Bruno Fernandes

Midfielder32 yrs

Non-penalty xG per 90: 0.225 non-penalty goals from 85 shots
Expected assists per 90: 0.5221 assists, 137 key passes
Finishing: -1.50goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90: 0.349% of Manchester United’s build-up value

Bruno Fernandes ranks 8th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 20.2m on average, with 45% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 20% of Manchester United’s attacking involvement, the largest share in the squad.

Against their position

142 midfielders

Shooting

per 90

Goals: 0.26
Non-penalty goals: 0.15
xG: 0.35
Non-penalty xG: 0.22
Shots: 2.48
npxG per shot: 0.09
Shot distance: 20.2m
Set-piece share: 45%
Goals against xG: -2.4

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

Creating

per 90

Assists: 0.61
Expected assists: 0.52
Key passes: 4.00
npxG + xA: 0.73
xG chain: 0.76
xG build-up: 0.34
Assists against xA: +3.2

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90

Recoveries: 4.90
Defensive contribution: 8.43

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

Discipline

per 90

Yellow cards: 5season 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

away to Leeds

Sun 18 Oct, 13:00 UTC

Leeds concede 12.6 shots a match and are 1.01× the league norm against midfielders. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots: 2.49
Projected on target: 0.70

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

Shots

35 appearances

Over 0.531 of 3589%± 5
Over 1.520 of 3557%± 8
Over 2.514 of 3540%± 8
Over 3.59 of 3526%± 7

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 4 of 35.

Shooting profile

85 shots

Where they shoot

85 shots

Every shot By zone

Opponent goalLeftRight

GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Bruno Fernandes, 2025/26, 84 shots in the final 35m, 9 scored.

left: 21%
Centre: 63%
right: 17%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route

xG per shot: 0.140
Shots per 90: 2.48
Key passes per 90: 4.00
Average shot distance: 20.2m
From set pieces: 45%

How the chances arrive

Crosses: 12%
Through balls: 8%
Own dribble: 1%
Headed: 5%

Club role

Manchester United

What they are for

PenaltiesTakes them: 6 of 6 Manchester United were awarded.
Open-play crosses10 crosses from open play became shots, worth 1.70 xG.
Corners and set piecesSupplies 46% of Manchester United’s dead-ball danger, from 49 deliveries that became shots.
When it mattered6 of 9 goals came with the game level or Manchester United behind.
On the pitch90% of available minutes.

What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Bruno Fernandes’output.

Chances received

who supplies them

Patrick Dorgu1.0 xG4 shots, 2g
Diogo Dalot0.9 xG4 shots, 1g
Matheus Cunha0.8 xG8 shots, 1g
Amad Diallo Traore0.8 xG14 shots, 0g
Bryan Mbeumo0.7 xG7 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply

Benjamin Sesko3.6 xG14 shots, 4g
Bryan Mbeumo3.2 xG20 shots, 2g
Casemiro2.9 xG22 shots, 6g
Matheus Cunha2.2 xG27 shots, 2g
Patrick Dorgu1.1 xG9 shots, 2g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Bruno Fernandes carries 9.1% of Manchester United’s build-up value.

Build-up per 900.341
78% of midfielders
Possession value per 900.758
95% 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

35 appearances, oldest first

v Arsenal2 shots
0 on target

at Fulham2 shots
1 on target

v Burnley4 shots
1 on target

at Man City1 shot
0 on target

v Chelsea3 shots
2 on target

at Brentford1 shot
1 on target

v Sunderland3 shots
1 on target

at Liverpool2 shots
0 on target

v Brighton4 shots
2 on target

at Forest2 shots
0 on target

at Spurs1 shot
0 on target

v Everton5 shots
1 on target

at Palace1 shot
0 on target

v West Ham6 shots
1 on target

at Wolves5 shots
2 on target

v Bournemouth3 shots
1 on target

at Villa1 shot
0 on target

at Burnley1 shot
0 on target

at Arsenal3 shots
0 on target

v Spurs8 shots
2 on target

at Everton1 shot
0 on target

v Palace4 shots
3 on target

at Newcastle1 shot
0 on target

v Villa3 shots
0 on target

at Bournemouth6 shots
3 on target

v Leeds1 shot
0 on target

at Chelsea1 shot
0 on target

v Liverpool2 shots
1 on target

at Sunderland2 shots
0 on target

v Forest5 shots
1 on target

at Brighton1 shot
1 on target

4 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 4 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.

Search

Bruno Fernandes

Match by match