Arsenal · 2026/27
Mikel Merino
Mikel Merino ranks 0th of 0 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 21.8m on average. They carry 5% of Arsenal’s attacking output, the 8th largest share in the squad.
This week
Next fixture
Gameweek 2away to Aston Villa
Mon 31 Aug, 19:00 UTC
Aston Villa concede 21.0 shots a match. A favourable draw.
- Projected shots
- 18.69
- Projected on target
- 10.65
15.00 per 90 × 1.25
7.50 per 90 × 1.42
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
1 appearances- Over 0.5100%± 0
- Over 1.5100%± 0
- Over 2.50%± 0
- Over 3.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 0 of 1 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.
Shots on target
1 appearances- Over 0.5100%± 0
- Over 1.50%± 0
- Over 2.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 0 of 1 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
2 shotsMikel Merino, 2026/27 · final 35m.
- left
- 0%
- Centre
- 0%
- right
- 100%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.072
- Shots per 90
- 15.00
- Key passes per 90
- 0.00
- Average shot distance
- 21.8m
- From set pieces
- 0%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 0%
- Through balls
- 0%
- Own dribble
- 29%
- Headed
- 0%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- On the pitch13% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Fed by Noni Madueke2 shots, 0.14 xG
A share of the attack says how much runs through Mikel Merino. 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- Noni Madueke0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
Chances created
who they supplyMikel Merino did not set up a recorded shot this season.
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesMikel Merino carries 1.4% of Arsenal’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.5320% of players
- Possession value per 901.2980% of players
Thin sample. Only 12 minutes, so this describes a cameo. 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- 2 shots1 OTvs Coventry
Solid marks are on target, faded ones off.