Chelsea · 2024/25
Cole Palmer
Cole Palmer ranks 19th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 19.8m on average, with 30% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 19% of Chelsea’s attacking output, the largest share in the squad.
This week
Next fixture
Gameweek 2vs Brighton
Sun 30 Aug, 13:00 UTC
Brighton concede 11.3 shots a match and are 0.84× the league norm against midfielders. A difficult one.
- Projected shots
- 2.99
- Projected on target
- 1.19
3.51 per 90 × 0.85
1.37 per 90 × 0.87
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 0.595%± 4
- Over 1.586%± 6
- Over 2.559%± 8
- Over 3.546%± 8
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 2 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 0.576%± 7
- Over 1.530%± 8
- Over 2.519%± 6
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 2 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
126 shotsCole Palmer, 2024/25 · final 35m.
- left
- 24%
- Centre
- 51%
- right
- 25%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.125
- Shots per 90
- 3.51
- Key passes per 90
- 2.43
- Average shot distance
- 19.8m
- From set pieces
- 30%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 1%
- Through balls
- 17%
- Own dribble
- 4%
- Headed
- 0%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- PenaltiesTakes them: 5 of 5 Chelsea were awarded.
- Corners and set piecesSupplies 18% of Chelsea’s dead-ball danger, from 23 deliveries that became shots.
- When it mattered8 of 15 goals came with the game level or Chelsea behind.
- On the pitch94% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Feeds Noni Madueke23 shots, 4.16 xG
- Feeds Nicolas Jackson12 shots, 4.08 xG
- Fed by Jadon Sancho15 shots, 1.92 xG
- Fed by Nicolas Jackson9 shots, 1.42 xG
A share of the attack says how much runs through Cole Palmer. 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- Jadon Sancho1.9 xG15 shots · 2g
- Nicolas Jackson1.4 xG9 shots · 4g
- Christopher Nkunku1.4 xG6 shots · 1g
- Enzo Fernández1.2 xG11 shots · 0g
- Moisés Caicedo0.9 xG9 shots · 0g
Chances created
who they supply- Noni Madueke4.2 xG23 shots · 4g
- Nicolas Jackson4.1 xG12 shots · 1g
- Enzo Fernández1.2 xG6 shots · 2g
- Pedro Neto0.9 xG9 shots · 0g
- Levi Colwill0.6 xG3 shots · 0g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesCole Palmer carries 7.4% of Chelsea’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.27349% of midfielders
- Possession value per 900.83696% of midfielders
Ranked against 137 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.
Match log
most recent first- 1 shot1 OTat Nottingham Forest
- 2 shots1 OTvs Manchester United
- 3 shots1 OTat Newcastle United
- 5 shots2 OTvs Liverpool1g
- 2 shots1 OTat Fulham
- 6 shots1 OTvs Ipswich
- 3 shots0 OTat Brentford
- 2 shots2 OTvs Tottenham
- 5 shots1 OTvs Leicester
- 7 shots3 OTvs Southampton
Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 2 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.