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Leeds · 2025/26

Ilia Gruev

25% chance. Knee injury - 25% chance of playing. Weigh the rates below against the chance he features at all. Club status as of 31 Aug 2026.
npxG per 90
0.05
0 non-penalty goals
xA per 90
0.10
3 assists · 11 key passes
Finishing
-0.6
vs league conversion rate
Build-up per 90
0.15
1310 minutes · 23 games

Ilia Gruev ranks 232nd of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 20.8m on average, with 76% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 2% of Leeds’ attacking output, the 14th largest share in the squad.

This week

Next fixture

Gameweek 2

vs Brentford

Sun 30 Aug, 13:00 UTC

Brentford concede 13.2 shots a match and are 1.07× the league norm against midfielders. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
0.51

0.48 per 90 × 1.06

Projected on target
0.07

0.07 per 90 × 1.01

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

23 appearances
  • Over 0.522%± 9
  • Over 1.59%± 6
  • Over 2.50%± 0
  • Over 3.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 18 of 23 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.

Shots on target

23 appearances
  • Over 0.54%± 4
  • Over 1.50%± 0
  • Over 2.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 18 of 23 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

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

Ilia Gruev, 2025/26 · 7 shots in the final 35m, 0 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.

left
17%
Centre
76%
right
7%

share of their shooting xG

Chance quality

xG per shot, distance, how they arrive
xG per shot
0.105
Shots per 90
0.48
Key passes per 90
0.76
Average shot distance
20.8m
From set pieces
76%

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 pitch38% of the minutes available to them.

Partnerships

  • Feeds Dominic Calvert-Lewin1 shot, 0.64 xG
  • Feeds Jayden Bogle1 shot, 0.30 xG
  • Feeds Brenden Aaronson2 shots, 0.15 xG
  • Feeds Jaka Bijol1 shot, 0.13 xG

A share of the attack says how much runs through Ilia Gruev. 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. Brenden Aaronson0.0 xG1 shot · 0g
  2. Dominic Calvert-Lewin0.0 xG1 shot · 0g
  3. Ethan Ampadu0.0 xG1 shot · 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Dominic Calvert-Lewin0.6 xG1 shot · 1g
  2. Jayden Bogle0.3 xG1 shot · 1g
  3. Brenden Aaronson0.2 xG2 shots · 1g
  4. Jaka Bijol0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
  5. Noah Okafor0.1 xG1 shot · 0g

Season record

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Ilia Gruev carries 3.0% of Leeds’ build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.153
    13% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.246
    15% of midfielders

Ranked against 142 midfielders 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 3.9% of their club’s recorded defensive work.

  • Tackles1.57
    46% of MID
  • Blocks, clearances, interceptions2.73
    72% of MID
  • Recoveries3.48
    20% of MID
  • Defensive contribution7.78
    48% of MID

Rates from 1,318 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
  • at Manchester United
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Aston Villa
    2 shots0 OT
  • vs Nottingham Forest
    2 shots1 OT
  • at Everton
    1 shot0 OT
  • vs Fulham
    1 shot0 OT

Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 18 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.

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