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Jake O'Brien

Defender25 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.041 non-penalty goals from 13 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.021 assists, 17 key passes
Finishing
-0.15goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.147% of Everton’s build-up value

Jake O'Brien ranks 331st of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 11.3m on average, with 29% of their danger coming from set pieces.

Against their position

119 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.03
Non-penalty goals
0.03
xG
0.04
Non-penalty xG
0.04
Shots
0.37
npxG per shot
0.10
Shot distance
11.3m
Set-piece share
29%
Goals against xG
-0.3

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.03
Expected assists
0.02
Key passes
0.49
npxG + xA
0.06
xG chain
0.19
xG build-up
0.14
Assists against xA
+0.3

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
3.29
Defensive contribution
6.67

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
6season count
Red cards
1season 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 8

Next fixture

Gameweek 8

away to Arsenal

Sat 24 Oct, 14:00 UTC

Arsenal concede 8.3 shots a match and are 0.61× the league norm against defenders. A difficult one.

Projected shots
0.24

0.37 per 90 × 0.64

Projected on target
0.08

0.14 per 90 × 0.57

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

Shots

37 appearances
  • Over 0.512 of 3732%± 8
  • Over 1.51 of 373%± 3
  • Over 2.50 of 370%± 0
  • Over 3.50 of 370%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 25 of 37.

Shooting profile

13 shots

Where they shoot

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

Jake O'Brien, 2025/26, 13 shots in the final 35m, 1 scored.

left
11%
Centre
65%
right
24%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.101
Shots per 90
0.37
Key passes per 90
0.49
Average shot distance
11.3m
From set pieces
29%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
7%
Through balls
2%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
65%

Club role

Everton

What they are for

  • On the pitch92% 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. Tyrique George0.5 xG1 shot, 0g
  2. James Garner0.3 xG3 shots, 1g
  3. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall0.2 xG3 shots, 0g
  4. Thierno Barry0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Iliman Ndiaye0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Thierno Barry0.2 xG3 shots, 0g
  2. Dwight McNeil0.2 xG4 shots, 0g
  3. Iliman Ndiaye0.1 xG3 shots, 0g
  4. Michael Keane0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Carlos Alcaraz0.1 xG2 shots, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Jake O'Brien carries 6.9% of Everton’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.145
    13% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.186
    17% 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

37 appearances, oldest first

at Leeds1 shot
0 on target

at Wolves1 shot
0 on target

v Villa1 shot
0 on target

v West Ham1 shot
0 on target

v Palace1 shot
1 on target

at Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

at Burnley1 shot
1 on target

at Brighton1 shot
1 on target

at Fulham1 shot
0 on target

at Brentford1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Man City1 shot
1 on target

v Sunderland2 shots
1 on target

25 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 25 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.