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Chelsea · 2025/26

npxG per 90
0.08
2 non-penalty goals
xA per 90
0.15
3 assists · 27 key passes
Finishing
+0.3
vs league conversion rate
Build-up per 90
0.53
2306 minutes · 34 games

Malo Gusto ranks 171st of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 25.1m on average. They carry 5% of Chelsea’s attacking output, the 8th 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 0.93× the league norm against midfielders. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
0.44

0.47 per 90 × 0.93

Projected on target
0.22

0.23 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

34 appearances
  • Over 0.532%± 8
  • Over 1.56%± 4
  • Over 2.50%± 0
  • Over 3.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 23 of 34 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.

Shots on target

34 appearances
  • Over 0.515%± 6
  • Over 1.53%± 3
  • Over 2.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 23 of 34 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

12 shots
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Malo Gusto, 2025/26 · 12 shots in the final 35m, 2 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.

left
6%
Centre
42%
right
52%

share of their shooting xG

Chance quality

xG per shot, distance, how they arrive
xG per shot
0.162
Shots per 90
0.47
Key passes per 90
1.05
Average shot distance
25.1m
From set pieces
8%

How their chances arrive

Crosses
35%
Through balls
18%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
35%

What they are for

Roles

penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships
  • Open-play crosses6 crosses from open play became shots, worth 0.67 xG.
  • On the pitch67% of the minutes available to them.

Partnerships

  • Feeds João Pedro5 shots, 1.80 xG
  • Feeds Cole Palmer6 shots, 0.67 xG
  • Fed by Pedro Neto3 shots, 0.69 xG
  • Fed by Alejandro Garnacho2 shots, 0.67 xG

A share of the attack says how much runs through Malo Gusto. 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 Neto0.7 xG3 shots · 1g
  2. Alejandro Garnacho0.7 xG2 shots · 1g
  3. Andrey Santos0.3 xG1 shot · 0g
  4. Cole Palmer0.0 xG2 shots · 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. João Pedro1.8 xG5 shots · 1g
  2. Cole Palmer0.7 xG6 shots · 1g
  3. Marc Guiu0.6 xG2 shots · 0g
  4. Moisés Caicedo0.2 xG4 shots · 1g
  5. Alejandro Garnacho0.1 xG1 shot · 0g

Season record

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Malo Gusto carries 8.3% of Chelsea’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.529
    96% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.638
    89% of midfielders

Ranked against 142 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.

Tackles, blocks and recoveries

per 90 · 2025/26

They account for 4.1% of their club’s recorded defensive work.

  • Tackles2.08
    73% of DEF
  • Blocks, clearances, interceptions2.95
    3% of DEF
  • Recoveries4.91
    90% of DEF
  • Defensive contribution5.03
    7% of DEF

Rates from 2,255 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
  • at Sunderland
    1 shot0 OT
  • vs Nottingham Forest
    1 shot1 OT
  • vs Leeds
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Wolverhampton Wanderers
    1 shot1 OT
  • vs Bournemouth
    2 shots0 OT
  • vs Everton1g
    2 shots2 OT
  • at Burnley
    1 shot1 OT
  • vs Wolverhampton Wanderers1g
    1 shot1 OT
  • at Nottingham Forest
    1 shot0 OT
  • vs Liverpool
    1 shot0 OT

Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 23 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.