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Arsenal · 2025/26

Bukayo Saka

npxG per 90
0.32
6 non-penalty goals
xA per 90
0.34
5 assists · 62 key passes
Finishing
-1.0
vs league conversion rate
Build-up per 90
0.32
2239 minutes · 31 games

Bukayo Saka ranks 16th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 18.2m on average. They carry 12% 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 13.0 shots a match and are 0.91× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
2.77

2.85 per 90 × 0.97

Projected on target
1.05

1.00 per 90 × 1.05

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

31 appearances
  • Over 0.597%± 3
  • Over 1.565%± 9
  • Over 2.535%± 9
  • Over 3.519%± 7

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 1 of 31 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.

Shots on target

31 appearances
  • Over 0.561%± 9
  • Over 1.519%± 7
  • Over 2.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 1 of 31 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

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

Bukayo Saka, 2025/26 · 71 shots in the final 35m, 7 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.

left
4%
Centre
45%
right
50%

share of their shooting xG

Chance quality

xG per shot, distance, how they arrive
xG per shot
0.123
Shots per 90
2.85
Key passes per 90
2.49
Average shot distance
18.2m
From set pieces
12%

How their chances arrive

Crosses
17%
Through balls
12%
Own dribble
3%
Headed
24%

What they are for

Roles

penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships
  • PenaltiesTakes them: 1 of 4 Arsenal were awarded.
  • Open-play crosses6 crosses from open play became shots, worth 1.20 xG.
  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 11% of Arsenal’s dead-ball danger, from 16 deliveries that became shots.
  • When it mattered3 of 7 goals came with the game level or Arsenal behind.
  • On the pitch65% of the minutes available to them.

Partnerships

  • Feeds Viktor Gyokeres8 shots, 2.20 xG
  • Feeds Declan Rice6 shots, 1.00 xG
  • Fed by Declan Rice5 shots, 1.08 xG
  • Fed by Viktor Gyokeres6 shots, 1.06 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. Declan Rice1.1 xG5 shots · 1g
  2. Viktor Gyokeres1.1 xG6 shots · 1g
  3. Martin Odegaard0.8 xG10 shots · 0g
  4. Eberechi Eze0.8 xG5 shots · 0g
  5. Jurriën Timber0.5 xG8 shots · 2g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Viktor Gyokeres2.2 xG8 shots · 1g
  2. Declan Rice1.0 xG6 shots · 1g
  3. Gabriel1.0 xG5 shots · 0g
  4. Gabriel Martinelli0.7 xG5 shots · 0g
  5. Mikel Merino0.6 xG3 shots · 1g

Season record

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Bukayo Saka carries 6.4% of Arsenal’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.323
    87% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.768
    87% of forwards

Ranked against 109 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.

Tackles, blocks and recoveries

per 90 · 2025/26

They account for 6.0% of their club’s recorded defensive work.

  • Tackles1.62
    48% of MID
  • Blocks, clearances, interceptions1.14
    15% of MID
  • Recoveries4.71
    60% of MID
  • Defensive contribution7.47
    41% of MID

Rates from 2,218 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
  • vs Burnley
    3 shots0 OT
  • at West Ham
    2 shots0 OT
  • vs Fulham1g
    2 shots1 OT
  • vs Newcastle United
    1 shot0 OT
  • vs Everton
    4 shots1 OT
  • at Brighton1g
    2 shots1 OT
  • vs Chelsea
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Tottenham
    5 shots2 OT
  • at Wolverhampton Wanderers1g
    1 shot1 OT
  • vs Manchester United
    3 shots1 OT

Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 1 further appearance produced no shot and is not listed, but is counted in the rates above.

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