+0.06goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.296% of Leeds’ build-up value
league 0.24
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
0.1474th
Non-penalty goals
0.1475th
xG
0.1579th
Non-penalty xG
0.1579th
Shots
1.1558th
npxG per shot
0.1387th
Shot distance
20.8m35th
Set-piece share
27%59th
Goals against xG
-0.250th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.0011th
Expected assists
0.0938th
Key passes
1.2262nd
npxG + xA
0.2460th
xG chain
0.4662nd
xG build-up
0.2962nd
Assists against xA
-1.426th
On the ball
per 90
6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Defending
per 90
Recoveries
5.6588th
Defensive contribution
10.1276th
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
vsManchester 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.
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals
Ao Tanaka, 2025/26, 17 shots in the final 35m, 2 scored.
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
Brenden Aaronson0.2 xG2 shots, 0g
Dominic Calvert-Lewin0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Anton Stach0.1 xG3 shots, 0g
Noah Okafor0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Joe Rodon0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Chances created
who they supply
Noah Okafor0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
Brenden Aaronson0.3 xG3 shots, 0g
Pascal Struijk0.2 xG3 shots, 0g
Jaka Bijol0.1 xG3 shots, 0g
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
over 1.5
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.
