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Brighton

James Milner

Midfielder
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.030 non-penalty goals from 5 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.172 assists, 16 key passes
Finishing
-0.27goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.483% of Brighton’s build-up value

James Milner ranks 179th of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 18.0m on average. They carry 2% of Brighton’s attacking involvement, the 16th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

128 midfielders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.00
Non-penalty goals
0.00
xG
0.03
Non-penalty xG
0.03
Shots
0.57
npxG per shot
–not ranked
Shot distance
–not ranked
Set-piece share
–not ranked
Goals against xG
-0.3

2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.23
Expected assists
0.17
Key passes
1.83
npxG + xA
0.20
xG chain
0.52
xG build-up
0.48
Assists against xA
+0.5

On the ball

per 90

6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.

Defending

per 90

7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
3season count
Red cards
0season count

3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.

Ranked against 128 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 Crystal Palace

Sun 18 Oct, 13:00 UTC

Crystal Palace concede 12.1 shots a match and are 0.92× the league norm against midfielders. A difficult one.

Projected shots
0.51

0.57 per 90 × 0.90

Projected on target
0.10

0.11 per 90 × 0.83

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

Shots

15 appearances
  • Over 0.55 of 1533%± 12
  • Over 1.50 of 150%± 0
  • Over 2.50 of 150%± 0
  • Over 3.50 of 150%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 10 of 15.

Shooting profile

5 shots

Where they shoot

5 shots
Every shotBy zone
20% of shots, 1 shot20% of shots, 1 shot20% of shots, 1 shot20% of shots, 1 shot20% of shots, 1 shot20%20%20%20%20%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

James Milner, 2023/24, final 35m.

left
72%
Centre
4%
right
24%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.057
Shots per 90
0.57
Key passes per 90
1.83
Average shot distance
18.0m
From set pieces
4%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
36%
Headed
0%

Club role

Brighton

What they are for

  • On the pitch23% 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 Milner’soutput.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. João Pedro0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  2. Evan Ferguson0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Pascal Groß0.5 xG5 shots, 0g
  2. João Pedro0.4 xG4 shots, 1g
  3. Julio Enciso0.3 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Simon Adingra0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Lewis Dunk0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2023/24

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

James Milner carries 2.7% of Brighton’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.476
    77% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.524
    61% of midfielders

Ranked against 128 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

15 appearances, oldest first

at Chelsea1 shot
0 on target

v Burnley1 shot
1 on target

v Spurs1 shot
0 on target

at West Ham1 shot
0 on target

at Luton1 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.