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George Hirst

Forward27 yrs
Unavailable
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.413 non-penalty goals from 14 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.061 assists, 4 key passes
Finishing
+0.52goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.182% of Ipswich’s build-up value

George Hirst ranks 76th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 11.1m on average. They carry 4% of Ipswich’s attacking involvement, the 10th largest share in the squad.

Unavailable. Has joined Stoke City permanently. The rates below describe what he did, not what he is about to do. Club status as of 17 Oct 2026.

Against their position

104 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.44
Non-penalty goals
0.44
xG
0.41
Non-penalty xG
0.41
Shots
2.07
npxG per shot
0.20
Shot distance
11.1m
Set-piece share
2%
Goals against xG
+0.3

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.15
Expected assists
0.06
Key passes
0.59
npxG + xA
0.47
xG chain
0.63
xG build-up
0.18
Assists against xA
+0.6

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
3season count
Red cards
0season count

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

Ranked against 104 forwards 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

vs Nottingham Forest

Fri 23 Oct, 19:00 UTC

Nottingham Forest concede 14.0 shots a match and are 1.07× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
2.22

2.07 per 90 × 1.07

Projected on target
1.01

1.03 per 90 × 0.98

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

Shots

26 appearances
  • Over 0.510 of 2638%± 10
  • Over 1.54 of 2615%± 7
  • Over 2.50 of 260%± 0
  • Over 3.50 of 260%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 16 of 26.

Shooting profile

14 shots

Where they shoot

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

George Hirst, 2024/25, 14 shots in the final 35m, 3 scored.

left
5%
Centre
72%
right
22%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.196
Shots per 90
2.07
Key passes per 90
0.59
Average shot distance
11.1m
From set pieces
2%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
47%
Through balls
23%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
73%

Club role

Ipswich

What they are for

  • When it mattered2 of 3 goals came with the game level or Ipswich behind.
  • On the pitch18% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Jack Clarke0.5 xG1 shot, 0g
  2. Sam Morsy0.4 xG3 shots, 0g
  3. Conor Chaplin0.3 xG1 shot, 1g
  4. Ben Johnson0.3 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Conor Townsend0.3 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Sammie Szmodics0.3 xG2 shots, 1g
  2. Julio Enciso0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Jack Clarke0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

George Hirst carries 1.8% of Ipswich’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.184
    38% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.625
    53% of forwards

Ranked against 104 forwards 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

26 appearances, oldest first

at Southampton2 shots
1 on target

1g

at Brentford1 shot
1 on target

at Liverpool1 shot
1 on target

at Man Utd1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Forest1 shot
1 on target

at Chelsea2 shots
0 on target

v Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Everton1 shot
1 on target

v Brentford2 shots
1 on target

at Leicester2 shots
1 on target

16 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 16 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.