Small sample. Only 438 minutes this season, so the rates below swing heavily on a handful of moments. Read them as description, not as form.
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.270 non-penalty goals from 11 shots
league 0.14
Expected assists per 90
0.030 assists, 3 key passes
league 0.11
Finishing
-1.18goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.121% of Southampton’s build-up value
league 0.27
Ben Brereton Díaz has not reached the 450-minute floor this season, so they are not ranked against the league yet. They shoot from 17.8m on average.
Against their position
104 forwards
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.002nd
Non-penalty goals
0.002nd
xG
0.2738th
Non-penalty xG
0.2745th
Shots
2.2652nd
npxG per shot
0.1239th
Shot distance
17.8m31st
Set-piece share
0%1st
Goals against xG
-1.337th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.008th
Expected assists
0.032nd
Key passes
0.627th
npxG + xA
0.3017th
xG chain
0.4112th
xG build-up
0.1216th
Assists against xA
-0.252nd
On the ball
per 90
6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.
Defending
per 90
7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.
Discipline
per 90
Yellow cards
1season count
Red cards
0season count
3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.
Ranked against 104 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
Next match
Shots
10 appearances
Over 0.55 of 1050%± 16
Over 1.53 of 1030%± 14
Over 2.51 of 1010%± 9
Over 3.51 of 1010%± 9
The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 5 of 10.
What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Ben Brereton Díaz’soutput.
Chances received
who supplies them
Yukinari Sugawara0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
Mateus Fernandes0.3 xG3 shots, 0g
William Smallbone0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Tyler Dibling0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Flynn Downes0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Chances created
who they supply
Adam Armstrong0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Kyle Walker-Peters0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Season record
2024/25
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
Ben Brereton Díaz carries 0.7%of Southampton’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.116
16% of forwards
Possession value per 900.411
12% of forwards
Thin sample. Only 438 minutes, so this describes a cameo. 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
10 appearances, oldest first
over 1.5
at Newcastle2 shots 0 on target
at Brentford5 shots 1 on target
v Ipswich2 shots 0 on target
at Bournemouth1 shot 0 on target
at Wolves1 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. 438 minutes leaves every tie here broken.