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Anthony Elanga

Midfielder24 yrs
Injured
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.100 non-penalty goals from 17 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.121 assists, 15 key passes
Finishing
-1.28goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.132% of Newcastle United’s build-up value

Anthony Elanga ranks 172nd of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 18.2m on average. They carry 3% of Newcastle United’s attacking involvement, the 13th largest share in the squad.

Injured. Unspecified injury - Expected back 25 Oct. The rates below describe what he did, not what he is about to do. Club status as of 17 Oct 2026.

Against their position

109 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.00
Non-penalty goals
0.00
xG
0.10
Non-penalty xG
0.10
Shots
1.19
npxG per shot
0.09
Shot distance
18.2m
Set-piece share
2%
Goals against xG
-1.5

2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.07
Expected assists
0.12
Key passes
1.05
npxG + xA
0.22
xG chain
0.30
xG build-up
0.13
Assists against xA
-0.7

On the ball

per 90

6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
2.21
Defensive contribution
3.80

7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
0season count
Red cards
0season count

3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Ranked against 109 forwards with half a match a round or more, the same comparison the compare page makes. Where less is better, such as being dispossessed, the order is turned round, so a high percentile is always the good end. Recoveries and defensive contribution come from the FPL feed and are ranked in its own positions.

This week

Gameweek 8

Next fixture

Gameweek 8

away to Crystal Palace

Sun 25 Oct, 14:00 UTC

Crystal Palace concede 11.7 shots a match and are 0.95× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
1.12

1.19 per 90 × 0.94

Projected on target
0.28

0.28 per 90 × 1.02

Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.

Shots

32 appearances
  • Over 0.513 of 3241%± 9
  • Over 1.53 of 329%± 5
  • Over 2.51 of 323%± 3
  • Over 3.50 of 320%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 19 of 32.

Shooting profile

17 shots

Where they shoot

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

Anthony Elanga, 2025/26, 17 shots in the final 35m, 0 scored.

left
11%
Centre
11%
right
78%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.085
Shots per 90
1.19
Key passes per 90
1.05
Average shot distance
18.2m
From set pieces
2%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
21%
Through balls
36%
Own dribble
2%
Headed
3%

Club role

Newcastle United

What they are for

  • On the pitch38% of available minutes.

What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Anthony Elanga’soutput.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Sandro Tonali0.6 xG4 shots, 0g
  2. Nick Woltemade0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Harvey Barnes0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Jacob Murphy0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Anthony Gordon0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Malick Thiaw0.6 xG1 shot, 0g
  2. Nick Woltemade0.5 xG2 shots, 1g
  3. Harvey Barnes0.4 xG5 shots, 0g
  4. William Osula0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Anthony Gordon0.1 xG2 shots, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Anthony Elanga carries 1.8% of Newcastle United’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.129
    39% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.299
    11% 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 rather than the chance.

Match by match

Match log

32 appearances, oldest first

at Villa2 shots
1 on target

v Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

v Fulham1 shot
0 on target

at Everton1 shot
1 on target

v Burnley3 shots
1 on target

v Chelsea1 shot
0 on target

v Villa1 shot
0 on target

v Brentford1 shot
0 on target

at Man City1 shot
0 on target

v Everton1 shot
1 on target

v Man Utd1 shot
0 on target

v Sunderland2 shots
0 on target

v West Ham1 shot
0 on target

19 blanksno shot
not placed

Height is shots, solid is on target, and the dashed rule is the 1.5 line. The feed cannot date an appearance with no shot in it, so 19 sits at the end, counted but unplaced.

How to read the ties. Each rate ties back to the league average: solid where the sample is settled, broken where it is still being shrunk toward the league, an open circle where there is no cohort to rank against.