Arsenal · 2024/25
William Saliba
William Saliba ranks 246th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 5.1m on average, with 100% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 3% of Arsenal’s attacking output, the 10th 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 0.87× the league norm against defenders. A difficult one.
- Projected shots
- 0.16
- Projected on target
- 0.05
0.18 per 90 × 0.91
0.06 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
35 appearances- Over 0.514%± 6
- Over 1.53%± 3
- Over 2.50%± 0
- Over 3.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 30 of 35 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.
Shots on target
35 appearances- Over 0.56%± 4
- Over 1.50%± 0
- Over 2.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 30 of 35 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
6 shotsWilliam Saliba, 2024/25 · 6 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
- 0%
- Centre
- 100%
- right
- 0%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.533
- Shots per 90
- 0.18
- Key passes per 90
- 0.21
- Average shot distance
- 5.1m
- From set pieces
- 100%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 0%
- Through balls
- 0%
- Own dribble
- 0%
- Headed
- 0%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- On the pitch89% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Feeds Leandro Trossard3 shots, 0.53 xG
- Fed by Thomas Partey1 shot, 0.96 xG
- Fed by Kai Havertz1 shot, 0.94 xG
- Fed by Declan Rice1 shot, 0.58 xG
A share of the attack says how much runs through William Saliba. 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- Thomas Partey1.0 xG1 shot · 1g
- Kai Havertz0.9 xG1 shot · 1g
- Declan Rice0.6 xG1 shot · 0g
- Mikel Merino0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
- Martin Odegaard0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
Chances created
who they supply- Leandro Trossard0.5 xG3 shots · 0g
- Gabriel Martinelli0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
- Martin Odegaard0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
- Jurriën Timber0.0 xG1 shot · 0g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesWilliam Saliba carries 10.7% of Arsenal’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.42380% of defenders
- Possession value per 900.42468% of defenders
Ranked against 123 defenders 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- 1 shot0 OTvs Crystal Palace
- 1 shot0 OTvs Fulham
- 1 shot0 OTat Nottingham Forest
- 2 shots1 OTat Fulham1g
- 1 shot1 OTvs Manchester United1g
Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 30 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.