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Sunderland · 2025/26

Granit Xhaka

npxG per 90
0.03
1 non-penalty goals
xA per 90
0.12
6 assists · 34 key passes
Finishing
+0.3
vs league conversion rate
Build-up per 90
0.28
2896 minutes · 34 games

Granit Xhaka ranks 242nd of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 23.4m on average, with 37% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 7% of Sunderland’s attacking output, the 7th largest share in the squad.

This week

Next fixture

Gameweek 2

vs Fulham

Sun 30 Aug, 13:00 UTC

Fulham concede 11.9 shots a match and are 0.86× the league norm against midfielders. A difficult one.

Projected shots
0.59

0.65 per 90 × 0.90

Projected on target
0.15

0.16 per 90 × 0.94

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

34 appearances
  • Over 0.550%± 9
  • Over 1.512%± 6
  • Over 2.50%± 0
  • Over 3.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 17 of 34 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.

Shots on target

34 appearances
  • Over 0.515%± 6
  • Over 1.50%± 0
  • Over 2.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 17 of 34 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

21 shots
Every shotBy zone
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Granit Xhaka, 2025/26 · 21 shots in the final 35m, 1 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.

left
29%
Centre
15%
right
57%

share of their shooting xG

Chance quality

xG per shot, distance, how they arrive
xG per shot
0.038
Shots per 90
0.65
Key passes per 90
1.06
Average shot distance
23.4m
From set pieces
37%

How their chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
23%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
0%

What they are for

Roles

penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships
  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 19% of Sunderland’s dead-ball danger, from 13 deliveries that became shots.
  • On the pitch85% of the minutes available to them.

Partnerships

  • Feeds Dan Ballard7 shots, 0.90 xG
  • Feeds Wilson Isidor6 shots, 0.83 xG
  • Feeds Nordi Mukiele3 shots, 0.61 xG
  • Feeds Omar Alderete2 shots, 0.46 xG

A share of the attack says how much runs through Granit Xhaka. 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
  1. Enzo Le Fée0.3 xG6 shots · 1g
  2. Chemsdine Talbi0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
  3. Dan Ballard0.0 xG1 shot · 0g
  4. Bertrand Traoré0.0 xG2 shots · 0g
  5. Brian Brobbey0.0 xG1 shot · 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Dan Ballard0.9 xG7 shots · 0g
  2. Wilson Isidor0.8 xG6 shots · 2g
  3. Nordi Mukiele0.6 xG3 shots · 1g
  4. Omar Alderete0.5 xG2 shots · 1g
  5. Trai Hume0.2 xG1 shot · 0g

Season record

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Granit Xhaka carries 14.5% of Sunderland’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.279
    56% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.325
    32% of midfielders

Ranked against 142 midfielders 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 · 2025/26

They account for 13.5% of their club’s recorded defensive work.

  • Tackles1.55
    42% of MID
  • Blocks, clearances, interceptions4.16
    91% of MID
  • Recoveries5.52
    85% of MID
  • Defensive contribution11.23
    85% of MID

Rates from 2,901 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
  • vs Manchester United
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Wolverhampton Wanderers
    1 shot0 OT
  • vs Nottingham Forest
    2 shots0 OT
  • at Aston Villa
    1 shot0 OT
  • vs Tottenham
    2 shots0 OT
  • at Newcastle United
    2 shots0 OT
  • vs Brighton
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Brentford
    1 shot1 OT
  • vs Newcastle United
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Manchester City
    2 shots0 OT

Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 17 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.

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