-0.19goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.443% of Brighton’s build-up value
league 0.24
James Milner ranks 290th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 20.0m on average, with 87% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 2% of Brighton’s attacking involvement, the 16th largest share in the squad.
Against their position
142 midfielders
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.1268th
Non-penalty goals
0.0013th
xG
0.1165th
Non-penalty xG
0.038th
Shots
0.9341st
npxG per shot
–not ranked
Shot distance
–not ranked
Set-piece share
–not ranked
Goals against xG
-0.247th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.1260th
Expected assists
0.0833rd
Key passes
0.9345th
npxG + xA
0.1015th
xG chain
0.4664th
xG build-up
0.4490th
Assists against xA
+0.373rd
On the ball
per 90
6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Defending
per 90
7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Discipline
per 90
Yellow cards
2season 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.
This week
Gameweek 7
Next fixture
Gameweek 7
vsCrystal Palace
Sun 18 Oct, 13:00 UTC
Crystal Palace concede 11.7 shots a match and are 0.89× the league norm against midfielders. A difficult one.
Projected shots
0.85
0.93 per 90 × 0.91
Projected on target
0.24
0.23 per 90 × 1.02
Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.
Shots
20 appearances
Over 0.56 of 2030%± 10
Over 1.52 of 2010%± 7
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, 14 of 20.
PenaltiesTakes them: 1 of 5 Brighton were awarded.
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
Pascal Groß0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Brajan Gruda0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Danny Welbeck0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Chances created
who they supply
Danny Welbeck0.3 xG3 shots, 0g
Charalampos Kostoulas0.3 xG1 shot, 1g
Stefanos Tzimas0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Georginio Rutter0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Pascal Groß0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Season record
2025/26
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
James Milner carries 3.1%of Brighton’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.442
90% of midfielders
Possession value per 900.463
63% 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
20 appearances, oldest first
over 1.5
1g
v Man City1 shot 1 on target
v Sunderland1 shot 0 on target
at West Ham1 shot 0 on target
at Villa2 shots 1 on target
at Brentford1 shot 0 on target
v Liverpool2 shots 0 on target
14 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 14 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.
