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Nottingham Forest

James McAtee

Central midfielder24 yrsCorners 1stFree kicks 5th
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.060 non-penalty goals from 10 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.210 assists, 14 key passes
Finishing
-0.33goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.377% of Nottingham Forest’s build-up value

James McAtee ranks 52nd of 138 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 25.9m on average, with 23% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 10% of Nottingham Forest’s attacking involvement, the 5th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

87 midfielders

Average match rating6.94

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.00
Non-penalty goals
0.00
xG
0.06
Non-penalty xG
0.06
Shots
1.74
Shots on target
0.33
Shot accuracy
–not ranked
npxG per shot
0.04
Shot distance
25.9m
Set-piece share
23%
Goals against xG
-0.4

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.00
Expected assists
0.21
Key passes
2.44
npxG + xA
0.28
xG chain
0.48
xG build-up
0.37
Assists against xA
-1.2

On the ball

per 90
Touches
52.00
Passes
35.33
Pass completion
76%
Take-ons attempted
1.67
Take-on success
–not ranked
Dispossessed
0.67

Defending

per 90
Tackles
2.33
Tackles won
–not ranked
Interceptions
0.00
Clearances
1.33
Aerials won
2.00
Aerial success
–not ranked
Dribbled past
0.67

Discipline

per 90
Fouls committed
1.33
Caught offside
0.00
Errors
1season count
Yellow cards
2season count
Red cards
0season count

Ranked against 87 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.

This week

Gameweek 7

Next fixture

Gameweek 7

vs Arsenal

Sun 18 Oct, 15:30 UTC

Arsenal concede 10.7 shots a match and are 1.07× the league norm against central midfield (13 shots so far). A difficult one.

Projected shots
1.60

1.74 per 90 × 0.92

Projected on target
0.36

0.52 per 90 × 0.69

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

Shots

6 appearances
  • Over 0.54 of 667%± 19
  • Over 1.53 of 650%± 20
  • Over 2.52 of 633%± 19
  • Over 3.51 of 617%± 15

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 2 of 6.

Shooting profile

10 shots

Where they shoot

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

James McAtee, 2026/27, 10 shots in the final 35m, 0 scored.

left
16%
Centre
49%
right
35%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.037
Shots per 90
1.74
Key passes per 90
2.44
Average shot distance
25.9m
From set pieces
23%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
3%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
0%

Club role

Nottingham Forest

What they are for

  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 19% of Nottingham Forest’s dead-ball danger, from 4 deliveries that became shots.
  • On the pitch96% 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 McAtee’soutput.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Liam Delap0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Morgan Gibbs-White0.0 xG3 shots, 0g
  3. Dan Ndoye0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Jair0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Morgan Gibbs-White0.4 xG3 shots, 0g
  2. Dan Ndoye0.3 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Neco Williams0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Igor Jesus0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Nikola Milenkovic0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2026/27

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

James McAtee carries 7.3% of Nottingham Forest’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.368
    52% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.478
    35% of midfielders

Ranked against 52 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

6 appearances, oldest first

v Spurs3 shots
1 on target

at Villa2 shots
1 on target

v Coventry4 shots
1 on target

at Palace1 shot
0 on target

2 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 2 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.