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Jake O'Brien

Defender25 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.072 non-penalty goals from 6 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.040 assists, 6 key passes
Finishing
+0.90goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.236% of Everton’s build-up value

Jake O'Brien ranks 256th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 11.5m on average, with 76% of their danger coming from set pieces.

Against their position

123 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.12
Non-penalty goals
0.12
xG
0.07
Non-penalty xG
0.07
Shots
0.35
npxG per shot
–not ranked
Shot distance
–not ranked
Set-piece share
–not ranked
Goals against xG
+0.8

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.00
Expected assists
0.04
Key passes
0.35
npxG + xA
0.11
xG chain
0.27
xG build-up
0.23
Assists against xA
-0.7

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
5season count
Red cards
0season count

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

Ranked against 123 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.

This week

Gameweek 8

Next fixture

Gameweek 8

away to Arsenal

Sat 24 Oct, 14:00 UTC

Arsenal concede 9.6 shots a match and are 0.95× the league norm against defenders. A difficult one.

Projected shots
0.29

0.35 per 90 × 0.84

Projected on target
0.12

0.17 per 90 × 0.71

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

Shots

20 appearances
  • Over 0.55 of 2025%± 10
  • Over 1.51 of 205%± 5
  • Over 2.50 of 200%± 0
  • Over 3.50 of 200%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 15 of 20.

Shooting profile

6 shots

Where they shoot

6 shots
Every shotBy zone
17% of shots, 1 shot17% of shots, 1 shot33% of shots, 2 shots17% of shots, 1 shot17% of shots, 1 shot17%17%33%17%17%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Jake O'Brien, 2024/25, final 35m.

left
0%
Centre
71%
right
29%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.203
Shots per 90
0.35
Key passes per 90
0.35
Average shot distance
11.5m
From set pieces
76%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
93%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
93%

Club role

Everton

What they are for

  • On the pitch46% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Idrissa Gueye0.6 xG1 shot, 1g
  2. Vitalii Mykolenko0.3 xG1 shot, 1g
  3. Jack Harrison0.3 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Carlos Alcaraz0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Abdoulaye Doucouré0.4 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Dominic Calvert-Lewin0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Beto0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Carlos Alcaraz0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Jake O'Brien carries 5.8% of Everton’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.226
    33% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.274
    33% of defenders

Ranked against 123 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

20 appearances, oldest first
1g

at Brentford1 shot
1 on target

1g

v West Ham2 shots
2 on target

v Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

at Forest1 shot
0 on target

v Southampton1 shot
0 on target

15 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 15 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.