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Liverpool

Darwin Núñez

Forward
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.585 non-penalty goals from 34 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.152 assists, 11 key passes
Finishing
-1.23goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.302% of Liverpool’s build-up value

Darwin Núñez ranks 15th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 14.8m on average. They carry 5% of Liverpool’s attacking involvement, the 8th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

104 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.42
Non-penalty goals
0.42
xG
0.58
Non-penalty xG
0.58
Shots
2.85
npxG per shot
0.20
Shot distance
14.8m
Set-piece share
8%
Goals against xG
-1.9

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.17
Expected assists
0.15
Key passes
0.92
npxG + xA
0.73
xG chain
0.98
xG build-up
0.30
Assists against xA
+0.3

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
8season 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

vs Brighton

Sun 25 Oct, 14:00 UTC

Brighton concede 11.3 shots a match and are 1.00× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
2.66

2.85 per 90 × 0.93

Projected on target
0.95

1.09 per 90 × 0.87

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

Shots

30 appearances
  • Over 0.515 of 3050%± 9
  • Over 1.57 of 3023%± 8
  • Over 2.56 of 3020%± 7
  • Over 3.54 of 3013%± 6

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 15 of 30.

Shooting profile

34 shots

Where they shoot

34 shots
Every shotBy zone
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Darwin Núñez, 2024/25, 34 shots in the final 35m, 5 scored.

left
30%
Centre
53%
right
17%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.203
Shots per 90
2.85
Key passes per 90
0.92
Average shot distance
14.8m
From set pieces
8%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
16%
Through balls
21%
Own dribble
3%
Headed
21%

Club role

Liverpool

What they are for

  • When it mattered3 of 5 goals came with the game level or Liverpool behind.
  • On the pitch31% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Mohamed Salah1.8 xG8 shots, 2g
  2. Curtis Jones0.8 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Trent Alexander-Arnold0.8 xG2 shots, 1g
  4. Harvey Elliott0.7 xG2 shots, 1g
  5. Andrew Robertson0.7 xG5 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Mohamed Salah0.9 xG2 shots, 1g
  2. Diogo Jota0.4 xG1 shot, 1g
  3. Luis Díaz0.3 xG3 shots, 0g
  4. Curtis Jones0.2 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Dominik Szoboszlai0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Darwin Núñez carries 1.8% of Liverpool’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.303
    81% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.982
    93% 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

30 appearances, oldest first

at Man Utd1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Bournemouth3 shots
2 on target

v Brighton1 shot
1 on target

1g

v Villa6 shots
3 on target

at Southampton2 shots
1 on target

at Newcastle3 shots
0 on target

v Fulham1 shot
0 on target

v Leicester4 shots
1 on target

2g

at Brentford4 shots
2 on target

at Villa1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Southampton4 shots
2 on target

v Everton1 shot
0 on target

v Spurs1 shot
0 on target

at Chelsea1 shot
0 on target

v Palace1 shot
1 on target

15 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 15 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.