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Brian Brobbey

Forward24 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.337 non-penalty goals from 36 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.071 assists, 15 key passes
Finishing
+0.72goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.073% of Sunderland’s build-up value

Brian Brobbey ranks 81st of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 12.3m on average. They carry 11% of Sunderland’s attacking involvement, the 2nd largest share in the squad.

Against their position

109 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.32
Non-penalty goals
0.32
xG
0.33
Non-penalty xG
0.33
Shots
1.67
npxG per shot
0.20
Shot distance
12.3m
Set-piece share
9%
Goals against xG
-0.1

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.05
Expected assists
0.07
Key passes
0.69
npxG + xA
0.40
xG chain
0.43
xG build-up
0.07
Assists against xA
-0.5

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
2.06
Defensive contribution
3.47

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
6season 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

away to Bournemouth

Sun 18 Oct, 13:00 UTC

Bournemouth concede 12.6 shots a match and are 1.08× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
1.74

1.67 per 90 × 1.04

Projected on target
0.80

0.79 per 90 × 1.02

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

Shots

31 appearances
  • Over 0.520 of 3165%± 9
  • Over 1.510 of 3132%± 8
  • Over 2.55 of 3116%± 7
  • Over 3.51 of 313%± 3

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 11 of 31.

Shooting profile

36 shots

Where they shoot

36 shots
Every shotBy zone
3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot14% of shots, 5 shots3% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 3 shots11% of shots, 4 shots8% of shots, 3 shots14% of shots, 5 shots6% of shots, 2 shots11% of shots, 4 shots6% of shots, 2 shots3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot14%8%11%8%14%11%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Brian Brobbey, 2025/26, final 35m.

left
13%
Centre
50%
right
37%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.198
Shots per 90
1.67
Key passes per 90
0.69
Average shot distance
12.3m
From set pieces
9%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
9%
Through balls
33%
Own dribble
1%
Headed
16%

Club role

Sunderland

What they are for

  • When it mattered7 of 7 goals came with the game level or Sunderland behind.
  • On the pitch57% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Enzo Le Fée3.1 xG10 shots, 3g
  2. Nordi Mukiele0.7 xG3 shots, 1g
  3. Chris Rigg0.5 xG3 shots, 0g
  4. Dan Ballard0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Habib Diarra0.2 xG2 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Trai Hume0.4 xG3 shots, 0g
  2. Nilson Angulo0.3 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Chemsdine Talbi0.2 xG2 shots, 1g
  4. Habib Diarra0.2 xG3 shots, 0g
  5. Lutsharel Geertruida0.1 xG2 shots, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Brian Brobbey carries 2.6% of Sunderland’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.074
    13% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.430
    37% 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

31 appearances, oldest first
1g

v Arsenal1 shot
1 on target

1g

v Bournemouth2 shots
2 on target

at Brighton3 shots
1 on target

v Leeds2 shots
0 on target

v Man City1 shot
1 on target

1g

at Spurs3 shots
1 on target

at Brentford2 shots
0 on target

1g

v Palace2 shots
1 on target

1g

at West Ham1 shot
1 on target

v Burnley1 shot
1 on target

at Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

v Liverpool1 shot
0 on target

v Brighton1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Newcastle3 shots
2 on target

v Spurs2 shots
1 on target

at Villa1 shot
1 on target

at Wolves1 shot
0 on target

v Man Utd3 shots
2 on target

1g

at Everton1 shot
1 on target

v Chelsea4 shots
1 on target

11 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 11 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.