | 11 | 79% | 7 | 58% | 0 | 9 | 1 | 31% | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 5.7 |
| Julius Körkkö | F | 9 | 561 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8% | 3 | 84% | 14 | 58% | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31% | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.79 | 3.5 |
| Tuomas Kaukua | M | 7 | 535 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 20% | 4 | 69% | 24 | 80% | 4 | 3 | 0 | 40% | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.89 | 3.8 |
| Justin Rennicks | F | 8 | 370 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 25% | 3 | 78% | 5 | 56% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 35% | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | 5.4 |
| Miika Koskela | D | 3 | 270 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 33% | 1 | 88% | 0 | – | 1 | 11 | 4 | 30% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.40 | – |
| Musa Jatta | D | 3 | 270 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 81% | 3 | 100% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | – |
| Momodou Fadera | F | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | – |
| Adramane Cassama | M | 6 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0% | 3 | 76% | 17 | 74% | 0 | 6 | 0 | 49% | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.65 | 4.8 |
| Joel Lehtonen | D | 9 | 495 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0% | 8 | 75% | 8 | 89% | 2 | 4 | 3 | 39% | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.94 | 8.1 |
| Santeri Silander | D | 7 | 461 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 75% | 4 | 57% | 2 | 11 | 2 | 36% | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.73 | 4.1 |
| Julius Paananen | M | 7 | 431 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 82% | 5 | 83% | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30% | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.49 | 7.0 |
| Aleksi Paananen | M | 8 | 427 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 88% | 4 | 44% | 4 | 5 | 2 | 32% | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.53 | 6.6 |
| Onni Tiihonen | M | 5 | 408 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 86% | 4 | 57% | 3 | 12 | 1 | 41% | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.76 | – |
| Shadirac Say | D | 4 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 91% | 0 | 0% | 4 | 5 | 2 | 38% | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.58 | – |
| Thomas Kinn | G | 4 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 82% | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7.08 | – |
| William Eskelinen | G | 4 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 78% | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | 0 | 75% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6.82 | – |
| Charlemagne Azongnitode | D | 4 | 340 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 88% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 12 | 5 | 45% | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.72 | – |
| Shayon Harrison | F | 6 | 302 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0% | 1 | 70% | 4 | 80% | 2 | 3 | 0 | 28% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.58 | 4.0 |
| Leon Bergsma | D | 3 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 94% | 1 | 100% | 0 | 3 | 3 | 39% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.53 | – |
| Lamine Ghezali | F | 5 | 247 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 83% | 8 | 80% | 0 | 3 | 0 | 49% | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.78 | – |
| Matias Ojala | M | 6 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 83% | 2 | 67% | 4 | 2 | 0 | 40% | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | 6.0 |
| Chianyindi Spencer Silas | M | 3 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 89% | 1 | 50% | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24% | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.57 | – |
| Johannes Pentti | G | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 71% | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6.70 | – |
| Otto Salmensuu | D | 2 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 64% | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | – |
| Musa Jatta | D | 1 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 81% | 2 | 67% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 62% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | – |
| Iiro Mendolin | M | 2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 95% | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.45 | – |
| Juuso Makelainen | F | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 75% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | – |
| Rene Kähkönen | F | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.20 | – |
| Kalifa Jatta | F | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 100% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.70 | – |
| Otto Kemppainen | D | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 71% | 1 | 100% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | – |
| Matias Babb | M | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 71% | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.50 | – |
| Lucas Piirto | M | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| Season | Club | Comp | Apps | Mins | Goals | Assists | Shots | On tgt | Goals /shot | Key passes | Pass acc | Dribbles | Tackles | Interc. | Duels won % | Fouls | Yel | Red | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | AC Oulu | Veikkausliiga | 8 | 427 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 88% | 4 | 4 | 5 | 32% | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6.53 |
| 2023/24 | HJK Helsinki | UEFA Europa Conference League | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 83% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 |
| Date | Opponent | Res | Mins | Goals | Assists | Shots | On tgt | Key passes | Tackles | Fouls | Yel | Red | Rating | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 Oct | v VPS | W | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 7.7 |
| 27 Sep | v Kooteepee | L | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.20 | 4.2 |
| 25 Aug | a Gnistan | L | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.90 | 7.7 |
| 16 Aug | v Ilves | L | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | 3.5 |
| 26 Jul | a Mariehamn | W | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5.4 |
| 20 Jul | a HJK Helsinki | L | 65 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.20 | 2.5 |
| 04 Jul | v KuPS | D | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.20 | 1.7 |
| 14 Jun | v HJK Helsinki | L | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.90 | 7.1 |
| 14 Dec | a PAOK | L | 10 | – | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | – |
| 21 Sep | v PAOK | L | 14 | – | – | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.30 | – |