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Flynn Downes

Midfielder
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.041 non-penalty goals from 10 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.070 assists, 15 key passes
Finishing
+0.19goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.278% of Southampton’s build-up value

Flynn Downes ranks 264th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 18.7m on average. They carry 6% of Southampton’s attacking involvement, the 9th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

137 midfielders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.04
Non-penalty goals
0.04
xG
0.04
Non-penalty xG
0.04
Shots
0.41
npxG per shot
0.09
Shot distance
18.7m
Set-piece share
14%
Goals against xG
+0.1

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.00
Expected assists
0.07
Key passes
0.62
npxG + xA
0.10
xG chain
0.34
xG build-up
0.27
Assists against xA
-1.6

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
12season count
Red cards
0season count

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

Ranked against 137 midfielders 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

Next match

Shots

27 appearances
  • Over 0.510 of 2737%± 9
  • Over 1.50 of 270%± 0
  • Over 2.50 of 270%± 0
  • Over 3.50 of 270%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 17 of 27.

Shooting profile

10 shots

Where they shoot

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

Flynn Downes, 2024/25, 10 shots in the final 35m, 1 scored.

left
4%
Centre
14%
right
82%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.089
Shots per 90
0.41
Key passes per 90
0.62
Average shot distance
18.7m
From set pieces
14%

How the chances arrive

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

Club role

Southampton

What they are for

  • 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 Flynn Downes’output.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Taylor Harwood-Bellis0.6 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Adam Armstrong0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Tyler Dibling0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Jan Bednarek0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Cameron Archer0.7 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Kyle Walker-Peters0.3 xG3 shots, 0g
  3. Mateus Fernandes0.3 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Adam Armstrong0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Tyler Dibling0.1 xG2 shots, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Flynn Downes carries 8.2% of Southampton’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.271
    47% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.344
    35% of midfielders

Ranked against 137 midfielders 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

27 appearances, oldest first

at Newcastle1 shot
0 on target

at Brentford1 shot
0 on target

v Ipswich1 shot
0 on target

at Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

v Leicester1 shot
1 on target

v Liverpool1 shot
1 on target

1g

at Brighton1 shot
1 on target

v West Ham1 shot
0 on target

at Forest1 shot
0 on target

at West Ham1 shot
0 on target

17 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 17 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.