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Liverpool · 2025/26

Virgil van Dijk

npxG per 90
0.13
6 non-penalty goals
xA per 90
0.01
0 assists · 11 key passes
Finishing
+1.7
vs league conversion rate
Build-up per 90
0.30
3420 minutes · 38 games

Virgil van Dijk ranks 245th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 10.3m on average, with 81% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 4% of Liverpool’s attacking output, the 8th largest share in the squad.

This week

Next fixture

Gameweek 2

vs Nottingham Forest

Sat 29 Aug, 11:30 UTC

Nottingham Forest concede 13.3 shots a match and are 0.87× the league norm against defenders. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
0.76

0.79 per 90 × 0.96

Projected on target
0.35

0.34 per 90 × 1.02

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

38 appearances
  • Over 0.553%± 8
  • Over 1.521%± 7
  • Over 2.55%± 4
  • Over 3.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 18 of 38 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.

Shots on target

38 appearances
  • Over 0.532%± 8
  • Over 1.53%± 3
  • Over 2.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 18 of 38 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

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

Virgil van Dijk, 2025/26 · 30 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
19%
Centre
70%
right
11%

share of their shooting xG

Chance quality

xG per shot, distance, how they arrive
xG per shot
0.163
Shots per 90
0.79
Key passes per 90
0.29
Average shot distance
10.3m
From set pieces
81%

How their chances arrive

Crosses
41%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
7%
Headed
91%

What they are for

Roles

penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships
  • When it mattered5 of 6 goals came with the game level or Liverpool behind.
  • On the pitch100% of the minutes available to them.

Partnerships

  • Fed by Dominik Szoboszlai18 shots, 2.95 xG
  • Fed by Mohamed Salah3 shots, 0.99 xG
  • Fed by Rio Ngumoha2 shots, 0.48 xG
  • Fed by Cody Gakpo1 shot, 0.14 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. Dominik Szoboszlai2.9 xG18 shots · 5g
  2. Mohamed Salah1.0 xG3 shots · 1g
  3. Rio Ngumoha0.5 xG2 shots · 0g
  4. Cody Gakpo0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
  5. Florian Wirtz0.1 xG1 shot · 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Ryan Gravenberch0.1 xG3 shots · 0g
  2. Alexis Mac Allister0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
  3. Cody Gakpo0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
  4. Dominik Szoboszlai0.0 xG2 shots · 0g
  5. Mohamed Salah0.0 xG1 shot · 0g

Season record

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Virgil van Dijk carries 9.2% of Liverpool’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.300
    72% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.329
    67% of defenders

Ranked against 119 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.

Tackles, blocks and recoveries

per 90 · 2025/26

They account for 15.5% of their club’s recorded defensive work.

  • Tackles0.61
    2% of DEF
  • Blocks, clearances, interceptions8.66
    85% of DEF
  • Recoveries2.29
    5% of DEF
  • Defensive contribution9.26
    78% of DEF

Rates from 3,420 minutes, ranked against 113 defenders 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 Brentford
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Aston Villa2g
    2 shots2 OT
  • vs Chelsea
    2 shots0 OT
  • at Manchester United
    1 shot1 OT
  • at Everton1g
    1 shot1 OT
  • vs Fulham
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Wolverhampton Wanderers
    2 shots1 OT
  • vs West Ham1g
    1 shot1 OT
  • at Nottingham Forest
    1 shot1 OT
  • at Sunderland1g
    3 shots1 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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