Liverpool · 2025/26
Cody Gakpo
Cody Gakpo ranks 36th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 17.6m on average. They carry 14% of Liverpool’s attacking output, the largest share in the squad.
This week
Next fixture
Gameweek 2vs Nottingham Forest
Sat 29 Aug, 11:30 UTC
Nottingham Forest concede 13.3 shots a match and are 1.05× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.
- Projected shots
- 2.99
- Projected on target
- 0.60
2.84 per 90 × 1.05
0.59 per 90 × 1.02
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 0.592%± 5
- Over 1.561%± 8
- Over 2.542%± 8
- Over 3.528%± 7
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 3 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 0.539%± 8
- Over 1.511%± 5
- Over 2.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 3 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
87 shotsCody Gakpo, 2025/26 · 87 shots in the final 35m, 7 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.
- left
- 50%
- Centre
- 45%
- right
- 5%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.113
- Shots per 90
- 2.84
- Key passes per 90
- 1.73
- Average shot distance
- 17.6m
- From set pieces
- 9%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 12%
- Through balls
- 10%
- Own dribble
- 1%
- Headed
- 13%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- Corners and set piecesSupplies 8% of Liverpool’s dead-ball danger, from 5 deliveries that became shots.
- When it mattered4 of 7 goals came with the game level or Liverpool behind.
- On the pitch81% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Feeds Mohamed Salah14 shots, 1.95 xG
- Feeds Hugo Ekitike9 shots, 1.23 xG
- Fed by Dominik Szoboszlai11 shots, 1.33 xG
- Fed by Florian Wirtz12 shots, 0.87 xG
A share of the attack says how much runs through Cody Gakpo. 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- Dominik Szoboszlai1.3 xG11 shots · 1g
- Florian Wirtz0.9 xG12 shots · 0g
- Alexander Isak0.8 xG1 shot · 1g
- Hugo Ekitike0.8 xG6 shots · 2g
- Federico Chiesa0.8 xG1 shot · 1g
Chances created
who they supply- Mohamed Salah1.9 xG14 shots · 2g
- Hugo Ekitike1.2 xG9 shots · 1g
- Alexander Isak0.7 xG2 shots · 1g
- Ibrahima Konaté0.6 xG1 shot · 0g
- Dominik Szoboszlai0.6 xG5 shots · 0g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesCody Gakpo carries 4.7% of Liverpool’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.19060% of forwards
- Possession value per 900.61171% of forwards
Ranked against 109 forwards 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 6.7% of their club’s recorded defensive work.
- Tackles0.9211% of MID
- Blocks, clearances, interceptions1.2218% of MID
- Recoveries2.865% of MID
- Defensive contribution5.005% of MID
Rates from 2,736 minutes, ranked against 149 midfielders 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- 2 shots0 OTvs Brentford
- 2 shots0 OTat Aston Villa
- 5 shots2 OTat Manchester United1g
- 5 shots2 OTat Everton
- 4 shots0 OTvs Fulham
- 2 shots1 OTat Brighton
- 3 shots1 OTvs Tottenham
- 4 shots1 OTat Wolverhampton Wanderers
- 4 shots1 OTvs West Ham1g
- 1 shot0 OTat Nottingham Forest
Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 3 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.