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James Garner

Midfielder25 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.052 non-penalty goals from 45 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.167 assists, 56 key passes
Finishing
+0.17goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.2211% of Everton’s build-up value

James Garner ranks 179th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 23.8m on average, with 39% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 11% of Everton’s attacking involvement, the 4th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

142 midfielders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.05
Non-penalty goals
0.05
xG
0.05
Non-penalty xG
0.05
Shots
1.19
npxG per shot
0.05
Shot distance
23.8m
Set-piece share
39%
Goals against xG
-0.1

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.18
Expected assists
0.16
Key passes
1.47
npxG + xA
0.21
xG chain
0.30
xG build-up
0.22
Assists against xA
+0.9

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
4.88
Defensive contribution
12.08

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
12season count
Red cards
0season count

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

Ranked against 142 midfielders 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 0.69× the league norm against midfielders. A difficult one.

Projected shots
0.80

1.19 per 90 × 0.67

Projected on target
0.19

0.34 per 90 × 0.57

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

Shots

38 appearances
  • Over 0.528 of 3874%± 7
  • Over 1.59 of 3824%± 7
  • Over 2.54 of 3811%± 5
  • Over 3.53 of 388%± 4

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 10 of 38.

Shooting profile

45 shots

Where they shoot

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

James Garner, 2025/26, 45 shots in the final 35m, 2 scored.

left
47%
Centre
18%
right
35%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.046
Shots per 90
1.19
Key passes per 90
1.47
Average shot distance
23.8m
From set pieces
39%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
26%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
0%

Club role

Everton

What they are for

  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 34% of Everton’s dead-ball danger, from 36 deliveries that became shots.
  • On the pitch100% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Jack Grealish0.4 xG10 shots, 1g
  2. Dwight McNeil0.3 xG1 shot, 1g
  3. Iliman Ndiaye0.2 xG3 shots, 0g
  4. Beto0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Harrison Armstrong0.1 xG2 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. James Tarkowski1.6 xG11 shots, 1g
  2. Michael Keane1.1 xG7 shots, 1g
  3. Beto0.9 xG5 shots, 1g
  4. Thierno Barry0.9 xG8 shots, 1g
  5. Jarrad Branthwaite0.3 xG4 shots, 1g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

James Garner carries 11.3% of Everton’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.219
    31% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.297
    25% of midfielders

Ranked against 142 midfielders 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

38 appearances, oldest first

at Leeds1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Brighton2 shots
1 on target

v Villa1 shot
0 on target

at Liverpool2 shots
0 on target

v West Ham5 shots
3 on target

v Palace1 shot
0 on target

at Man City1 shot
0 on target

v Spurs2 shots
0 on target

at Sunderland1 shot
0 on target

v Fulham4 shots
1 on target

v Newcastle1 shot
0 on target

at Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

v Forest2 shots
1 on target

at Chelsea1 shot
0 on target

at Burnley1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Forest4 shots
1 on target

v Brentford1 shot
0 on target

v Wolves1 shot
1 on target

at Villa1 shot
0 on target

v Leeds2 shots
0 on target

at Fulham1 shot
1 on target

v Bournemouth3 shots
1 on target

v Man Utd1 shot
1 on target

v Chelsea1 shot
0 on target

v Liverpool1 shot
0 on target

at Palace1 shot
1 on target

v Sunderland1 shot
1 on target

at Spurs1 shot
0 on target

10 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 10 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.