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Newcastle United · 2025/26

Jacob Murphy

npxG per 90
0.17
3 non-penalty goals
xA per 90
0.26
2 assists · 23 key passes
Finishing
+0.2
vs league conversion rate
Build-up per 90
0.15
1630 minutes · 33 games

Jacob Murphy ranks 64th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 21.1m on average. They carry 8% of Newcastle United’s attacking output, the 5th 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
2.35

2.32 per 90 × 1.01

Projected on target
0.70

0.72 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

33 appearances
  • Over 0.561%± 9
  • Over 1.530%± 8
  • Over 2.518%± 7
  • Over 3.512%± 6

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 13 of 33 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.

Shots on target

33 appearances
  • Over 0.527%± 8
  • Over 1.59%± 5
  • Over 2.53%± 3

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 13 of 33 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

42 shots
Every shotBy zone
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Jacob Murphy, 2025/26 · 42 shots in the final 35m, 3 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.

left
11%
Centre
33%
right
56%

share of their shooting xG

Chance quality

xG per shot, distance, how they arrive
xG per shot
0.074
Shots per 90
2.32
Key passes per 90
1.27
Average shot distance
21.1m
From set pieces
6%

How their chances arrive

Crosses
14%
Through balls
27%
Own dribble
6%
Headed
0%

What they are for

Roles

penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships
  • Open-play crosses9 crosses from open play became shots, worth 2.76 xG.
  • When it mattered3 of 3 goals came with the game level or Newcastle United behind.
  • On the pitch48% of the minutes available to them.

Partnerships

  • Feeds Anthony Gordon5 shots, 1.34 xG
  • Feeds Harvey Barnes4 shots, 1.29 xG
  • Feeds Nick Woltemade5 shots, 0.69 xG
  • Fed by Joelinton2 shots, 0.65 xG

A share of the attack says how much runs through Jacob Murphy. 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. Joelinton0.6 xG2 shots · 1g
  2. Anthony Gordon0.5 xG1 shot · 0g
  3. Lewis Hall0.4 xG2 shots · 0g
  4. Bruno Guimarães0.4 xG7 shots · 1g
  5. Sandro Tonali0.3 xG4 shots · 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Anthony Gordon1.3 xG5 shots · 0g
  2. Harvey Barnes1.3 xG4 shots · 0g
  3. Nick Woltemade0.7 xG5 shots · 1g
  4. William Osula0.5 xG3 shots · 1g
  5. Malick Thiaw0.4 xG1 shot · 0g

Season record

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Jacob Murphy carries 2.7% of Newcastle United’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.151
    49% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.465
    39% 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 3.9% of their club’s recorded defensive work.

  • Tackles0.90
    9% of MID
  • Blocks, clearances, interceptions1.51
    35% of MID
  • Recoveries2.63
    1% of MID
  • Defensive contribution5.04
    6% of MID

Rates from 1,606 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
  • vs West Ham
    2 shots1 OT
  • vs Bournemouth
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Crystal Palace
    1 shot0 OT
  • vs Sunderland
    1 shot1 OT
  • at Chelsea
    1 shot0 OT
  • vs Everton1g
    2 shots1 OT
  • vs Brentford
    1 shot0 OT
  • vs Crystal Palace
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Burnley
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Manchester United
    1 shot0 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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