Crystal Palace · 2025/26
Chris Richards
Chris Richards ranks 321st of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 8.2m on average, with 99% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 2% of Crystal Palace’s attacking output, the 15th largest share in the squad.
This week
Next fixture
Gameweek 2vs Manchester City
Fri 28 Aug, 19:00 UTC
Manchester City concede 9.8 shots a match and are 0.76× the league norm against defenders. A difficult one.
- Projected shots
- 0.37
- Projected on target
- 0.05
0.48 per 90 × 0.77
0.06 per 90 × 0.81
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
33 appearances- Over 0.536%± 8
- Over 1.56%± 4
- Over 2.53%± 3
- Over 3.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 21 of 33 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.
Shots on target
33 appearances- Over 0.56%± 4
- Over 1.50%± 0
- Over 2.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 21 of 33 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
15 shotsChris Richards, 2025/26 · 15 shots in the final 35m, 1 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.
- left
- 16%
- Centre
- 84%
- right
- 0%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.119
- Shots per 90
- 0.48
- Key passes per 90
- 0.29
- Average shot distance
- 8.2m
- From set pieces
- 99%
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 pitch82% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Fed by Adam Wharton3 shots, 0.65 xG
- Fed by Chadi Riad1 shot, 0.43 xG
- Fed by Will Hughes3 shots, 0.23 xG
- Fed by Brennan Johnson3 shots, 0.20 xG
A share of the attack says how much runs through Chris Richards. 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- Adam Wharton0.7 xG3 shots · 0g
- Chadi Riad0.4 xG1 shot · 1g
- Will Hughes0.2 xG3 shots · 0g
- Brennan Johnson0.2 xG3 shots · 0g
- Yeremi Pino0.0 xG1 shot · 0g
Chances created
who they supply- Maxence Lacroix0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
- Justin Devenny0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
- Christantus Uche0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
- Eddie Nketiah0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
- Jean-Philippe Mateta0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesChris Richards carries 8.3% of Crystal Palace’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.24050% of defenders
- Possession value per 900.24938% 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 · 2025/26They account for 11.1% of their club’s recorded defensive work.
- Tackles1.7255% of DEF
- Blocks, clearances, interceptions8.1983% of DEF
- Recoveries2.072% of DEF
- Defensive contribution9.9184% of DEF
Rates from 2,825 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- 1 shot0 OTat Manchester City
- 3 shots1 OTvs Everton
- 1 shot0 OTat Liverpool
- 1 shot0 OTvs Leeds
- 1 shot0 OTvs Wolverhampton Wanderers
- 2 shots0 OTvs Burnley
- 1 shot1 OTvs Chelsea1g
- 1 shot0 OTvs Manchester United
- 1 shot0 OTvs Bournemouth
- 1 shot0 OTat Everton
Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 21 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.