We have two different seasons and competitive environments in which to try and assess Oliver Sorensen’s profile, and some familiar names are available for comparison purposes.
His final season at Midtjylland precipitated his €8.1 million sale to Parma, and followed his rise through the former’s youth setup. Midtjylland deployed him in various roles even through the 2023-2024 season, but he settled mostly in central midfield for the 2024-2025 season.
Midtjylland finished 2nd in the Danish Superliga while overperforming the xG differential and expected points (xPts). Midtjylland play a very quick and vertical style of play, and focus heavily on set pieces, including in that 2024-2025 season.
The fellow traveler in the graphic is current Rangers midfielder, Tochi Chukwuani, who played for relegation side, Lyngby, who sold him last summer to Sturm Graz for €640k prior to Rangers’ purchase for €4.6 million in January.
For additional context, Midtjylland averaged about 1.69 xG per game vs 1.03 for Lyngby, which speaks to the competitive environment the two players were competing within. We see some of the stylistic dynamics in Sorensen’s long pass per forward pass, for example. Both were very productive attacking players.