Brighton · 2025/26
Jan Paul van Hecke
Jan Paul van Hecke ranks 263rd of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 17.5m on average, with 84% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 5% of Brighton’s attacking output, the 10th largest share in the squad.
This week
Next fixture
Gameweek 2vs Newcastle United
Sat 29 Aug, 16:30 UTC
Newcastle United concede 12.3 shots a match and are 0.81× the league norm against defenders. A difficult one.
- Projected shots
- 0.58
- Projected on target
- 0.24
0.64 per 90 × 0.90
0.22 per 90 × 1.07
Season rate multiplied by what this opponent concedes relative to the league. It assumes a full ninety minutes and takes no account of rotation, so check availability before reading anything into it.
Shots
36 appearances- Over 0.550%± 8
- Over 1.514%± 6
- Over 2.53%± 3
- Over 3.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 18 of 36 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.
Shots on target
36 appearances- Over 0.519%± 7
- Over 1.53%± 3
- Over 2.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 18 of 36 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.
Where the shots come from
Where they shoot
23 shotsJan Paul van Hecke, 2025/26 · 22 shots in the final 35m, 3 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.
- left
- 4%
- Centre
- 85%
- right
- 11%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.146
- Shots per 90
- 0.64
- Key passes per 90
- 0.34
- Average shot distance
- 17.5m
- From set pieces
- 84%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 13%
- Through balls
- 0%
- Own dribble
- 0%
- Headed
- 13%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- When it mattered3 of 3 goals came with the game level or Brighton behind.
- On the pitch94% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Feeds Georginio Rutter2 shots, 0.42 xG
- Feeds Jack Hinshelwood4 shots, 0.34 xG
- Fed by Mats Wieffer1 shot, 0.80 xG
- Fed by Ferdi Kadioglu2 shots, 0.58 xG
A share of the attack says how much runs through Jan Paul van Hecke. These say what would have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker or the corner deliverer is not the same as losing a proportional slice of output, and a partnership cuts both ways: the supplier being absent damages the finisher’s numbers too.
Who they play with
Chances received
who supplies them- Mats Wieffer0.8 xG1 shot · 1g
- Ferdi Kadioglu0.6 xG2 shots · 0g
- Pascal Groß0.3 xG5 shots · 0g
- Jack Hinshelwood0.2 xG2 shots · 1g
- Lewis Dunk0.2 xG3 shots · 0g
Chances created
who they supply- Georginio Rutter0.4 xG2 shots · 2g
- Jack Hinshelwood0.3 xG4 shots · 0g
- Danny Welbeck0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
- Charalampos Kostoulas0.1 xG1 shot · 1g
- Yasin Ayari0.0 xG1 shot · 0g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesJan Paul van Hecke carries 10.7% of Brighton’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.37084% of defenders
- Possession value per 900.39578% of defenders
Ranked against 119 defenders with a comparable sample. Build-up is the value of possessions a player was involved in with their own shots and final passes removed, so it credits the work before the chance. It is a possession-value measure rather than a passing one: it cannot tell a forty-yard carry from two sideways balls, because no pass or carry record exists in this data.
Tackles, blocks and recoveries
per 90 · 2025/26They account for 7.9% of their club’s recorded defensive work.
- Tackles1.4941% of DEF
- Blocks, clearances, interceptions7.4073% of DEF
- Recoveries3.1727% of DEF
- Defensive contribution8.8972% of DEF
Rates from 3,210 minutes, ranked against 113 defenders with a comparable sample. The feed publishes season totals rather than a match-by-match record, so there is no hit rate against a line here. That needs the distribution, which no arithmetic on a total can recover. This statistic begins in 2025/26, so there is no earlier season to compare against.
Match log
most recent first- 1 shot0 OTat Leeds
- 2 shots1 OTvs Chelsea
- 1 shot0 OTat Tottenham
- 1 shot0 OTvs Liverpool
- 1 shot0 OTat Sunderland
- 1 shot0 OTat Fulham
- 1 shot0 OTvs Bournemouth
- 1 shot0 OTat Manchester City
- 2 shots1 OTvs Burnley
- 2 shots0 OTvs West Ham
Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 18 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.