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Arsenal · 2025/26

Kai Havertz

npxG per 90
0.76
2 non-penalty goals
xA per 90
0.23
3 assists · 11 key passes
Finishing
-2.3
vs league conversion rate
Build-up per 90
0.12
582 minutes · 12 games

Kai Havertz ranks 1st of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 12.2m on average, with 50% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 5% of Arsenal’s attacking output, the 10th largest share in the squad.

This week

Next fixture

Gameweek 2

away to Aston Villa

Mon 31 Aug, 19:00 UTC

Aston Villa concede 13.0 shots a match and are 0.91× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
2.70

2.78 per 90 × 0.97

Projected on target
0.65

0.62 per 90 × 1.05

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

12 appearances
  • Over 0.550%± 14
  • Over 1.550%± 14
  • Over 2.533%± 14
  • Over 3.58%± 8

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 6 of 12 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.

Shots on target

12 appearances
  • Over 0.525%± 13
  • Over 1.58%± 8
  • Over 2.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 6 of 12 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

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

Kai Havertz, 2025/26 · 18 shots in the final 35m, 2 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.

left
25%
Centre
60%
right
15%

share of their shooting xG

Chance quality

xG per shot, distance, how they arrive
xG per shot
0.272
Shots per 90
2.78
Key passes per 90
1.70
Average shot distance
12.2m
From set pieces
50%

How their chances arrive

Crosses
36%
Through balls
10%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
15%

What they are for

Roles

penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships
  • On the pitch17% of the minutes available to them.

Partnerships

  • Feeds Mikel Merino1 shot, 0.67 xG
  • Fed by Martin Odegaard3 shots, 0.68 xG
  • Fed by Declan Rice2 shots, 0.62 xG
  • Fed by Leandro Trossard4 shots, 0.56 xG

A share of the attack says how much runs through Kai Havertz. 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. Martin Odegaard0.7 xG3 shots · 0g
  2. Declan Rice0.6 xG2 shots · 0g
  3. Leandro Trossard0.6 xG4 shots · 0g
  4. Gabriel Martinelli0.5 xG1 shot · 0g
  5. Bukayo Saka0.5 xG1 shot · 1g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Mikel Merino0.7 xG1 shot · 0g
  2. Viktor Gyokeres0.4 xG2 shots · 1g
  3. Bukayo Saka0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
  4. Eberechi Eze0.1 xG3 shots · 1g
  5. Noni Madueke0.1 xG2 shots · 1g

Season record

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Kai Havertz carries 0.6% of Arsenal’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.116
    33% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.699
    80% 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 · 2025/26

They account for 1.0% of their club’s recorded defensive work.

  • Tackles1.25
    85% of FWD
  • Blocks, clearances, interceptions1.56
    61% of FWD
  • Recoveries2.18
    48% of FWD
  • Defensive contribution4.99
    73% of FWD

Rates from 577 minutes, ranked against 33 forwards 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
  • at Crystal Palace
    3 shots0 OT
  • vs Burnley1g
    3 shots1 OT
  • at Manchester City1g
    5 shots2 OT
  • vs Bournemouth
    2 shots0 OT
  • at Brighton
    2 shots1 OT
  • vs Sunderland
    3 shots0 OT

Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 6 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.

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