+2.79goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.194% of Brighton’s build-up value
league 0.24
Danny Welbeck ranks 42nd of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 13.3m on average, with 32% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 11% of Brighton’s attacking involvement, the largest share in the squad.
Against their position
109 forwards
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.5189th
Non-penalty goals
0.4789th
xG
0.5084th
Non-penalty xG
0.4175th
Shots
2.2053rd
npxG per shot
0.1979th
Shot distance
13.3m75th
Set-piece share
32%76th
Goals against xG
+1.689th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.0421st
Expected assists
0.0933rd
Key passes
0.7929th
npxG + xA
0.5066th
xG chain
0.5966th
xG build-up
0.1957th
Assists against xA
-1.324th
On the ball
per 90
6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Defending
per 90
Recoveries
1.9632nd
Defensive contribution
4.4850th
7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Discipline
per 90
Yellow cards
5season count
Red cards
0season count
3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Ranked against 109 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. Recoveries and defensive contribution come from the FPL feed and are ranked in its own positions.
This week
Gameweek 8
Next fixture
Gameweek 8
vsTottenham
Sat 24 Oct, 16:30 UTC
Tottenham concede 12.3 shots a match and are 1.05× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.
Projected shots
2.23
2.20 per 90 × 1.01
Projected on target
1.00
1.02 per 90 × 0.98
Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.
Shots
37 appearances
Over 0.525 of 3768%± 8
Over 1.520 of 3754%± 8
Over 2.59 of 3724%± 7
Over 3.52 of 375%± 4
The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 12 of 37.
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals
Danny Welbeck, 2025/26, 55 shots in the final 35m, 13 scored.
left
17%
Centre
77%
right
6%
share of their shooting xG
Chance profile
quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.227
Shots per 90
2.20
Key passes per 90
0.79
Average shot distance
13.3m
From set pieces
32%
How the chances arrive
Crosses
19%
Through balls
4%
Own dribble
2%
Headed
20%
Club role
Brighton
What they are for
PenaltiesTakes them: 3 of 5 Brighton were awarded.
When it mattered10 of 13 goals came with the game level or Brighton behind.
On the pitch67% of available minutes.
What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Danny Welbeck’soutput.
Chances received
who supplies them
Yankuba Minteh1.9 xG9 shots, 2g
Jack Hinshelwood1.3 xG5 shots, 2g
Pascal Groß1.1 xG6 shots, 0g
Maxim De Cuyper1.0 xG4 shots, 1g
Kaoru Mitoma0.7 xG3 shots, 0g
Chances created
who they supply
Kaoru Mitoma0.8 xG3 shots, 0g
Yankuba Minteh0.7 xG3 shots, 0g
Jack Hinshelwood0.5 xG4 shots, 1g
Yasin Ayari0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Diego Gómez0.1 xG3 shots, 0g
Season record
2025/26
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
Danny Welbeck carries 3.9%of Brighton’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.189
57% of forwards
Possession value per 900.590
65% of forwards
Ranked against 109 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
37 appearances, oldest first
over 1.5
at Everton2 shots 1 on target
at Bournemouth1 shot 0 on target
v Spurs1 shot 0 on target
2g
at Chelsea3 shots 2 on target
2g
v Newcastle2 shots 2 on target
1g
at Man Utd3 shots 2 on target
1g
v Leeds2 shots 1 on target
1g
v Brentford4 shots 1 on target
at Forest2 shots 0 on target
v Villa3 shots 1 on target
v West Ham2 shots 1 on target
1g
at West Ham3 shots 1 on target
at Fulham2 shots 1 on target
v Everton3 shots 1 on target
at Villa1 shot 1 on target
1g
at Brentford1 shot 1 on target
1g
v Forest3 shots 1 on target
at Sunderland2 shots 1 on target
2g
v Liverpool3 shots 2 on target
at Burnley4 shots 2 on target
at Spurs2 shots 1 on target
1g
v Chelsea1 shot 1 on target
at Newcastle2 shots 0 on target
v Wolves2 shots 2 on target
at Leeds2 shots 0 on target
12 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 12 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.
