Last week, Total Football Analysis published an article on Chema Andrés at VfB Stuttgart, who has generated plenty of well-deserved hype around himself in the 2025/2026 season so far.
Andrés isn’t the only young holding midfielder in the Bundesliga with a bit of buzz around himself at the moment.
Another is 21-year-old Bayern Munich academy product Aleksandar Pavlović (188cm/6’2”, 75kg/165lbs), who’s currently valued as high as €65m by Transfermarkt.
It’s worth reading this Aleksandar Pavlović scout report alongside the recently published Chema Andrés analysis, as, while they are two of the most exciting up-and-coming holding midfielders in the world, their profiles are in stark contrast to each other.
We described Real Madrid graduate Chema Andrés as “a traditional, pure holding midfielder, not a modern single pivot type.”
Aleksandar Pavlović is almost the inverse in terms of profile, however.
This scout report examines Aleksandar Pavlović’s style of play and role in Vincent Kompanys tactics at FC Bayern 2025/2026.
Aleksandar Pavlović Stats
As we did with Chema Andrés, we’ve generated percentile ranks for Aleksandar Pavlović across several custom-built metrics created from Wyscout’s raw metrics to help analyse holding midfielders who have played at least 400 minutes in one of Europe’s top five leagues so far this season.
The data is visualised in a bar chart, shown in Figure 1, which outlines why Pavlović profiles as more of a modern single pivot rather than a traditional pure holding midfielder.
Aleksandar Pavlović Percentile Ranks 2025/2026
Aleksandar Pavlović’s major strengths are found in key possession metrics, particularly those related to passing.
Pavlović has an elite percentile rank in possession metrics related to press resistance, ball retention, and ball progression.
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