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Arsenal · 2024/25

Bukayo Saka

npxG per 90
0.42
5 non-penalty goals
xA per 90
0.59
10 assists · 58 key passes
Finishing
-2.4
vs league conversion rate
Build-up per 90
0.31
1763 minutes · 25 games

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 2

away 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

3.42 per 90 × 0.91

Projected on target
1.08

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 shots
Every shotBy zone
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Bukayo Saka, 2024/25 · 67 shots in the final 35m, 6 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.

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
  1. Gabriel Martinelli1.8 xG4 shots · 1g
  2. Martin Odegaard1.4 xG15 shots · 1g
  3. Kai Havertz1.1 xG9 shots · 1g
  4. Leandro Trossard0.6 xG6 shots · 0g
  5. Ben White0.4 xG2 shots · 1g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Gabriel2.7 xG8 shots · 3g
  2. Kai Havertz2.6 xG10 shots · 3g
  3. Leandro Trossard1.6 xG6 shots · 1g
  4. Gabriel Martinelli1.1 xG4 shots · 1g
  5. Mikel Merino0.8 xG4 shots · 0g

Season record

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Bukayo Saka carries 4.5% of Arsenal’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.307
    82% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.840
    88% 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
  • at Southampton
    2 shots0 OT
  • vs Newcastle United
    2 shots1 OT
  • at Liverpool
    4 shots1 OT
  • vs Bournemouth
    4 shots1 OT
  • vs Crystal Palace
    1 shot1 OT
  • at Ipswich
    3 shots0 OT
  • vs Brentford
    2 shots0 OT
  • at Everton
    2 shots0 OT
  • vs Fulham1g
    1 shot1 OT
  • vs Everton
    3 shots1 OT

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.

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