Newcastle United · 2025/26
Joe Willock
Joe Willock ranks 117th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 18.0m on average. They carry 4% of Newcastle United’s attacking output, the 12th largest share in the squad.
This week
Next fixture
Gameweek 2away to Tottenham
Sat 29 Aug, 16:30 UTC
Tottenham concede 12.3 shots a match and are 1.06× the league norm against midfielders. Roughly an average matchup.
- Projected shots
- 1.59
- Projected on target
- 0.54
1.56 per 90 × 1.02
0.55 per 90 × 0.98
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
24 appearances- Over 0.546%± 10
- Over 1.521%± 8
- Over 2.54%± 4
- Over 3.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 13 of 24 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.
Shots on target
24 appearances- Over 0.525%± 9
- Over 1.50%± 0
- Over 2.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 13 of 24 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
17 shotsJoe Willock, 2025/26 · final 35m.
- left
- 14%
- Centre
- 45%
- right
- 41%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.082
- Shots per 90
- 1.56
- Key passes per 90
- 1.29
- Average shot distance
- 18.0m
- From set pieces
- 9%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 0%
- Through balls
- 10%
- Own dribble
- 0%
- Headed
- 3%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- On the pitch29% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Feeds Anthony Gordon7 shots, 0.95 xG
- Feeds William Osula1 shot, 0.52 xG
- Feeds Jacob Ramsey1 shot, 0.25 xG
- Fed by Jacob Ramsey3 shots, 0.18 xG
A share of the attack says how much runs through Joe Willock. 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- Jacob Ramsey0.2 xG3 shots · 0g
- William Osula0.2 xG2 shots · 0g
- Harvey Barnes0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
- Nick Woltemade0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
- Fabian Schär0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
Chances created
who they supply- Anthony Gordon1.0 xG7 shots · 1g
- William Osula0.5 xG1 shot · 1g
- Jacob Ramsey0.3 xG1 shot · 0g
- Harvey Barnes0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
- Lewis Hall0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesJoe Willock carries 3.4% of Newcastle United’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.31368% of midfielders
- Possession value per 900.46464% 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 · 2025/26They account for 3.8% of their club’s recorded defensive work.
- Tackles1.8560% of MID
- Blocks, clearances, interceptions1.5736% of MID
- Recoveries4.8166% of MID
- Defensive contribution8.2453% of MID
Rates from 972 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- 2 shots1 OTat Fulham
- 1 shot0 OTvs West Ham
- 2 shots1 OTvs Brighton
- 2 shots1 OTat Arsenal
- 1 shot1 OTat Chelsea
- 1 shot0 OTvs Everton
- 2 shots1 OTat Manchester City
- 3 shots1 OTat Tottenham
- 1 shot0 OTvs Crystal Palace
- 1 shot0 OTvs Burnley
Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 13 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.