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Diego Gómez

Midfielder23 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.265 non-penalty goals from 42 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.091 assists, 20 key passes
Finishing
-0.66goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.296% of Brighton’s build-up value

Diego Gómez ranks 101st of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 16.9m on average. They carry 9% of Brighton’s attacking involvement, the 3rd largest share in the squad.

Against their position

109 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.21
Non-penalty goals
0.21
xG
0.26
Non-penalty xG
0.26
Shots
1.73
npxG per shot
0.15
Shot distance
16.9m
Set-piece share
9%
Goals against xG
-1.4

2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.04
Expected assists
0.09
Key passes
0.82
npxG + xA
0.35
xG chain
0.59
xG build-up
0.29
Assists against xA
-1.1

On the ball

per 90

6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
4.76
Defensive contribution
10.12

7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
9season 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 7

Next fixture

Gameweek 7

vs Crystal Palace

Sun 18 Oct, 13:00 UTC

Crystal Palace concede 11.7 shots a match and are 0.95× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
1.63

1.73 per 90 × 0.94

Projected on target
0.54

0.54 per 90 × 1.02

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

Shots

32 appearances
  • Over 0.523 of 3272%± 8
  • Over 1.511 of 3234%± 8
  • Over 2.57 of 3222%± 7
  • Over 3.51 of 323%± 3

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 9 of 32.

Shooting profile

42 shots

Where they shoot

42 shots
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Diego Gómez, 2025/26, 41 shots in the final 35m, 5 scored.

left
19%
Centre
67%
right
14%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.153
Shots per 90
1.73
Key passes per 90
0.82
Average shot distance
16.9m
From set pieces
9%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
25%
Through balls
10%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
10%

Club role

Brighton

What they are for

  • When it mattered3 of 5 goals came with the game level or Brighton behind.
  • On the pitch64% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Yankuba Minteh1.5 xG4 shots, 1g
  2. Kaoru Mitoma0.8 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Mats Wieffer0.6 xG4 shots, 0g
  4. Ferdi Kadioglu0.5 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Maxim De Cuyper0.4 xG4 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Danny Welbeck0.7 xG3 shots, 1g
  2. Yankuba Minteh0.5 xG4 shots, 0g
  3. Brajan Gruda0.4 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Georginio Rutter0.2 xG3 shots, 0g
  5. Pascal Groß0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Diego Gómez carries 5.7% of Brighton’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.292
    84% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.593
    67% 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

32 appearances, oldest first

v Fulham1 shot
1 on target

v Spurs1 shot
0 on target

at Chelsea1 shot
0 on target

at Wolves2 shots
1 on target

at Man Utd1 shot
0 on target

2g

v Leeds4 shots
3 on target

at Palace2 shots
2 on target

v Brentford1 shot
0 on target

at Forest2 shots
1 on target

v West Ham3 shots
0 on target

at Liverpool3 shots
1 on target

1g

at Arsenal1 shot
1 on target

at West Ham1 shot
0 on target

v Burnley3 shots
0 on target

at Man City1 shot
0 on target

v Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Brentford1 shot
1 on target

1g

v Forest2 shots
1 on target

at Sunderland1 shot
0 on target

v Liverpool3 shots
1 on target

at Burnley1 shot
0 on target

at Leeds3 shots
0 on target

v Man Utd3 shots
0 on target

9 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 9 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.