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Bukayo Saka

Right winger25 yrsPenalties 1stCorners 2ndFree kicks 2nd
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.672 non-penalty goals from 17 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.070 assists, 9 key passes
Finishing
-1.43goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.244% of Arsenal’s build-up value

Bukayo Saka ranks 5th of 138 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 15.0m on average. They carry 18% of Arsenal’s attacking involvement, the largest share in the squad.

Against their position

87 midfielders

Average match rating7.56

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.53
Non-penalty goals
0.35
xG
0.81
Non-penalty xG
0.67
Shots
2.99
Shots on target
1.67
Shot accuracy
–not ranked
npxG per shot
0.23
Shot distance
15.0m
Set-piece share
18%
Goals against xG
-1.8

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.00
Expected assists
0.07
Key passes
1.58
npxG + xA
0.74
xG chain
0.86
xG build-up
0.24
Assists against xA
-0.4

On the ball

per 90
Touches
59.00
Passes
36.33
Pass completion
84%
Take-ons attempted
3.67
Take-on success
36%
Dispossessed
1.00

Defending

per 90
Tackles
1.67
Tackles won
–not ranked
Interceptions
1.00
Clearances
1.00
Aerials won
0.67
Aerial success
–not ranked
Dribbled past
0.33

Discipline

per 90
Fouls committed
0.33
Caught offside
1.00
Errors
1season count
Yellow cards
0season count
Red cards
0season count

Ranked against 87 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.

This week

Gameweek 7

Next fixture

Gameweek 7

away to Nottingham Forest

Sun 18 Oct, 15:30 UTC

Nottingham Forest concede 11.0 shots a match and are 0.89× the league norm against wide attackers (9 shots so far). A difficult one.

Projected shots
2.52

2.99 per 90 × 0.84

Projected on target
1.49

1.76 per 90 × 0.85

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

Shots

6 appearances
  • Over 0.56 of 6100%± 0
  • Over 1.56 of 6100%± 0
  • Over 2.53 of 650%± 20
  • Over 3.52 of 633%± 19

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate.

Shooting profile

17 shots

Where they shoot

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

Bukayo Saka, 2026/27, 17 shots in the final 35m, 3 scored.

left
7%
Centre
75%
right
18%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.270
Shots per 90
2.99
Key passes per 90
1.58
Average shot distance
15.0m
From set pieces
18%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
3%
Through balls
22%
Own dribble
1%
Headed
0%

Club role

Arsenal

What they are for

  • PenaltiesTakes them: 1 of 1 Arsenal were awarded.
  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 12% of Arsenal’s dead-ball danger, from 5 deliveries that became shots.
  • When it mattered1 of 3 goals came with the game level or Arsenal behind.
  • On the pitch95% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Riccardo Calafiori0.9 xG1 shot, 1g
  2. Martin Odegaard0.5 xG3 shots, 0g
  3. Declan Rice0.4 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Viktor Gyokeres0.3 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Christos Tzolis0.2 xG2 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Kai Havertz0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Ezri Konsa Ngoyo0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Declan Rice0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Noni Madueke0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Myles Lewis-Skelly0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2026/27

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Bukayo Saka carries 4.4% of Arsenal’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.237
    27% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.862
    87% of midfielders

Ranked against 52 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

6 appearances, oldest first
1g

v Coventry3 shots
1 on target

1g

at Villa2 shots
1 on target

v Chelsea4 shots
3 on target

1g

at Sunderland4 shots
3 on target

at Brighton2 shots
1 on target

v Leeds2 shots
1 on target

Height is shots, solid is on target, and the dashed rule is the 1.5 line.

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.