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Fabian Schär

Defender34 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.134 non-penalty goals from 40 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.010 assists, 5 key passes
Finishing
+0.21goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.267% of Newcastle United’s build-up value

Fabian Schär ranks 227th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 19.8m on average, with 66% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 3% of Newcastle United’s attacking involvement, the 9th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

123 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.12
Non-penalty goals
0.12
xG
0.13
Non-penalty xG
0.13
Shots
1.23
npxG per shot
0.11
Shot distance
19.8m
Set-piece share
66%
Goals against xG
-0.2

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.00
Expected assists
0.01
Key passes
0.15
npxG + xA
0.14
xG chain
0.30
xG build-up
0.26
Assists against xA
-0.4

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
9season count
Red cards
1season count

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

Ranked against 123 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 12.8 shots a match and are 1.22× the league norm against defenders. A favourable draw.

Projected shots
1.35

1.23 per 90 × 1.10

Projected on target
0.30

0.34 per 90 × 0.89

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

Shots

34 appearances
  • Over 0.524 of 3471%± 8
  • Over 1.510 of 3429%± 8
  • Over 2.53 of 349%± 5
  • Over 3.52 of 346%± 4

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 10 of 34.

Shooting profile

40 shots

Where they shoot

40 shots
Every shotBy zone
5% of shots, 2 shots5% of shots, 2 shots3% of shots, 1 shot10% of shots, 4 shots18% of shots, 7 shots3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot5% of shots, 2 shots3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot10% of shots, 4 shots3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 3 shots10%18%10%8%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Fabian Schär, 2024/25, final 35m. A further 5% of their shots came from outside this window.

left
13%
Centre
50%
right
37%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.105
Shots per 90
1.23
Key passes per 90
0.15
Average shot distance
19.8m
From set pieces
66%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
5%
Through balls
31%
Own dribble
7%
Headed
5%

Club role

Newcastle United

What they are for

  • When it mattered3 of 4 goals came with the game level or Newcastle United behind.
  • On the pitch86% 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. Bruno Guimarães1.0 xG7 shots, 2g
  2. Sven Botman0.6 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Joe Willock0.5 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Harvey Barnes0.4 xG2 shots, 1g
  5. Jacob Murphy0.3 xG1 shot, 1g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Anthony Gordon0.2 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Miguel Almirón0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Harvey Barnes0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Sandro Tonali0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Fabian Schär carries 7.3% of Newcastle United’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.261
    41% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.297
    40% of defenders

Ranked against 123 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

34 appearances, oldest first

v Southampton1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Wolves2 shots
1 on target

at Fulham2 shots
0 on target

v Man City1 shot
0 on target

v Brighton1 shot
0 on target

at Chelsea2 shots
0 on target

v Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

at Forest1 shot
0 on target

v West Ham2 shots
0 on target

1g

v Liverpool1 shot
1 on target

v Villa2 shots
1 on target

at Man Utd1 shot
0 on target

v Bournemouth1 shot
1 on target

at Southampton1 shot
1 on target

v Fulham1 shot
1 on target

v Forest1 shot
0 on target

v Brentford1 shot
0 on target

at Leicester2 shots
1 on target

1g

v Palace3 shots
2 on target

1g

at Villa1 shot
1 on target

v Ipswich1 shot
0 on target

at Brighton2 shots
0 on target

at Arsenal4 shots
1 on target

v Everton5 shots
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.