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Gabriel

Defender28 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.153 non-penalty goals from 27 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.094 assists, 7 key passes
Finishing
-1.10goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.277% of Arsenal’s build-up value

Gabriel ranks 152nd of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 11.3m on average, with 97% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 4% of Arsenal’s attacking involvement, the 11th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

119 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.10
Non-penalty goals
0.10
xG
0.15
Non-penalty xG
0.15
Shots
0.88
npxG per shot
0.17
Shot distance
11.3m
Set-piece share
97%
Goals against xG
-1.6

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.13
Expected assists
0.09
Key passes
0.23
npxG + xA
0.24
xG chain
0.29
xG build-up
0.27
Assists against xA
+1.3

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
2.09
Defensive contribution
9.07

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
4season 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 7

Next fixture

Gameweek 7

away to Nottingham Forest

Sun 18 Oct, 15:30 UTC

Nottingham Forest concede 13.3 shots a match and are 0.87× the league norm against defenders. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
0.85

0.88 per 90 × 0.96

Projected on target
0.20

0.20 per 90 × 1.02

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

Shots

32 appearances
  • Over 0.520 of 3263%± 9
  • Over 1.56 of 3219%± 7
  • Over 2.51 of 323%± 3
  • Over 3.50 of 320%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 12 of 32.

Shooting profile

27 shots

Where they shoot

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

Gabriel, 2025/26, 27 shots in the final 35m, 3 scored.

left
25%
Centre
69%
right
6%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.172
Shots per 90
0.88
Key passes per 90
0.23
Average shot distance
11.3m
From set pieces
97%

How the chances arrive

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

Club role

Arsenal

What they are for

  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 8% of Arsenal’s dead-ball danger, from 4 deliveries that became shots.
  • When it mattered3 of 3 goals came with the game level or Arsenal behind.
  • On the pitch80% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Bukayo Saka1.0 xG5 shots, 0g
  2. Noni Madueke0.7 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Martin Odegaard0.5 xG2 shots, 1g
  4. William Saliba0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Declan Rice0.2 xG4 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Leandro Trossard1.0 xG2 shots, 1g
  2. Viktor Gyokeres0.7 xG1 shot, 1g
  3. William Saliba0.5 xG1 shot, 1g
  4. Piero Hincapié0.4 xG1 shot, 1g
  5. Gabriel Martinelli0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Gabriel carries 6.6% of Arsenal’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.272
    63% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.291
    55% 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

32 appearances, oldest first

v Leeds1 shot
0 on target

at Liverpool1 shot
0 on target

v Forest2 shots
0 on target

1g

at Newcastle1 shot
1 on target

at Fulham2 shots
0 on target

v Palace1 shot
0 on target

v Brighton1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Villa1 shot
1 on target

1g

at Bournemouth1 shot
1 on target

v Liverpool2 shots
0 on target

at Forest1 shot
0 on target

at Leeds1 shot
1 on target

at Brentford1 shot
0 on target

v Chelsea1 shot
1 on target

v Everton1 shot
0 on target

v Bournemouth2 shots
0 on target

at Man City1 shot
0 on target

v Fulham3 shots
1 on target

at West Ham2 shots
0 on target

v Burnley1 shot
0 on target

12 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 12 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.