-2.71goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.194% of Newcastle United’s build-up value
league 0.24
Anthony Gordon ranks 45th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 17.1m on average, with 34% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 10% of Newcastle United’s attacking involvement, the 3rd largest share in the squad.
Against their position
109 forwards
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.2962nd
Non-penalty goals
0.1433rd
xG
0.4269th
Non-penalty xG
0.3155th
Shots
2.2955th
npxG per shot
0.1352nd
Shot distance
17.1m40th
Set-piece share
34%81st
Goals against xG
-3.59th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.1052nd
Expected assists
0.1869th
Key passes
1.2468th
npxG + xA
0.4963rd
xG chain
0.5254th
xG build-up
0.1963rd
Assists against xA
-1.717th
On the ball
per 90
6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Defending
per 90
7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Discipline
per 90
Yellow cards
3season count
Red cards
1season 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.
This week
Gameweek 8
Next fixture
Gameweek 8
away toCrystal 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
2.15
2.29 per 90 × 0.94
Projected on target
0.97
0.95 per 90 × 1.02
Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.
Shots
26 appearances
Over 0.521 of 2681%± 8
Over 1.514 of 2654%± 10
Over 2.58 of 2631%± 9
Over 3.52 of 268%± 5
The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 5 of 26.
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals
Anthony Gordon, 2025/26, 48 shots in the final 35m, 6 scored.
left
19%
Centre
65%
right
16%
share of their shooting xG
Chance profile
quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.182
Shots per 90
2.29
Key passes per 90
1.24
Average shot distance
17.1m
From set pieces
34%
How the chances arrive
Crosses
26%
Through balls
4%
Own dribble
7%
Headed
15%
Club role
Newcastle United
What they are for
PenaltiesTakes them: 3 of 6 Newcastle United were awarded.
Corners and set piecesSupplies 5% of Newcastle United’s dead-ball danger, from 4 deliveries that became shots.
When it mattered5 of 6 goals came with the game level or Newcastle United behind.
On the pitch55% 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 Gordon’soutput.
Chances received
who supplies them
Harvey Barnes1.6 xG6 shots, 0g
Jacob Murphy1.3 xG5 shots, 0g
Joe Willock1.0 xG7 shots, 1g
Sandro Tonali0.5 xG2 shots, 0g
Nick Woltemade0.5 xG2 shots, 1g
Chances created
who they supply
Nick Woltemade1.0 xG2 shots, 1g
Lewis Miley0.6 xG2 shots, 0g
Jacob Murphy0.5 xG1 shot, 0g
Bruno Guimarães0.5 xG2 shots, 0g
Yoane Wissa0.2 xG3 shots, 0g
Season record
2025/26
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
Anthony Gordon carries 4.0%of Newcastle United’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.193
62% of forwards
Possession value per 900.523
53% 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
26 appearances, oldest first
over 1.5
at Villa7 shots 2 on target
v Liverpool3 shots 1 on target
v Arsenal1 shot 1 on target
v Forest1 shot 0 on target
at Brighton1 shot 0 on target
at West Ham1 shot 1 on target
1g
v Spurs1 shot 1 on target
1g
v Burnley3 shots 1 on target
v Chelsea2 shots 2 on target
at Man Utd2 shots 0 on target
at Burnley2 shots 0 on target
v Leeds2 shots 0 on target
v Villa1 shot 0 on target
1g
at Liverpool3 shots 2 on target
at Spurs4 shots 0 on target
at Man City2 shots 2 on target
v Everton2 shots 1 on target
1g
v Man Utd3 shots 2 on target
1g
at Chelsea3 shots 3 on target
1g
v Sunderland3 shots 1 on target
at Palace1 shot 0 on target
5 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 5 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.
