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Fabian Schär

Defender34 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.084 non-penalty goals from 35 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.041 assists, 9 key passes
Finishing
+1.44goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.399% of Newcastle United’s build-up value

Fabian Schär ranks 263rd of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 19.0m on average, with 86% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 2% of Newcastle United’s attacking involvement, the 14th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

135 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.12
Non-penalty goals
0.12
xG
0.08
Non-penalty xG
0.08
Shots
1.03
npxG per shot
0.08
Shot distance
19.0m
Set-piece share
86%
Goals against xG
+1.3

2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.03
Expected assists
0.04
Key passes
0.26
npxG + xA
0.11
xG chain
0.41
xG build-up
0.39
Assists against xA
-0.2

On the ball

per 90

6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.

Defending

per 90

7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
5season count
Red cards
0season count

3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.

Ranked against 135 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.

This week

Gameweek 8

Next fixture

Gameweek 8

away to Crystal Palace

Sun 25 Oct, 14:00 UTC

Crystal Palace concede 12.1 shots a match and are 1.19× the league norm against defenders. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
1.06

1.03 per 90 × 1.03

Projected on target
0.22

0.26 per 90 × 0.83

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

Shots

36 appearances
  • Over 0.525 of 3669%± 8
  • Over 1.56 of 3617%± 6
  • Over 2.53 of 368%± 5
  • Over 3.51 of 363%± 3

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 11 of 36.

Shooting profile

35 shots

Where they shoot

35 shots
3% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 2 shots6% of shots, 2 shots3% of shots, 1 shot11% of shots, 4 shots6% of shots, 2 shots3% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 2 shots6% of shots, 2 shots6% of shots, 2 shots3% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 3 shots3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 3 shots9% of shots, 3 shots3% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 3 shots11%9%9%9%9%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Fabian Schär, 2023/24, final 35m.

left
28%
Centre
64%
right
8%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.077
Shots per 90
1.03
Key passes per 90
0.26
Average shot distance
19.0m
From set pieces
86%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
30%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
9%
Headed
30%

Club role

Newcastle United

What they are for

  • When it mattered2 of 4 goals came with the game level or Newcastle United behind.
  • On the pitch89% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Kieran Trippier0.7 xG9 shots, 1g
  2. Sven Botman0.2 xG2 shots, 1g
  3. Bruno Guimarães0.1 xG7 shots, 0g
  4. Anthony Gordon0.1 xG2 shots, 1g
  5. Jacob Murphy0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Valentino Livramento0.6 xG1 shot, 1g
  2. Alexander Isak0.4 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Sean Longstaff0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Jacob Murphy0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Harvey Barnes0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2023/24

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Fabian Schär carries 8.9% of Newcastle United’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.389
    73% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.409
    68% of defenders

Ranked against 135 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

36 appearances, oldest first

v Liverpool1 shot
0 on target

at Brighton1 shot
1 on target

v Brentford1 shot
0 on target

at Sheffield Utd1 shot
0 on target

v Burnley1 shot
0 on target

at Wolves2 shots
0 on target

v Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

at Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

v Chelsea1 shot
1 on target

v Man Utd4 shots
0 on target

at Everton1 shot
0 on target

v Fulham1 shot
0 on target

at Luton1 shot
0 on target

v Forest1 shot
0 on target

v Man City1 shot
1 on target

2g

at Villa3 shots
2 on target

v Luton3 shots
0 on target

1g

at Forest2 shots
2 on target

v Bournemouth2 shots
1 on target

at Chelsea1 shot
0 on target

v Everton1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Spurs1 shot
1 on target

at Palace1 shot
0 on target

at Man Utd1 shot
0 on target

at Brentford1 shot
0 on target

11 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 11 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.