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Newcastle United · 2025/26

Malick Thiaw

npxG per 90
0.18
4 non-penalty goals
xA per 90
0.03
0 assists · 6 key passes
Finishing
-1.2
vs league conversion rate
Build-up per 90
0.26
2968 minutes · 35 games

Malick Thiaw ranks 189th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 9.6m on average, with 91% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 7% of Newcastle United’s attacking output, the 6th largest share in the squad.

This week

Next fixture

Gameweek 2

away to Tottenham

Sat 29 Aug, 16:30 UTC

Tottenham concede 12.3 shots a match and are 1.30× the league norm against defenders. A favourable draw.

Projected shots
0.97

0.85 per 90 × 1.14

Projected on target
0.33

0.33 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

35 appearances
  • Over 0.554%± 8
  • Over 1.523%± 7
  • Over 2.53%± 3
  • Over 3.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 16 of 35 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.

Shots on target

35 appearances
  • Over 0.526%± 7
  • Over 1.56%± 4
  • Over 2.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 16 of 35 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

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

Malick Thiaw, 2025/26 · 28 shots in the final 35m, 4 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.

left
4%
Centre
90%
right
5%

share of their shooting xG

Chance quality

xG per shot, distance, how they arrive
xG per shot
0.211
Shots per 90
0.85
Key passes per 90
0.18
Average shot distance
9.6m
From set pieces
91%

How their chances arrive

Crosses
85%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
6%

What they are for

Roles

penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships
  • When it mattered2 of 4 goals came with the game level or Newcastle United behind.
  • On the pitch87% of the minutes available to them.

Partnerships

  • Feeds Nick Woltemade1 shot, 0.63 xG
  • Fed by Sven Botman2 shots, 0.75 xG
  • Fed by Anthony Elanga1 shot, 0.57 xG
  • Fed by Lewis Miley2 shots, 0.56 xG

A share of the attack says how much runs through Malick Thiaw. 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. Sven Botman0.8 xG2 shots · 0g
  2. Anthony Elanga0.6 xG1 shot · 0g
  3. Lewis Miley0.6 xG2 shots · 1g
  4. Lewis Hall0.5 xG2 shots · 1g
  5. Jacob Murphy0.4 xG1 shot · 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Nick Woltemade0.6 xG1 shot · 0g
  2. Jacob Ramsey0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
  3. Bruno Guimarães0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
  4. Joelinton0.0 xG1 shot · 0g
  5. Anthony Gordon0.0 xG1 shot · 0g

Season record

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Malick Thiaw carries 8.6% of Newcastle United’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.262
    59% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.277
    50% 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 12.5% of their club’s recorded defensive work.

  • Tackles1.34
    29% of DEF
  • Blocks, clearances, interceptions7.53
    75% of DEF
  • Recoveries3.58
    47% of DEF
  • Defensive contribution8.87
    71% of DEF

Rates from 2,963 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 Brighton
    1 shot1 OT
  • vs Bournemouth
    2 shots0 OT
  • at Chelsea
    1 shot0 OT
  • vs Manchester United
    1 shot1 OT
  • vs Everton
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Manchester City
    1 shot1 OT
  • at Tottenham1g
    3 shots2 OT
  • vs Brentford
    2 shots1 OT
  • at Liverpool
    2 shots0 OT
  • vs Crystal Palace1g
    1 shot1 OT

Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 16 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.

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