Liverpool · 2025/26
Hugo Ekitike
Hugo Ekitike ranks 10th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 14.8m on average. They carry 12% of Liverpool’s attacking output, the 3rd largest share in the squad.
This week
Next fixture
Gameweek 2vs Nottingham Forest
Sat 29 Aug, 11:30 UTC
Nottingham Forest concede 13.3 shots a match and are 1.05× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.
- Projected shots
- 3.36
- Projected on target
- 0.95
3.19 per 90 × 1.05
0.93 per 90 × 1.02
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
28 appearances- Over 0.579%± 8
- Over 1.557%± 9
- Over 2.539%± 9
- Over 3.529%± 9
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 6 of 28 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.
Shots on target
28 appearances- Over 0.539%± 9
- Over 1.518%± 7
- Over 2.57%± 5
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 6 of 28 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
65 shotsHugo Ekitike, 2025/26 · final 35m.
- left
- 17%
- Centre
- 66%
- right
- 17%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.184
- Shots per 90
- 3.19
- Key passes per 90
- 1.03
- Average shot distance
- 14.8m
- From set pieces
- 7%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 14%
- Through balls
- 15%
- Own dribble
- 6%
- Headed
- 33%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- When it mattered6 of 11 goals came with the game level or Liverpool behind.
- On the pitch54% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Feeds Florian Wirtz6 shots, 1.01 xG
- Fed by Florian Wirtz13 shots, 1.49 xG
- Fed by Mohamed Salah5 shots, 1.34 xG
- Fed by Cody Gakpo9 shots, 1.23 xG
A share of the attack says how much runs through Hugo Ekitike. 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- Florian Wirtz1.5 xG13 shots · 1g
- Mohamed Salah1.3 xG5 shots · 1g
- Cody Gakpo1.2 xG9 shots · 1g
- Jeremie Frimpong0.9 xG3 shots · 0g
- Curtis Jones0.8 xG3 shots · 0g
Chances created
who they supply- Florian Wirtz1.0 xG6 shots · 1g
- Cody Gakpo0.8 xG6 shots · 2g
- Mohamed Salah0.3 xG4 shots · 0g
- Alexis Mac Allister0.2 xG2 shots · 1g
- Jeremie Frimpong0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesHugo Ekitike carries 3.9% of Liverpool’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.24074% of forwards
- Possession value per 900.80190% 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 · 2025/26They account for 3.8% of their club’s recorded defensive work.
- Tackles0.5539% of FWD
- Blocks, clearances, interceptions1.6067% of FWD
- Recoveries2.1042% of FWD
- Defensive contribution4.2645% of FWD
Rates from 1,797 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- 2 shots0 OTvs Tottenham
- 1 shot0 OTat Wolverhampton Wanderers
- 2 shots1 OTvs West Ham1g
- 3 shots1 OTat Nottingham Forest
- 3 shots0 OTat Sunderland
- 3 shots0 OTvs Manchester City
- 6 shots4 OTvs Newcastle United2g
- 6 shots2 OTvs Burnley
- 4 shots1 OTvs Leeds
- 4 shots0 OTvs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 6 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.