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Arsenal · 2025/26

William Saliba

Injured. Back 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
0.05
1 non-penalty goals
xA per 90
0.05
0 assists · 10 key passes
Finishing
-0.4
vs league conversion rate
Build-up per 90
0.36
2609 minutes · 31 games

William Saliba ranks 292nd of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 6.8m on average, with 75% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 2% of Arsenal’s attacking output, the 16th largest share in the squad.

This week

Next fixture

Gameweek 2

away to Aston Villa

Mon 31 Aug, 19:00 UTC

Aston Villa concede 13.0 shots a match and are 0.96× the league norm against defenders. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
0.17

0.17 per 90 × 1.00

Projected on target
0.04

0.03 per 90 × 1.05

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

31 appearances
  • Over 0.516%± 7
  • Over 1.50%± 0
  • Over 2.50%± 0
  • Over 3.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 26 of 31 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.

Shots on target

31 appearances
  • Over 0.53%± 3
  • Over 1.50%± 0
  • Over 2.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 26 of 31 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

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

William Saliba, 2025/26 · 5 shots in the final 35m, 1 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.

left
0%
Centre
94%
right
6%

share of their shooting xG

Chance quality

xG per shot, distance, how they arrive
xG per shot
0.316
Shots per 90
0.17
Key passes per 90
0.34
Average shot distance
6.8m
From set pieces
75%

How their chances arrive

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

What they are for

Roles

penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships
  • On the pitch76% of the minutes available to them.

Partnerships

  • Feeds Viktor Gyokeres1 shot, 0.45 xG
  • Fed by Gabriel1 shot, 0.55 xG
  • Fed by Viktor Gyokeres1 shot, 0.47 xG
  • Fed by Bukayo Saka1 shot, 0.39 xG

A share of the attack says how much runs through William Saliba. 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. Gabriel0.5 xG1 shot · 1g
  2. Viktor Gyokeres0.5 xG1 shot · 0g
  3. Bukayo Saka0.4 xG1 shot · 0g
  4. Declan Rice0.1 xG1 shot · 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Viktor Gyokeres0.5 xG1 shot · 0g
  2. Gabriel0.4 xG1 shot · 0g
  3. Gabriel Jesus0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
  4. Declan Rice0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
  5. Bukayo Saka0.1 xG3 shots · 0g

Season record

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

William Saliba carries 8.4% of Arsenal’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.362
    83% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.380
    76% of defenders

Ranked against 119 defenders 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 6.3% of their club’s recorded defensive work.

  • Tackles1.21
    24% of DEF
  • Blocks, clearances, interceptions5.44
    45% of DEF
  • Recoveries3.89
    58% of DEF
  • Defensive contribution6.64
    29% of DEF

Rates from 2,614 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
  • vs Chelsea1g
    1 shot1 OT
  • at Tottenham
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Nottingham Forest
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Sunderland
    1 shot0 OT
  • vs Manchester City
    1 shot0 OT

Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 26 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.

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