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Liverpool · 2024/25

Virgil van Dijk

npxG per 90
0.08
3 non-penalty goals
xA per 90
0.03
1 assists · 12 key passes
Finishing
+0.5
vs league conversion rate
Build-up per 90
0.58
3330 minutes · 37 games

Virgil van Dijk ranks 255th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 11.1m on average, with 91% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 3% of Liverpool’s attacking output, the 11th largest share in the squad.

This week

Next fixture

Gameweek 2

vs Nottingham Forest

Sat 29 Aug, 11:30 UTC

Nottingham Forest concede 14.0 shots a match and are 1.13× the league norm against defenders. A favourable draw.

Projected shots
0.78

0.70 per 90 × 1.10

Projected on target
0.21

0.22 per 90 × 0.98

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

37 appearances
  • Over 0.541%± 8
  • Over 1.524%± 7
  • Over 2.55%± 4
  • Over 3.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 22 of 37 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.

Shots on target

37 appearances
  • Over 0.522%± 7
  • Over 1.50%± 0
  • Over 2.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 22 of 37 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

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

Virgil van Dijk, 2024/25 · 26 shots in the final 35m, 3 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.

left
17%
Centre
78%
right
5%

share of their shooting xG

Chance quality

xG per shot, distance, how they arrive
xG per shot
0.109
Shots per 90
0.70
Key passes per 90
0.32
Average shot distance
11.1m
From set pieces
91%

How their chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
20%
Headed
17%

What they are for

Roles

penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships
  • When it mattered3 of 3 goals came with the game level or Liverpool behind.
  • On the pitch97% of the minutes available to them.

Partnerships

  • Feeds Mohamed Salah2 shots, 0.80 xG
  • Fed by Alexis Mac Allister7 shots, 1.36 xG
  • Fed by Luis Díaz3 shots, 0.54 xG
  • Fed by Trent Alexander-Arnold4 shots, 0.28 xG

A share of the attack says how much runs through Virgil van Dijk. 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. Alexis Mac Allister1.4 xG7 shots · 2g
  2. Luis Díaz0.5 xG3 shots · 1g
  3. Trent Alexander-Arnold0.3 xG4 shots · 0g
  4. Konstantinos Tsimikas0.3 xG3 shots · 0g
  5. Diogo Jota0.1 xG1 shot · 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Mohamed Salah0.8 xG2 shots · 0g
  2. Cody Gakpo0.1 xG3 shots · 1g
  3. Alexis Mac Allister0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
  4. Diogo Jota0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
  5. Dominik Szoboszlai0.1 xG1 shot · 0g

Season record

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Virgil van Dijk carries 10.5% of Liverpool’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.582
    94% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.603
    91% of defenders

Ranked against 123 defenders 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 Chelsea1g
    3 shots1 OT
  • vs Tottenham
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Leicester
    2 shots0 OT
  • vs West Ham1g
    2 shots1 OT
  • at Aston Villa
    1 shot0 OT
  • vs Ipswich
    2 shots1 OT
  • at Brentford
    2 shots0 OT
  • vs Manchester United
    2 shots1 OT
  • at West Ham
    2 shots1 OT
  • vs Fulham
    1 shot0 OT

Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 22 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.

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