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Chelsea · 2023/24

Cole Palmer

npxG per 90
0.37
13 non-penalty goals
xA per 90
0.40
11 assists · 72 key passes
Finishing
+2.5
vs league conversion rate
Build-up per 90
0.52
2640 minutes · 34 games

Cole Palmer ranks 12th of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 20.5m on average, with 44% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 18% of Chelsea’s attacking output, the 2nd largest share in the squad.

This week

Next fixture

Gameweek 2

vs Brighton

Sun 30 Aug, 13:00 UTC

Brighton concede 12.4 shots a match and are 1.04× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
3.57

3.68 per 90 × 0.97

Projected on target
1.42

1.57 per 90 × 0.91

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 0.585%± 6
  • Over 1.576%± 7
  • Over 2.556%± 9
  • Over 3.538%± 8

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 5 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 0.571%± 8
  • Over 1.538%± 8
  • Over 2.512%± 6

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 5 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

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

Cole Palmer, 2023/24 · 105 shots in the final 35m, 22 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.

left
12%
Centre
69%
right
19%

share of their shooting xG

Chance quality

xG per shot, distance, how they arrive
xG per shot
0.165
Shots per 90
3.68
Key passes per 90
2.45
Average shot distance
20.5m
From set pieces
44%

How their chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
17%
Own dribble
23%
Headed
10%

What they are for

Roles

penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships
  • PenaltiesTakes them: 9 of 12 Chelsea were awarded.
  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 10% of Chelsea’s dead-ball danger, from 13 deliveries that became shots.
  • When it mattered17 of 22 goals came with the game level or Chelsea behind.
  • On the pitch77% of the minutes available to them.

Partnerships

  • Feeds Nicolas Jackson11 shots, 4.06 xG
  • Feeds Conor Gallagher8 shots, 1.46 xG
  • Fed by Raheem Sterling6 shots, 1.31 xG
  • Fed by Moisés Caicedo7 shots, 1.29 xG

A share of the attack says how much runs through Cole Palmer. 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. Raheem Sterling1.3 xG6 shots · 2g
  2. Moisés Caicedo1.3 xG7 shots · 1g
  3. Nicolas Jackson1.2 xG6 shots · 3g
  4. Malo Gusto0.7 xG14 shots · 0g
  5. Mykhailo Mudryk0.6 xG4 shots · 1g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Nicolas Jackson4.1 xG11 shots · 4g
  2. Conor Gallagher1.5 xG8 shots · 1g
  3. Armando Broja1.2 xG2 shots · 0g
  4. Raheem Sterling1.1 xG11 shots · 1g
  5. Enzo Fernández1.0 xG8 shots · 1g

Season record

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Cole Palmer carries 8.4% of Chelsea’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.522
    97% of forwards
  • Possession value per 901.058
    94% of forwards

Ranked against 107 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.

Match log

most recent first
  • vs Bournemouth
    3 shots0 OT
  • at Brighton1g
    6 shots2 OT
  • at Nottingham Forest
    2 shots0 OT
  • vs West Ham1g
    4 shots2 OT
  • vs Tottenham
    5 shots1 OT
  • at Aston Villa
    6 shots1 OT
  • vs Everton4g
    5 shots5 OT
  • at Sheffield United
    2 shots1 OT
  • vs Manchester United3g
    9 shots5 OT
  • vs Burnley2g
    9 shots4 OT

Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 5 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.

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