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Crystal Palace

Chris Richards

Defender26 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.061 non-penalty goals from 15 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.020 assists, 9 key passes
Finishing
-0.57goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.248% of Crystal Palace’s build-up value

Chris Richards ranks 321st of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 8.2m on average, with 99% of their danger coming from set pieces.

Against their position

119 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.03
Non-penalty goals
0.03
xG
0.06
Non-penalty xG
0.06
Shots
0.48
npxG per shot
0.12
Shot distance
8.2m
Set-piece share
99%
Goals against xG
-0.8

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.00
Expected assists
0.02
Key passes
0.29
npxG + xA
0.07
xG chain
0.25
xG build-up
0.24
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
2.07
Defensive contribution
9.91

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
4season count
Red cards
0season count

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

Ranked against 119 defenders 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 Brighton

Sun 18 Oct, 13:00 UTC

Brighton concede 11.7 shots a match and are 0.87× the league norm against defenders. A difficult one.

Projected shots
0.43

0.48 per 90 × 0.90

Projected on target
0.06

0.06 per 90 × 0.92

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

Shots

33 appearances
  • Over 0.512 of 3336%± 8
  • Over 1.52 of 336%± 4
  • Over 2.51 of 333%± 3
  • Over 3.50 of 330%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 21 of 33.

Shooting profile

15 shots

Where they shoot

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

Chris Richards, 2025/26, 15 shots in the final 35m, 1 scored.

left
16%
Centre
84%
right
0%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.119
Shots per 90
0.48
Key passes per 90
0.29
Average shot distance
8.2m
From set pieces
99%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
0%

Club role

Crystal Palace

What they are for

  • On the pitch82% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Adam Wharton0.7 xG3 shots, 0g
  2. Chadi Riad0.4 xG1 shot, 1g
  3. Will Hughes0.2 xG3 shots, 0g
  4. Brennan Johnson0.2 xG3 shots, 0g
  5. Yeremi Pino0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Maxence Lacroix0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Justin Devenny0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Christantus Uche0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Eddie Nketiah0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Jean-Philippe Mateta0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Chris Richards carries 8.3% of Crystal Palace’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.240
    50% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.249
    38% of defenders

Ranked against 119 defenders 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

33 appearances, oldest first

at Chelsea1 shot
0 on target

v Sunderland1 shot
0 on target

at Everton1 shot
0 on target

v Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

v Man Utd1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Chelsea1 shot
1 on target

v Burnley2 shots
0 on target

v Wolves1 shot
0 on target

v Leeds1 shot
0 on target

at Liverpool1 shot
0 on target

v Everton3 shots
1 on target

at Man City1 shot
0 on target

21 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 21 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.