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Brighton · 2023/24

James Milner

npxG per 90
0.03
0 non-penalty goals
xA per 90
0.17
2 assists · 16 key passes
Finishing
-0.3
vs league conversion rate
Build-up per 90
0.48
788 minutes · 15 games

James Milner ranks 179th of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 18.0m on average.

This week

Next fixture

Gameweek 2

away to Chelsea

Sun 30 Aug, 13:00 UTC

Chelsea concede 14.7 shots a match and are 1.02× the league norm against midfielders. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
0.59

0.57 per 90 × 1.04

Projected on target
0.12

0.11 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

15 appearances
  • Over 0.533%± 12
  • Over 1.50%± 0
  • Over 2.50%± 0
  • Over 3.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 10 of 15 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.

Shots on target

15 appearances
  • Over 0.57%± 6
  • Over 1.50%± 0
  • Over 2.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 10 of 15 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

5 shots
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

James Milner, 2023/24 · 5 shots in the final 35m, 0 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.

left
72%
Centre
4%
right
24%

share of their shooting xG

Chance quality

xG per shot, distance, how they arrive
xG per shot
0.057
Shots per 90
0.57
Key passes per 90
1.83
Average shot distance
18.0m
From set pieces
4%

How their chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
36%
Headed
0%

What they are for

Roles

penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships
  • On the pitch23% of the minutes available to them.

Partnerships

  • Feeds Pascal Groß5 shots, 0.54 xG
  • Feeds João Pedro4 shots, 0.36 xG
  • Feeds Julio Enciso1 shot, 0.31 xG
  • Feeds Simon Adingra2 shots, 0.09 xG

A share of the attack says how much runs through James Milner. 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. João Pedro0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
  2. Evan Ferguson0.0 xG1 shot · 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Pascal Groß0.5 xG5 shots · 0g
  2. João Pedro0.4 xG4 shots · 1g
  3. Julio Enciso0.3 xG1 shot · 0g
  4. Simon Adingra0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
  5. Lewis Dunk0.1 xG1 shot · 0g

Season record

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

James Milner carries 2.7% of Brighton’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.476
    77% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.524
    61% of midfielders

Ranked against 128 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.

Match log

most recent first
  • at Luton
    1 shot0 OT
  • at West Ham
    1 shot0 OT
  • vs Tottenham
    1 shot0 OT
  • vs Burnley
    1 shot1 OT
  • at Chelsea
    1 shot0 OT

Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 10 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.