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Manchester United · 2025/26

Joshua Zirkzee

npxG per 90
0.60
2 non-penalty goals
xA per 90
0.19
1 assists · 11 key passes
Finishing
-1.4
vs league conversion rate
Build-up per 90
0.41
573 minutes · 24 games

Joshua Zirkzee ranks 4th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 13.3m on average. They carry 4% of Manchester United’s attacking output, the 9th largest share in the squad.

This week

Next fixture

Gameweek 2

vs Ipswich

Sun 30 Aug, 15:30 UTC

No shot record for Ipswich in this season, so no opponent adjustment is possible. Newly promoted sides have no Premier League history to measure.

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 0.550%± 10
  • Over 1.525%± 9
  • Over 2.513%± 7
  • Over 3.54%± 4

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 12 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 0.525%± 9
  • Over 1.58%± 6
  • Over 2.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 12 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

25 shots
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Joshua Zirkzee, 2025/26 · final 35m.

left
11%
Centre
76%
right
13%

share of their shooting xG

Chance quality

xG per shot, distance, how they arrive
xG per shot
0.154
Shots per 90
3.93
Key passes per 90
1.73
Average shot distance
13.3m
From set pieces
2%

How their chances arrive

Crosses
11%
Through balls
5%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
32%

What they are for

Roles

penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships
  • On the pitch17% of the minutes available to them.

Partnerships

  • Feeds Benjamin Sesko3 shots, 0.61 xG
  • Fed by Amad Diallo Traore4 shots, 0.97 xG
  • Fed by Bruno Fernandes7 shots, 0.73 xG
  • Fed by Luke Shaw2 shots, 0.46 xG

A share of the attack says how much runs through Joshua Zirkzee. 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. Amad Diallo Traore1.0 xG4 shots · 0g
  2. Bruno Fernandes0.7 xG7 shots · 1g
  3. Luke Shaw0.5 xG2 shots · 0g
  4. Kobbie Mainoo0.2 xG2 shots · 0g
  5. Matthijs de Ligt0.2 xG1 shot · 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Benjamin Sesko0.6 xG3 shots · 0g
  2. Patrick Dorgu0.3 xG2 shots · 0g
  3. Bryan Mbeumo0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
  4. Kobbie Mainoo0.0 xG2 shots · 0g
  5. Bruno Fernandes0.0 xG1 shot · 0g

Season record

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Joshua Zirkzee carries 2.0% of Manchester United’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.409
    94% of forwards
  • Possession value per 901.054
    99% 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 1.4% of their club’s recorded defensive work.

  • Tackles1.33
    88% of FWD
  • Blocks, clearances, interceptions2.08
    82% of FWD
  • Recoveries3.11
    94% of FWD
  • Defensive contribution6.52
    91% of FWD

Rates from 607 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 Nottingham Forest
    3 shots2 OT
  • at Sunderland
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Newcastle United
    1 shot1 OT
  • vs Crystal Palace
    2 shots0 OT
  • at West Ham
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Burnley
    2 shots0 OT
  • vs Wolverhampton Wanderers1g
    1 shot1 OT
  • vs West Ham
    2 shots0 OT
  • at Crystal Palace1g
    1 shot1 OT
  • vs Everton
    3 shots2 OT

Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 12 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.

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