Arsenal · 2024/25
Bukayo Saka
Bukayo Saka ranks 1st of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 16.3m on average. They carry 15% of Arsenal’s attacking output, the 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
- 3.12
- Projected on target
- 1.08
3.42 per 90 × 0.91
1.17 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
25 appearances- Over 0.592%± 5
- Over 1.572%± 9
- Over 2.540%± 10
- Over 3.528%± 9
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 2 of 25 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.
Shots on target
25 appearances- Over 0.564%± 10
- Over 1.520%± 8
- Over 2.58%± 5
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 2 of 25 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
67 shotsBukayo Saka, 2024/25 · final 35m.
- left
- 4%
- Centre
- 37%
- right
- 59%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.133
- Shots per 90
- 3.42
- Key passes per 90
- 2.96
- Average shot distance
- 16.3m
- From set pieces
- 17%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 12%
- Through balls
- 9%
- Own dribble
- 13%
- Headed
- 27%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- PenaltiesTakes them: 1 of 2 Arsenal were awarded.
- Corners and set piecesSupplies 26% of Arsenal’s dead-ball danger, from 25 deliveries that became shots.
- When it mattered2 of 6 goals came with the game level or Arsenal behind.
- On the pitch52% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Feeds Gabriel8 shots, 2.75 xG
- Feeds Kai Havertz10 shots, 2.57 xG
- Feeds Leandro Trossard6 shots, 1.58 xG
- Fed by Gabriel Martinelli4 shots, 1.79 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- Gabriel Martinelli1.8 xG4 shots · 1g
- Martin Odegaard1.4 xG15 shots · 1g
- Kai Havertz1.1 xG9 shots · 1g
- Leandro Trossard0.6 xG6 shots · 0g
- Ben White0.4 xG2 shots · 1g
Chances created
who they supply- Gabriel2.7 xG8 shots · 3g
- Kai Havertz2.6 xG10 shots · 3g
- Leandro Trossard1.6 xG6 shots · 1g
- Gabriel Martinelli1.1 xG4 shots · 1g
- Mikel Merino0.8 xG4 shots · 0g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesBukayo Saka carries 4.5% of Arsenal’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.30782% of forwards
- Possession value per 900.84088% 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- 2 shots0 OTat Southampton
- 2 shots1 OTvs Newcastle United
- 4 shots1 OTat Liverpool
- 4 shots1 OTvs Bournemouth
- 1 shot1 OTvs Crystal Palace
- 3 shots0 OTat Ipswich
- 2 shots0 OTvs Brentford
- 2 shots0 OTat Everton
- 1 shot1 OTvs Fulham1g
- 3 shots1 OTvs Everton
Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 2 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.