Arsenal · 2024/25
Mikel Merino
Mikel Merino ranks 57th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 11.3m on average, with 44% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 7% of Arsenal’s attacking output, the 7th largest share in the squad.
This week
Next fixture
Gameweek 2away to Aston Villa
Mon 31 Aug, 19:00 UTC
Aston Villa concede 12.2 shots a match and are 0.88× the league norm against forwards. A difficult one.
- Projected shots
- 1.98
- Projected on target
- 0.63
2.17 per 90 × 0.91
0.68 per 90 × 0.92
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
28 appearances- Over 0.579%± 8
- Over 1.546%± 9
- Over 2.511%± 6
- Over 3.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 6 of 28 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.
Shots on target
28 appearances- Over 0.536%± 9
- Over 1.57%± 5
- Over 2.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 6 of 28 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
38 shotsMikel Merino, 2024/25 · 38 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
- 15%
- Centre
- 58%
- right
- 27%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.181
- Shots per 90
- 2.17
- Key passes per 90
- 0.97
- Average shot distance
- 11.3m
- From set pieces
- 44%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 33%
- Through balls
- 10%
- Own dribble
- 3%
- Headed
- 40%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- When it mattered6 of 7 goals came with the game level or Arsenal behind.
- On the pitch46% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Feeds Gabriel Martinelli4 shots, 1.19 xG
- Fed by Declan Rice5 shots, 1.15 xG
- Fed by Leandro Trossard3 shots, 1.00 xG
- Fed by Bukayo Saka4 shots, 0.76 xG
A share of the attack says how much runs through Mikel Merino. 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- Declan Rice1.2 xG5 shots · 1g
- Leandro Trossard1.0 xG3 shots · 1g
- Bukayo Saka0.8 xG4 shots · 0g
- Thomas Partey0.7 xG4 shots · 0g
- Ethan Nwaneri0.6 xG3 shots · 2g
Chances created
who they supply- Gabriel Martinelli1.2 xG4 shots · 1g
- Ethan Nwaneri0.3 xG1 shot · 1g
- Martin Odegaard0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
- William Saliba0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
- Bukayo Saka0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesMikel Merino carries 4.3% of Arsenal’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.32988% of forwards
- Possession value per 900.62855% of forwards
Ranked against 104 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.
Match log
most recent first- 3 shots0 OTat Southampton
- 3 shots1 OTat Liverpool1g
- 2 shots0 OTat Ipswich
- 1 shot0 OTvs Brentford
- 2 shots0 OTat Everton
- 2 shots1 OTvs Fulham1g
- 2 shots2 OTvs Chelsea1g
- 1 shot0 OTat Manchester United
- 2 shots1 OTat Nottingham Forest
- 2 shots0 OTvs West Ham
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.