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Brenden Aaronson

Midfielder25 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.214 non-penalty goals from 46 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.205 assists, 34 key passes
Finishing
-1.19goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.125% of Leeds’ build-up value

Brenden Aaronson ranks 77th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 17.3m on average. They carry 11% of Leeds’ attacking involvement, the 2nd largest share in the squad.

Against their position

109 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.14
Non-penalty goals
0.14
xG
0.21
Non-penalty xG
0.21
Shots
1.64
npxG per shot
0.13
Shot distance
17.3m
Set-piece share
9%
Goals against xG
-1.9

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.18
Expected assists
0.20
Key passes
1.22
npxG + xA
0.41
xG chain
0.47
xG build-up
0.12
Assists against xA
-0.7

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
4.78
Defensive contribution
7.94

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
3season count
Red cards
0season 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. 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 0.80× the league norm against forwards. A difficult one.

Projected shots
1.42

1.64 per 90 × 0.86

Projected on target
0.48

0.54 per 90 × 0.89

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

Shots

37 appearances
  • Over 0.524 of 3765%± 8
  • Over 1.512 of 3732%± 8
  • Over 2.57 of 3719%± 6
  • Over 3.52 of 375%± 4

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 13 of 37.

Shooting profile

46 shots

Where they shoot

46 shots
Every shotBy zone
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Brenden Aaronson, 2025/26, 46 shots in the final 35m, 4 scored.

left
22%
Centre
51%
right
27%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.128
Shots per 90
1.64
Key passes per 90
1.22
Average shot distance
17.3m
From set pieces
9%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
8%
Through balls
13%
Own dribble
5%
Headed
10%

Club role

Leeds

What they are for

  • Open-play crosses5 crosses from open play became shots, worth 1.49 xG.
  • When it mattered4 of 4 goals came with the game level or Leeds behind.
  • On the pitch74% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Anton Stach1.0 xG6 shots, 0g
  2. Noah Okafor0.6 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Dominic Calvert-Lewin0.6 xG5 shots, 1g
  4. Jayden Bogle0.5 xG3 shots, 0g
  5. Pascal Struijk0.4 xG2 shots, 1g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Dominic Calvert-Lewin2.4 xG10 shots, 1g
  2. Jayden Bogle0.8 xG3 shots, 0g
  3. Noah Okafor0.6 xG2 shots, 2g
  4. Lukas Nmecha0.5 xG4 shots, 1g
  5. Anton Stach0.5 xG4 shots, 1g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Brenden Aaronson carries 4.7% of Leeds’ build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.125
    37% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.472
    39% 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

37 appearances, oldest first

at Fulham1 shot
1 on target

at Wolves1 shot
0 on target

v Bournemouth5 shots
1 on target

v Spurs1 shot
1 on target

at Burnley1 shot
1 on target

1g

v West Ham3 shots
1 on target

at Forest2 shots
0 on target

v Villa3 shots
1 on target

v Liverpool1 shot
1 on target

v Palace1 shot
0 on target

at Sunderland3 shots
0 on target

1g

v Man Utd2 shots
1 on target

2g

at Newcastle3 shots
3 on target

v Fulham1 shot
0 on target

at Everton1 shot
1 on target

v Forest2 shots
0 on target

at Chelsea1 shot
0 on target

v Man City3 shots
1 on target

v Sunderland2 shots
0 on target

at Palace2 shots
0 on target

v Brentford1 shot
0 on target

at Man Utd1 shot
0 on target

at Bournemouth1 shot
1 on target

at West Ham4 shots
1 on target

13 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 13 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.