-1.26goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.114% of Sunderland’s build-up value
league 0.24
Dan Ballard ranks 173rd of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 9.5m on average, with 57% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 6% of Sunderland’s attacking involvement, the 8th largest share in the squad.
Injured. Hamstring injury - Unknown return date. The rates below describe what he did, not what he is about to do. Club status as of 17 Oct 2026.
Against their position
119 defenders
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.0880th
Non-penalty goals
0.0880th
xG
0.1698th
Non-penalty xG
0.1698th
Shots
1.0595th
npxG per shot
0.1588th
Shot distance
9.5m91st
Set-piece share
57%38th
Goals against xG
-1.78th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.0025th
Expected assists
0.0768th
Key passes
0.5973rd
npxG + xA
0.2293rd
xG chain
0.2022nd
xG build-up
0.116th
Assists against xA
-1.63rd
On the ball
per 90
6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Defending
per 90
Recoveries
2.9016th
Defensive contribution
11.0894th
7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Discipline
per 90
Yellow cards
4season count
Red cards
1season 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 toBournemouth
Sun 18 Oct, 13:00 UTC
Bournemouth concede 12.6 shots a match and are 0.91× the league norm against defenders. Roughly an average matchup.
Projected shots
1.01
1.05 per 90 × 0.96
Projected on target
0.39
0.38 per 90 × 1.02
Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.
Shots
29 appearances
Over 0.519 of 2966%± 9
Over 1.54 of 2914%± 6
Over 2.51 of 293%± 3
Over 3.51 of 293%± 3
The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 10 of 29.
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals
Dan Ballard, 2025/26, 25 shots in the final 35m, 2 scored.
left
49%
Centre
23%
right
28%
share of their shooting xG
Chance profile
quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.148
Shots per 90
1.05
Key passes per 90
0.59
Average shot distance
9.5m
From set pieces
57%
How the chances arrive
Crosses
5%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
35%
Club role
Sunderland
What they are for
Corners and set piecesSupplies 11% of Sunderland’s dead-ball danger, from 5 deliveries that became shots.
On the pitch63% of available minutes.
What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Dan Ballard’soutput.
Chances received
who supplies them
Granit Xhaka0.9 xG7 shots, 0g
Nordi Mukiele0.5 xG3 shots, 1g
Bertrand Traoré0.2 xG1 shot, 0g
Enzo Le Fée0.2 xG4 shots, 0g
Lutsharel Geertruida0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Chances created
who they supply
Eliezer Mayenda0.6 xG2 shots, 0g
Trai Hume0.4 xG2 shots, 0g
Brian Brobbey0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
Noah Sadiki0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Reinildo0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Season record
2025/26
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
Dan Ballard carries 4.2%of Sunderland’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.110
6% of defenders
Possession value per 900.200
22% 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
29 appearances, oldest first
over 1.5
1g
v West Ham4 shots 2 on target
v Villa1 shot 0 on target
at Forest1 shot 0 on target
at Man Utd1 shot 0 on target
v Wolves1 shot 1 on target
at Chelsea1 shot 1 on target
v Everton2 shots 0 on target
1g
v Arsenal1 shot 1 on target
v Newcastle1 shot 0 on target
at Brighton2 shots 2 on target
at Brentford1 shot 0 on target
v Palace2 shots 2 on target
at West Ham1 shot 0 on target
v Burnley1 shot 0 on target
v Liverpool1 shot 0 on target
at Bournemouth1 shot 0 on target
at Leeds1 shot 0 on target
v Brighton1 shot 0 on target
v Forest1 shot 0 on target
10 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 10 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.
