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Ao Tanaka

Midfielder28 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.152 non-penalty goals from 17 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.090 assists, 18 key passes
Finishing
+0.06goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.296% of Leeds’ build-up value

Ao Tanaka ranks 154th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 20.8m on average, with 27% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 5% of Leeds’ attacking involvement, the 10th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

142 midfielders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.14
Non-penalty goals
0.14
xG
0.15
Non-penalty xG
0.15
Shots
1.15
npxG per shot
0.13
Shot distance
20.8m
Set-piece share
27%
Goals against xG
-0.2

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.00
Expected assists
0.09
Key passes
1.22
npxG + xA
0.24
xG chain
0.46
xG build-up
0.29
Assists against xA
-1.4

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
5.65
Defensive contribution
10.12

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
1season count
Red cards
0season count

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

Ranked against 142 midfielders 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 7

Next fixture

Gameweek 7

vs Manchester United

Sun 18 Oct, 13:00 UTC

Manchester United concede 11.6 shots a match and are 0.87× the league norm against midfielders. A difficult one.

Projected shots
1.03

1.15 per 90 × 0.90

Projected on target
0.24

0.27 per 90 × 0.89

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

Shots

28 appearances
  • Over 0.511 of 2839%± 9
  • Over 1.54 of 2814%± 7
  • Over 2.51 of 284%± 4
  • Over 3.51 of 284%± 4

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 17 of 28.

Shooting profile

17 shots

Where they shoot

17 shots
6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot24% of shots, 4 shots6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot12% of shots, 2 shots12% of shots, 2 shots24%12%12%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Ao Tanaka, 2025/26, final 35m.

left
45%
Centre
23%
right
32%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.129
Shots per 90
1.15
Key passes per 90
1.22
Average shot distance
20.8m
From set pieces
27%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
59%
Headed
0%

Club role

Leeds

What they are for

  • On the pitch39% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Brenden Aaronson0.2 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Dominic Calvert-Lewin0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Anton Stach0.1 xG3 shots, 0g
  4. Noah Okafor0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Joe Rodon0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Noah Okafor0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
  2. Brenden Aaronson0.3 xG3 shots, 0g
  3. Pascal Struijk0.2 xG3 shots, 0g
  4. Jaka Bijol0.1 xG3 shots, 0g
  5. Dominic Calvert-Lewin0.1 xG3 shots, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Ao Tanaka carries 5.8% of Leeds’ build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.292
    61% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.461
    62% of midfielders

Ranked against 142 midfielders 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

28 appearances, oldest first

v Everton2 shots
0 on target

v West Ham1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Chelsea4 shots
1 on target

1g

v Liverpool2 shots
2 on target

at Brentford1 shot
0 on target

at Sunderland1 shot
0 on target

v Brentford1 shot
0 on target

at Man Utd1 shot
0 on target

v Wolves1 shot
0 on target

v Burnley2 shots
1 on target

at Spurs1 shot
0 on target

17 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 17 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.