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Chelsea · 2025/26

Cole Palmer

npxG per 90
0.26
5 non-penalty goals
xA per 90
0.10
1 assists · 24 key passes
Finishing
-0.0
vs league conversion rate
Build-up per 90
0.47
2007 minutes · 26 games

Cole Palmer ranks 100th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 18.9m on average, with 50% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 7% of Chelsea’s attacking output, the 5th largest share in the squad.

This week

Next fixture

Gameweek 2

vs Brighton

Sun 30 Aug, 13:00 UTC

Brighton concede 11.7 shots a match and are 1.06× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
2.86

2.87 per 90 × 1.00

Projected on target
1.04

1.12 per 90 × 0.92

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

26 appearances
  • Over 0.592%± 5
  • Over 1.565%± 9
  • Over 2.550%± 10
  • Over 3.527%± 9

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 2 of 26 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.

Shots on target

26 appearances
  • Over 0.565%± 9
  • Over 1.527%± 9
  • Over 2.54%± 4

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 2 of 26 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

64 shots
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Cole Palmer, 2025/26 · final 35m.

left
8%
Centre
75%
right
17%

share of their shooting xG

Chance quality

xG per shot, distance, how they arrive
xG per shot
0.160
Shots per 90
2.87
Key passes per 90
1.08
Average shot distance
18.9m
From set pieces
50%

How their chances arrive

Crosses
17%
Through balls
20%
Own dribble
2%
Headed
0%

What they are for

Roles

penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships
  • PenaltiesTakes them: 6 of 8 Chelsea were awarded.
  • When it mattered5 of 10 goals came with the game level or Chelsea behind.
  • On the pitch59% of the minutes available to them.

Partnerships

  • Feeds João Pedro7 shots, 1.00 xG
  • Fed by Pedro Neto10 shots, 1.13 xG
  • Fed by Moisés Caicedo4 shots, 0.82 xG
  • Fed by Malo Gusto6 shots, 0.67 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
  1. Pedro Neto1.1 xG10 shots · 1g
  2. Moisés Caicedo0.8 xG4 shots · 0g
  3. Malo Gusto0.7 xG6 shots · 1g
  4. Marc Cucurella0.6 xG2 shots · 1g
  5. Alejandro Garnacho0.4 xG6 shots · 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. João Pedro1.0 xG7 shots · 1g
  2. Liam Delap0.4 xG2 shots · 0g
  3. Estêvão0.3 xG4 shots · 0g
  4. Pedro Neto0.2 xG3 shots · 0g
  5. Alejandro Garnacho0.1 xG2 shots · 0g

Season record

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Cole Palmer carries 6.5% of Chelsea’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.473
    96% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.756
    85% of forwards

Ranked against 109 forwards 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 4.4% of their club’s recorded defensive work.

  • Tackles1.15
    21% of MID
  • Blocks, clearances, interceptions1.24
    20% of MID
  • Recoveries3.82
    33% of MID
  • Defensive contribution6.22
    20% of MID

Rates from 1,954 minutes, ranked against 149 midfielders 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
  • at Sunderland1g
    3 shots2 OT
  • vs Tottenham
    3 shots1 OT
  • vs Nottingham Forest
    5 shots2 OT
  • vs Manchester United
    4 shots0 OT
  • vs Manchester City
    4 shots1 OT
  • at Everton
    1 shot0 OT
  • vs Newcastle United
    3 shots1 OT
  • at Aston Villa1g
    2 shots2 OT
  • at Arsenal
    1 shot0 OT
  • vs Burnley
    4 shots1 OT

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.

See Chelsea