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Ben White

Defender29 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.040 non-penalty goals from 5 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.201 assists, 8 key passes
Finishing
-0.25goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.413% of Arsenal’s build-up value

Ben White ranks 158th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 20.0m on average.

Against their position

119 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.00
Non-penalty goals
0.00
xG
0.04
Non-penalty xG
0.04
Shots
0.64
npxG per shot
–not ranked
Shot distance
–not ranked
Set-piece share
–not ranked
Goals against xG
-0.3

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.13
Expected assists
0.20
Key passes
1.02
npxG + xA
0.24
xG chain
0.57
xG build-up
0.41
Assists against xA
-0.6

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
3.61
Defensive contribution
6.82

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 119 defenders 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

away to Nottingham Forest

Sun 18 Oct, 15:30 UTC

Nottingham Forest concede 13.3 shots a match and are 0.87× the league norm against defenders. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
0.62

0.64 per 90 × 0.96

Projected on target
0.13

0.13 per 90 × 1.02

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

Shots

12 appearances
  • Over 0.55 of 1242%± 14
  • Over 1.50 of 120%± 0
  • Over 2.50 of 120%± 0
  • Over 3.50 of 120%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 7 of 12.

Shooting profile

5 shots

Where they shoot

5 shots
Every shotBy zone
20% of shots, 1 shot20% of shots, 1 shot20% of shots, 1 shot20% of shots, 1 shot20% of shots, 1 shot20%20%20%20%20%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Ben White, 2025/26, final 35m.

left
0%
Centre
11%
right
89%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.057
Shots per 90
0.64
Key passes per 90
1.02
Average shot distance
20.0m
From set pieces
7%

How the chances arrive

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

Club role

Arsenal

What they are for

  • On the pitch21% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Noni Madueke0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  2. Bukayo Saka0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Gabriel Martinelli0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Bukayo Saka0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
  2. Mikel Merino0.4 xG1 shot, 1g
  3. Viktor Gyokeres0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Martin Odegaard0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Gabriel Martinelli0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Ben White carries 2.5% of Arsenal’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.407
    88% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.573
    95% of defenders

Ranked against 119 defenders 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

12 appearances, oldest first

at Man Utd1 shot
0 on target

v Brentford1 shot
0 on target

at Villa1 shot
1 on target

at Forest1 shot
0 on target

v Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

7 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 7 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.