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Fabian Schär

Defender34 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.080 non-penalty goals from 17 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.010 assists, 4 key passes
Finishing
-0.85goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.253% of Newcastle United’s build-up value

Fabian Schär ranks 299th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 23.7m on average, with 88% of their danger coming from set pieces.

Against their position

119 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.00
Non-penalty goals
0.00
xG
0.08
Non-penalty xG
0.08
Shots
1.40
npxG per shot
0.06
Shot distance
23.7m
Set-piece share
88%
Goals against xG
-1.0

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.00
Expected assists
0.01
Key passes
0.33
npxG + xA
0.09
xG chain
0.26
xG build-up
0.25
Assists against xA
-0.2

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
3.47
Defensive contribution
9.50

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
1season count
Red cards
0season count

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

Ranked against 119 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. Recoveries and defensive contribution come from the FPL feed and are ranked in its own positions.

This week

Gameweek 8

Next fixture

Gameweek 8

away to Crystal Palace

Sun 25 Oct, 14:00 UTC

Crystal Palace concede 11.7 shots a match and are 1.09× the league norm against defenders. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
1.41

1.40 per 90 × 1.01

Projected on target
0.33

0.33 per 90 × 1.02

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

Shots

16 appearances
  • Over 0.510 of 1663%± 12
  • Over 1.54 of 1625%± 11
  • Over 2.53 of 1619%± 10
  • Over 3.50 of 160%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 6 of 16.

Shooting profile

17 shots

Where they shoot

17 shots
Every shotBy zone
6% of shots, 1 shot12% of shots, 2 shots12% of shots, 2 shots6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot18% of shots, 3 shots6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot12% of shots, 2 shots6% of shots, 1 shot12%12%18%12%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Fabian Schär, 2025/26, final 35m. A further 6% of their shots came from outside this window.

left
4%
Centre
59%
right
37%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.057
Shots per 90
1.40
Key passes per 90
0.33
Average shot distance
23.7m
From set pieces
88%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
46%

Club role

Newcastle United

What they are for

  • On the pitch32% 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. Lewis Hall0.3 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Nick Woltemade0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Anthony Gordon0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Sandro Tonali0.0 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Harvey Barnes0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Joe Willock0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  2. Harvey Barnes0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Anthony Gordon0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Jacob Murphy0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Fabian Schär carries 3.0% of Newcastle United’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.251
    53% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.262
    43% of defenders

Ranked against 119 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

16 appearances, oldest first

at Villa3 shots
0 on target

at Leeds1 shot
0 on target

at West Ham1 shot
0 on target

v Burnley2 shots
1 on target

at Sunderland1 shot
0 on target

v Chelsea3 shots
1 on target

at Man Utd3 shots
0 on target

at Burnley1 shot
1 on target

v Palace1 shot
1 on target

v Leeds1 shot
0 on target

6 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 6 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.