Sunderland · 2025/26
Granit Xhaka
Granit Xhaka ranks 242nd of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 23.4m on average, with 37% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 7% of Sunderland’s attacking output, the 7th largest share in the squad.
This week
Next fixture
Gameweek 2vs Fulham
Sun 30 Aug, 13:00 UTC
Fulham concede 11.9 shots a match and are 0.86× the league norm against midfielders. A difficult one.
- Projected shots
- 0.59
- Projected on target
- 0.15
0.65 per 90 × 0.90
0.16 per 90 × 0.94
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 0.550%± 9
- Over 1.512%± 6
- Over 2.50%± 0
- Over 3.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 17 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 1.50%± 0
- Over 2.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 17 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
21 shotsGranit Xhaka, 2025/26 · final 35m.
- left
- 29%
- Centre
- 15%
- right
- 57%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.038
- Shots per 90
- 0.65
- Key passes per 90
- 1.06
- Average shot distance
- 23.4m
- From set pieces
- 37%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 0%
- Through balls
- 23%
- Own dribble
- 0%
- Headed
- 0%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- Corners and set piecesSupplies 19% of Sunderland’s dead-ball danger, from 13 deliveries that became shots.
- On the pitch85% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Feeds Dan Ballard7 shots, 0.90 xG
- Feeds Wilson Isidor6 shots, 0.83 xG
- Feeds Nordi Mukiele3 shots, 0.61 xG
- Feeds Omar Alderete2 shots, 0.46 xG
A share of the attack says how much runs through Granit Xhaka. 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- Enzo Le Fée0.3 xG6 shots · 1g
- Chemsdine Talbi0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
- Dan Ballard0.0 xG1 shot · 0g
- Bertrand Traoré0.0 xG2 shots · 0g
- Brian Brobbey0.0 xG1 shot · 0g
Chances created
who they supply- Dan Ballard0.9 xG7 shots · 0g
- Wilson Isidor0.8 xG6 shots · 2g
- Nordi Mukiele0.6 xG3 shots · 1g
- Omar Alderete0.5 xG2 shots · 1g
- Trai Hume0.2 xG1 shot · 0g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesGranit Xhaka carries 14.5% of Sunderland’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.27956% of midfielders
- Possession value per 900.32532% 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 · 2025/26They account for 13.5% of their club’s recorded defensive work.
- Tackles1.5542% of MID
- Blocks, clearances, interceptions4.1691% of MID
- Recoveries5.5285% of MID
- Defensive contribution11.2385% of MID
Rates from 2,901 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- 1 shot0 OTvs Manchester United
- 1 shot0 OTat Wolverhampton Wanderers
- 2 shots0 OTvs Nottingham Forest
- 1 shot0 OTat Aston Villa
- 2 shots0 OTvs Tottenham
- 2 shots0 OTat Newcastle United
- 1 shot0 OTvs Brighton
- 1 shot1 OTat Brentford
- 1 shot0 OTvs Newcastle United
- 2 shots0 OTat Manchester City
Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 17 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.