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Arsenal · 2023/24

Bukayo Saka

npxG per 90
0.37
10 non-penalty goals
xA per 90
0.34
8 assists · 89 key passes
Finishing
-1.7
vs league conversion rate
Build-up per 90
0.40
2990 minutes · 35 games

Bukayo Saka ranks 22nd of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 16.3m on average, with 29% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 17% of Arsenal’s attacking output, the largest share in the squad.

This week

Next fixture

Gameweek 2

away to Aston Villa

Mon 31 Aug, 19:00 UTC

Aston Villa concede 12.1 shots a match and are 0.86× the league norm against forwards. A difficult one.

Projected shots
2.78

3.22 per 90 × 0.86

Projected on target
1.06

1.11 per 90 × 0.95

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 0.586%± 6
  • Over 1.583%± 6
  • Over 2.574%± 7
  • Over 3.526%± 7

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 5 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 0.566%± 8
  • Over 1.531%± 8
  • Over 2.59%± 5

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 5 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

107 shots
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Bukayo Saka, 2023/24 · final 35m.

left
3%
Centre
55%
right
42%

share of their shooting xG

Chance quality

xG per shot, distance, how they arrive
xG per shot
0.157
Shots per 90
3.22
Key passes per 90
2.68
Average shot distance
16.3m
From set pieces
29%

How their chances arrive

Crosses
11%
Through balls
11%
Own dribble
9%
Headed
20%

What they are for

Roles

penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships
  • PenaltiesTakes them: 6 of 10 Arsenal were awarded.
  • Open-play crosses8 crosses from open play became shots, worth 1.71 xG.
  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 21% of Arsenal’s dead-ball danger, from 29 deliveries that became shots.
  • When it mattered8 of 16 goals came with the game level or Arsenal behind.
  • On the pitch87% of the minutes available to them.

Partnerships

  • Feeds Leandro Trossard10 shots, 2.17 xG
  • Feeds Gabriel Martinelli9 shots, 1.73 xG
  • Fed by Martin Odegaard22 shots, 2.39 xG
  • Fed by Kai Havertz11 shots, 1.61 xG

A share of the attack says how much runs through Bukayo Saka. 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 Odegaard2.4 xG22 shots · 2g
  2. Kai Havertz1.6 xG11 shots · 2g
  3. Gabriel Martinelli1.0 xG3 shots · 0g
  4. Ben White0.9 xG8 shots · 0g
  5. Leandro Trossard0.7 xG3 shots · 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Leandro Trossard2.2 xG10 shots · 3g
  2. Gabriel Martinelli1.7 xG9 shots · 1g
  3. Gabriel1.5 xG11 shots · 0g
  4. Martin Odegaard1.3 xG20 shots · 0g
  5. Gabriel Jesus1.2 xG9 shots · 0g

Season record

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Bukayo Saka carries 8.2% of Arsenal’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.398
    86% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.914
    86% of forwards

Ranked against 107 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
  • at Manchester United
    2 shots1 OT
  • vs Bournemouth1g
    6 shots3 OT
  • at Tottenham1g
    3 shots2 OT
  • vs Chelsea
    4 shots1 OT
  • at Wolverhampton Wanderers
    4 shots1 OT
  • vs Aston Villa
    4 shots0 OT
  • at Brighton1g
    3 shots1 OT
  • vs Brentford
    3 shots0 OT
  • at Sheffield United
    3 shots0 OT
  • vs Newcastle United1g
    4 shots2 OT

Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 5 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.

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