-0.53goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.158% of Everton’s build-up value
league 0.24
James Tarkowski ranks 249th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 7.9m on average, with 91% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 4% of Everton’s attacking involvement, the 8th largest share in the squad.
Against their position
119 defenders
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.0572nd
Non-penalty goals
0.0573rd
xG
0.0872nd
Non-penalty xG
0.0872nd
Shots
0.5458th
npxG per shot
0.1480th
Shot distance
7.9m99th
Set-piece share
91%73rd
Goals against xG
-0.927th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.0873rd
Expected assists
0.0664th
Key passes
0.4964th
npxG + xA
0.1369th
xG chain
0.1816th
xG build-up
0.1517th
Assists against xA
+0.989th
On the ball
per 90
6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Defending
per 90
Recoveries
2.438th
Defensive contribution
10.1686th
7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Discipline
per 90
Yellow cards
8season count
Red cards
0season 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 toArsenal
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
0.34
0.54 per 90 × 0.64
Projected on target
0.14
0.24 per 90 × 0.57
Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.
Shots
37 appearances
Over 0.516 of 3743%± 8
Over 1.54 of 3711%± 5
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, 21 of 37.
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals
James Tarkowski, 2025/26, 20 shots in the final 35m, 2 scored.
left
33%
Centre
60%
right
8%
share of their shooting xG
Chance profile
quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.143
Shots per 90
0.54
Key passes per 90
0.49
Average shot distance
7.9m
From set pieces
91%
How the chances arrive
Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
100%
Club role
Everton
What they are for
On the pitch97% 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 Tarkowski’soutput.
Chances received
who supplies them
James Garner1.6 xG11 shots, 1g
Dwight McNeil0.4 xG3 shots, 0g
Vitalii Mykolenko0.2 xG4 shots, 0g
Chances created
who they supply
Beto0.8 xG2 shots, 1g
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall0.6 xG2 shots, 2g
Michael Keane0.3 xG5 shots, 0g
Tim Iroegbunam0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Merlin Röhl0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Season record
2025/26
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
James Tarkowski carries 7.6%of Everton’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.151
17% of defenders
Possession value per 900.184
16% 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
over 1.5
at Leeds1 shot 0 on target
v Fulham1 shot 1 on target
at Chelsea1 shot 0 on target
at Forest2 shots 1 on target
v Brentford2 shots 1 on target
at Villa1 shot 0 on target
at Brighton1 shot 0 on target
at Fulham1 shot 0 on target
v Bournemouth1 shot 1 on target
v Man Utd1 shot 0 on target
1g
v Burnley1 shot 1 on target
v Chelsea2 shots 1 on target
v Liverpool1 shot 1 on target
1g
at Palace2 shots 1 on target
v Sunderland1 shot 1 on target
at Spurs1 shot 0 on target
21 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 21 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.
