-1.53goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.201% of Chelsea’s build-up value
league 0.27
Christopher Nkunku ranks 16th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 12.6m on average, with 40% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 5% of Chelsea’s attacking involvement, the 8th largest share in the squad.
Against their position
104 forwards
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.3155th
Non-penalty goals
0.3157th
xG
0.5283rd
Non-penalty xG
0.5285th
Shots
2.5664th
npxG per shot
0.2090th
Shot distance
12.6m85th
Set-piece share
40%95th
Goals against xG
-2.025th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.2171st
Expected assists
0.2165th
Key passes
1.4461st
npxG + xA
0.7285th
xG chain
0.6970th
xG build-up
0.2050th
Assists against xA
-0.059th
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
0season count
3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.
Ranked against 104 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.
This week
Gameweek 8
Next fixture
Gameweek 8
vsTottenham
Sat 24 Oct, 16:30 UTC
Tottenham concede 13.8 shots a match and are 1.18× the league norm against forwards. A favourable draw.
Projected shots
2.88
2.56 per 90 × 1.12
Projected on target
1.21
1.13 per 90 × 1.07
Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.
Shots
27 appearances
Over 0.516 of 2759%± 9
Over 1.54 of 2715%± 7
Over 2.53 of 2711%± 6
Over 3.52 of 277%± 5
The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 11 of 27.
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals
Christopher Nkunku, 2024/25, 25 shots in the final 35m, 3 scored.
left
30%
Centre
59%
right
10%
share of their shooting xG
Chance profile
quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.201
Shots per 90
2.56
Key passes per 90
1.44
Average shot distance
12.6m
From set pieces
40%
How the chances arrive
Crosses
28%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
26%
Headed
48%
Club role
Chelsea
What they are for
When it mattered3 of 3 goals came with the game level or Chelsea behind.
On the pitch26% of available minutes.
What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Christopher Nkunku’soutput.
Chances received
who supplies them
Enzo Fernández0.8 xG7 shots, 0g
Mykhailo Mudryk0.7 xG1 shot, 0g
Levi Colwill0.6 xG1 shot, 0g
Jadon Sancho0.5 xG1 shot, 1g
Cole Palmer0.5 xG3 shots, 0g
Chances created
who they supply
Cole Palmer1.4 xG6 shots, 1g
Pedro Neto0.3 xG3 shots, 1g
Enzo Fernández0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
João Félix0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Nicolas Jackson0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Season record
2024/25
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
Christopher Nkunku carries 1.5%of Chelsea’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.200
49% of forwards
Possession value per 900.694
69% of forwards
Ranked against 104 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
27 appearances, oldest first
over 1.5
v Man City1 shot 0 on target
1g
at Bournemouth1 shot 1 on target
at West Ham1 shot 1 on target
v Forest1 shot 1 on target
at Liverpool1 shot 0 on target
v Newcastle2 shots 0 on target
at Leicester1 shot 0 on target
v Villa1 shot 0 on target
1g
at Southampton4 shots 1 on target
v Fulham1 shot 1 on target
at Ipswich1 shot 1 on target
at Villa1 shot 1 on target
1g
v Southampton4 shots 2 on target
v Leicester3 shots 2 on target
at Arsenal1 shot 0 on target
at Brentford1 shot 0 on target
11 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 11 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.
