Cole Palmer

Midfielder24 yrs

Non-penalty xG per 90: 0.3311 non-penalty goals from 126 shots
Expected assists per 90: 0.368 assists, 87 key passes
Finishing: +0.21goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90: 0.277% of Chelsea’s build-up value

Cole Palmer ranks 19th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 19.8m on average, with 30% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 18% of Chelsea’s attacking involvement, the largest share in the squad.

Against their position

137 midfielders

Shooting

per 90

Goals: 0.42
Non-penalty goals: 0.31
xG: 0.44
Non-penalty xG: 0.33
Shots: 3.51
npxG per shot: 0.09
Shot distance: 19.8m
Set-piece share: 30%
Goals against xG: -1.0

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

Creating

per 90

Assists: 0.22
Expected assists: 0.36
Key passes: 2.43
npxG + xA: 0.69
xG chain: 0.84
xG build-up: 0.27
Assists against xA: -5.0

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: 7season count
Red cards: 0season count

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

Ranked against 137 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 8

Next fixture

Gameweek 8

vs Tottenham

Sat 24 Oct, 16:30 UTC

Tottenham concede 13.8 shots a match and are 1.06× the league norm against midfielders. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots: 3.72
Projected on target: 1.46

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

Shots

37 appearances

Over 0.535 of 3795%± 4
Over 1.532 of 3786%± 6
Over 2.522 of 3759%± 8
Over 3.517 of 3746%± 8

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 2 of 37.

Shooting profile

126 shots

Where they shoot

126 shots

Every shot By zone

Opponent goalLeftRight

GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Cole Palmer, 2024/25, 126 shots in the final 35m, 15 scored.

left: 24%
Centre: 51%
right: 25%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route

xG per shot: 0.125
Shots per 90: 3.51
Key passes per 90: 2.43
Average shot distance: 19.8m
From set pieces: 30%

How the chances arrive

Crosses: 1%
Through balls: 17%
Own dribble: 4%
Headed: 0%

Club role

Chelsea

What they are for

PenaltiesTakes them: 5 of 5 Chelsea were awarded.
Corners and set piecesSupplies 18% of Chelsea’s dead-ball danger, from 23 deliveries that became shots.
When it mattered8 of 15 goals came with the game level or Chelsea behind.
On the pitch94% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them

Jadon Sancho1.9 xG15 shots, 2g
Nicolas Jackson1.4 xG9 shots, 4g
Christopher Nkunku1.4 xG6 shots, 1g
Enzo Fernández1.2 xG11 shots, 0g
Moisés Caicedo0.9 xG9 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply

Noni Madueke4.2 xG23 shots, 4g
Nicolas Jackson4.1 xG12 shots, 1g
Enzo Fernández1.2 xG6 shots, 2g
Pedro Neto0.9 xG9 shots, 0g
Levi Colwill0.6 xG3 shots, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Cole Palmer carries 7.4% of Chelsea’s build-up value.

Build-up per 900.273
49% of midfielders
Possession value per 900.836
96% of midfielders

Ranked against 137 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

37 appearances, oldest first

v Man City2 shots
1 on target

at Wolves5 shots
1 on target

v Palace2 shots
1 on target

at West Ham2 shots
1 on target

v Brighton7 shots
5 on target

v Forest6 shots
2 on target

at Liverpool4 shots
0 on target

v Newcastle1 shot
1 on target

at Man Utd3 shots
0 on target

v Arsenal4 shots
1 on target

at Leicester2 shots
0 on target

v Villa5 shots
3 on target

at Southampton6 shots
4 on target

at Spurs4 shots
3 on target

v Brentford4 shots
1 on target

at Everton2 shots
0 on target

v Fulham5 shots
3 on target

at Ipswich4 shots
1 on target

at Palace2 shots
1 on target

v Bournemouth4 shots
3 on target

v Wolves3 shots
1 on target

at Man City1 shot
1 on target

v West Ham7 shots
2 on target

at Brighton2 shots
0 on target

at Villa3 shots
0 on target

v Southampton7 shots
3 on target

v Leicester5 shots
1 on target

v Spurs2 shots
2 on target

at Brentford3 shots
0 on target

v Ipswich6 shots
1 on target

at Fulham2 shots
1 on target

v Liverpool5 shots
2 on target

at Newcastle3 shots
1 on target

v Man Utd2 shots
1 on target

at Forest1 shot
1 on target

2 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 2 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.

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