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Newcastle United · 2025/26

William Osula

Injured. Foot injury - Unknown return date. The rates below describe what he did, not what he is about to do. Club status as of 31 Aug 2026.
npxG per 90
0.57
7 non-penalty goals
xA per 90
0.05
0 assists · 6 key passes
Finishing
+2.7
vs league conversion rate
Build-up per 90
0.04
777 minutes · 24 games

William Osula ranks 21st of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 15.3m on average. They carry 5% of Newcastle United’s attacking output, the 7th 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 1.05× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
2.70

2.66 per 90 × 1.01

Projected on target
1.36

1.39 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

24 appearances
  • Over 0.546%± 10
  • Over 1.529%± 9
  • Over 2.513%± 7
  • Over 3.58%± 6

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 13 of 24 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.

Shots on target

24 appearances
  • Over 0.538%± 10
  • Over 1.513%± 7
  • Over 2.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 13 of 24 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

23 shots
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William Osula, 2025/26 · final 35m.

left
29%
Centre
56%
right
15%

share of their shooting xG

Chance quality

xG per shot, distance, how they arrive
xG per shot
0.214
Shots per 90
2.66
Key passes per 90
0.69
Average shot distance
15.3m
From set pieces
12%

How their chances arrive

Crosses
28%
Through balls
17%
Own dribble
5%
Headed
10%

What they are for

Roles

penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships
  • When it mattered5 of 7 goals came with the game level or Newcastle United behind.
  • On the pitch23% of the minutes available to them.

Partnerships

  • Fed by Lewis Miley2 shots, 0.65 xG
  • Fed by Sandro Tonali3 shots, 0.62 xG
  • Fed by Jacob Murphy3 shots, 0.53 xG
  • Fed by Joe Willock1 shot, 0.52 xG

A share of the attack says how much runs through William Osula. 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. Lewis Miley0.7 xG2 shots · 1g
  2. Sandro Tonali0.6 xG3 shots · 0g
  3. Jacob Murphy0.5 xG3 shots · 1g
  4. Joe Willock0.5 xG1 shot · 1g
  5. Nick Woltemade0.5 xG2 shots · 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Joe Willock0.2 xG2 shots · 0g
  2. Harvey Barnes0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
  3. Bruno Guimarães0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
  4. Dan Burn0.0 xG1 shot · 0g

Season record

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

William Osula carries 0.4% of Newcastle United’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.043
    1% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.592
    66% 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 1.3% of their club’s recorded defensive work.

  • Tackles0.67
    42% of FWD
  • Blocks, clearances, interceptions0.22
    0% of FWD
  • Recoveries2.57
    76% of FWD
  • Defensive contribution3.47
    18% of FWD

Rates from 805 minutes, ranked against 33 forwards 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 West Ham2g
    3 shots2 OT
  • at Nottingham Forest
    4 shots1 OT
  • vs Brighton1g
    4 shots2 OT
  • vs Bournemouth1g
    2 shots1 OT
  • at Crystal Palace1g
    2 shots2 OT
  • vs Manchester United1g
    1 shot1 OT
  • at West Ham
    2 shots1 OT
  • vs Fulham
    2 shots1 OT
  • at Leeds
    1 shot0 OT
  • vs Liverpool1g
    1 shot1 OT

Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 13 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.

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