Brighton · 2025/26
James Milner
James Milner ranks 290th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 20.0m on average, with 87% of their danger coming from set pieces.
This week
Next fixture
Gameweek 2away to Chelsea
Sun 30 Aug, 13:00 UTC
Chelsea concede 10.9 shots a match and are 0.90× the league norm against midfielders. A difficult one.
- Projected shots
- 0.82
- Projected on target
- 0.23
0.93 per 90 × 0.89
0.23 per 90 × 1.00
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
20 appearances- Over 0.530%± 10
- Over 1.510%± 7
- Over 2.50%± 0
- Over 3.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 14 of 20 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.
Shots on target
20 appearances- Over 0.510%± 7
- Over 1.50%± 0
- Over 2.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 14 of 20 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
8 shotsJames Milner, 2025/26 · 8 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
- 6%
- Centre
- 78%
- right
- 16%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.122
- Shots per 90
- 0.93
- Key passes per 90
- 0.93
- Average shot distance
- 20.0m
- From set pieces
- 87%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 47%
- Through balls
- 0%
- Own dribble
- 0%
- Headed
- 47%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- PenaltiesTakes them: 1 of 5 Brighton were awarded.
- On the pitch23% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Feeds Danny Welbeck3 shots, 0.29 xG
- Feeds Charalampos Kostoulas1 shot, 0.28 xG
- Feeds Stefanos Tzimas1 shot, 0.03 xG
- Fed by Pascal Groß2 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- Pascal Groß0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
- Brajan Gruda0.0 xG1 shot · 0g
- Danny Welbeck0.0 xG1 shot · 0g
Chances created
who they supply- Danny Welbeck0.3 xG3 shots · 0g
- Charalampos Kostoulas0.3 xG1 shot · 1g
- Stefanos Tzimas0.0 xG1 shot · 0g
- Georginio Rutter0.0 xG1 shot · 0g
- Pascal Groß0.0 xG1 shot · 0g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesJames Milner carries 3.1% of Brighton’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.44290% of midfielders
- Possession value per 900.46363% 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.
Match log
most recent first- 2 shots0 OTvs Liverpool
- 1 shot0 OTat Brentford
- 2 shots1 OTat Aston Villa
- 1 shot0 OTat West Ham
- 1 shot0 OTvs Sunderland
- 1 shot1 OTvs Manchester City1g
Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 14 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.