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Crystal Palace

Chris Richards

Defender26 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.081 non-penalty goals from 12 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.010 assists, 2 key passes
Finishing
-0.53goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.204% of Crystal Palace’s build-up value

Chris Richards ranks 290th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 11.2m on average, with 100% of their danger coming from set pieces.

Against their position

123 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.05
Non-penalty goals
0.05
xG
0.08
Non-penalty xG
0.08
Shots
0.56
npxG per shot
0.14
Shot distance
11.2m
Set-piece share
100%
Goals against xG
-0.7

2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.00
Expected assists
0.01
Key passes
0.09
npxG + xA
0.08
xG chain
0.20
xG build-up
0.20
Assists against xA
-0.1

On the ball

per 90

6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Defending

per 90

7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
2season count
Red cards
1season count

3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Ranked against 123 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.

This week

Gameweek 7

Next fixture

Gameweek 7

away to Brighton

Sun 18 Oct, 13:00 UTC

Brighton concede 11.3 shots a match and are 0.76× the league norm against defenders. A difficult one.

Projected shots
0.46

0.56 per 90 × 0.81

Projected on target
0.25

0.28 per 90 × 0.87

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

Shots

24 appearances
  • Over 0.511 of 2446%± 10
  • Over 1.51 of 244%± 4
  • Over 2.50 of 240%± 0
  • Over 3.50 of 240%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 13 of 24.

Shooting profile

12 shots

Where they shoot

12 shots
Every shotBy zone
8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot25% of shots, 3 shots8% of shots, 1 shot25% of shots, 3 shots8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8%8%8%25%8%25%8%8%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Chris Richards, 2024/25, final 35m.

left
1%
Centre
85%
right
14%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.141
Shots per 90
0.56
Key passes per 90
0.09
Average shot distance
11.2m
From set pieces
100%

How the chances arrive

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

Club role

Crystal Palace

What they are for

  • On the pitch56% 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 Wharton0.8 xG3 shots, 1g
  2. Will Hughes0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Eberechi Eze0.4 xG6 shots, 0g
  4. Marc Guehi0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Jefferson Lerma0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Eddie Nketiah0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  2. Justin Devenny0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Chris Richards carries 4.4% of Crystal Palace’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.197
    18% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.202
    10% of defenders

Ranked against 123 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

24 appearances, oldest first

v West Ham1 shot
0 on target

v Chelsea1 shot
1 on target

at West Ham1 shot
1 on target

v Brentford1 shot
1 on target

v Everton1 shot
0 on target

v Villa1 shot
1 on target

v Ipswich2 shots
0 on target

1g

at Man City1 shot
1 on target

at Newcastle1 shot
0 on target

v Forest1 shot
0 on target

at Spurs1 shot
1 on target

13 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 13 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.