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Bukayo Saka

Midfielder25 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.326 non-penalty goals from 71 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.345 assists, 62 key passes
Finishing
-1.01goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.326% of Arsenal’s build-up value

Bukayo Saka ranks 16th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 18.2m on average. They carry 12% of Arsenal’s attacking involvement, the largest share in the squad.

Against their position

109 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.28
Non-penalty goals
0.24
xG
0.35
Non-penalty xG
0.32
Shots
2.85
npxG per shot
0.11
Shot distance
18.2m
Set-piece share
12%
Goals against xG
-1.9

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.20
Expected assists
0.34
Key passes
2.49
npxG + xA
0.66
xG chain
0.77
xG build-up
0.32
Assists against xA
-3.6

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
4.71
Defensive contribution
7.47

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
2season 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 Nottingham Forest

Sun 18 Oct, 15:30 UTC

Nottingham Forest concede 13.3 shots a match and are 1.05× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
3.01

2.85 per 90 × 1.05

Projected on target
1.02

1.00 per 90 × 1.02

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

Shots

31 appearances
  • Over 0.530 of 3197%± 3
  • Over 1.520 of 3165%± 9
  • Over 2.511 of 3135%± 9
  • Over 3.56 of 3119%± 7

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 1 of 31.

Shooting profile

71 shots

Where they shoot

71 shots
Every shotBy zone
3% of shots, 2 shots4% of shots, 3 shots4% of shots, 3 shots10% of shots, 7 shots3% of shots, 2 shots4% of shots, 3 shots3% of shots, 2 shots10% of shots, 7 shots17% of shots, 12 shots3% of shots, 2 shots1% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 2 shots6% of shots, 4 shots7% of shots, 5 shots1% of shots, 1 shot1% of shots, 1 shot7% of shots, 5 shots4% of shots, 3 shots1% of shots, 1 shot1% of shots, 1 shot1% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 3 shots10%10%17%7%7%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Bukayo Saka, 2025/26, final 35m.

left
4%
Centre
45%
right
50%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.123
Shots per 90
2.85
Key passes per 90
2.49
Average shot distance
18.2m
From set pieces
12%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
17%
Through balls
12%
Own dribble
3%
Headed
24%

Club role

Arsenal

What they are for

  • PenaltiesTakes them: 1 of 4 Arsenal were awarded.
  • Open-play crosses6 crosses from open play became shots, worth 1.20 xG.
  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 11% of Arsenal’s dead-ball danger, from 16 deliveries that became shots.
  • When it mattered3 of 7 goals came with the game level or Arsenal behind.
  • On the pitch65% 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. Declan Rice1.1 xG5 shots, 1g
  2. Viktor Gyokeres1.1 xG6 shots, 1g
  3. Martin Odegaard0.8 xG10 shots, 0g
  4. Eberechi Eze0.8 xG5 shots, 0g
  5. Jurriën Timber0.5 xG8 shots, 2g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Viktor Gyokeres2.2 xG8 shots, 1g
  2. Declan Rice1.0 xG6 shots, 1g
  3. Gabriel1.0 xG5 shots, 0g
  4. Gabriel Martinelli0.7 xG5 shots, 0g
  5. Mikel Merino0.6 xG3 shots, 1g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Bukayo Saka carries 6.4% of Arsenal’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.323
    87% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.768
    87% 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

at Man Utd1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Leeds1 shot
1 on target

v Man City1 shot
0 on target

at Newcastle2 shots
1 on target

1g

v West Ham4 shots
1 on target

at Fulham2 shots
1 on target

v Palace1 shot
0 on target

at Burnley2 shots
2 on target

1g

at Sunderland3 shots
2 on target

v Spurs3 shots
2 on target

at Chelsea3 shots
1 on target

1g

v Brentford2 shots
2 on target

at Villa4 shots
1 on target

v Wolves1 shot
0 on target

at Everton4 shots
0 on target

v Brighton7 shots
2 on target

v Villa2 shots
0 on target

at Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

v Liverpool2 shots
1 on target

at Forest1 shot
1 on target

v Man Utd3 shots
1 on target

1g

at Wolves1 shot
1 on target

at Spurs5 shots
2 on target

v Chelsea1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Brighton2 shots
1 on target

v Everton4 shots
1 on target

v Newcastle1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Fulham2 shots
1 on target

at West Ham2 shots
0 on target

v Burnley3 shots
0 on target

1 blankno 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 one 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.