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Hugo Ekitike

Forward24 yrs
Injured
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.5911 non-penalty goals from 65 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.124 assists, 21 key passes
Finishing
+0.47goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.244% of Liverpool’s build-up value

Hugo Ekitike ranks 10th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 14.8m on average. They carry 11% of Liverpool’s attacking involvement, the 5th largest share in the squad.

Injured. Achilles injury - Unknown return date. The rates below describe what he did, not what he is about to do. Club status as of 17 Oct 2026.

Against their position

109 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.54
Non-penalty goals
0.54
xG
0.59
Non-penalty xG
0.59
Shots
3.19
npxG per shot
0.18
Shot distance
14.8m
Set-piece share
7%
Goals against xG
-0.9

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.20
Expected assists
0.12
Key passes
1.03
npxG + xA
0.71
xG chain
0.80
xG build-up
0.24
Assists against xA
+1.5

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
2.10
Defensive contribution
4.26

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

Discipline

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

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

Ranked against 109 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. Recoveries and defensive contribution come from the FPL feed and are ranked in its own positions.

This week

Gameweek 8

Next fixture

Gameweek 8

vs Brighton

Sun 25 Oct, 14:00 UTC

Brighton concede 11.7 shots a match and are 1.06× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
3.17

3.19 per 90 × 1.00

Projected on target
0.86

0.93 per 90 × 0.92

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

Shots

28 appearances
  • Over 0.522 of 2879%± 8
  • Over 1.516 of 2857%± 9
  • Over 2.511 of 2839%± 9
  • Over 3.58 of 2829%± 9

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 6 of 28.

Shooting profile

65 shots

Where they shoot

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

Hugo Ekitike, 2025/26, 65 shots in the final 35m, 11 scored.

left
17%
Centre
66%
right
17%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.184
Shots per 90
3.19
Key passes per 90
1.03
Average shot distance
14.8m
From set pieces
7%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
14%
Through balls
15%
Own dribble
6%
Headed
33%

Club role

Liverpool

What they are for

  • When it mattered6 of 11 goals came with the game level or Liverpool behind.
  • On the pitch54% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Florian Wirtz1.5 xG13 shots, 1g
  2. Mohamed Salah1.3 xG5 shots, 1g
  3. Cody Gakpo1.2 xG9 shots, 1g
  4. Jeremie Frimpong0.9 xG3 shots, 0g
  5. Curtis Jones0.8 xG3 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Florian Wirtz1.0 xG6 shots, 1g
  2. Cody Gakpo0.8 xG6 shots, 2g
  3. Mohamed Salah0.3 xG4 shots, 0g
  4. Alexis Mac Allister0.2 xG2 shots, 1g
  5. Jeremie Frimpong0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Hugo Ekitike carries 3.9% of Liverpool’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.240
    74% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.801
    90% of forwards

Ranked against 109 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

28 appearances, oldest first
1g

v Bournemouth4 shots
2 on target

1g

at Newcastle1 shot
1 on target

at Burnley2 shots
0 on target

1g

v Everton2 shots
1 on target

at Chelsea1 shot
0 on target

v Man Utd2 shots
0 on target

at Brentford4 shots
0 on target

at West Ham1 shot
0 on target

v Sunderland1 shot
0 on target

2g

at Leeds5 shots
3 on target

2g

v Brighton7 shots
2 on target

1g

at Spurs1 shot
1 on target

v Wolves4 shots
0 on target

v Leeds4 shots
1 on target

v Burnley6 shots
2 on target

2g

v Newcastle6 shots
4 on target

v Man City3 shots
0 on target

at Sunderland3 shots
0 on target

at Forest3 shots
1 on target

1g

v West Ham2 shots
1 on target

at Wolves1 shot
0 on target

v Spurs2 shots
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.