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James Tarkowski

Centre-back33 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.021 non-penalty goals from 4 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.061 assists, 3 key passes
Finishing
+0.87goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.3310% of Everton’s build-up value

James Tarkowski ranks 98th of 138 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 16.1m on average, with 89% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 2% of Everton’s attacking involvement, the 11th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

81 defenders

Average match rating7.53

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.14
Non-penalty goals
0.14
xG
0.02
Non-penalty xG
0.02
Shots
0.57
Shots on target
0.33
Shot accuracy
–not ranked
npxG per shot
–not ranked
Shot distance
–not ranked
Set-piece share
–not ranked
Goals against xG
+0.9

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.14
Expected assists
0.06
Key passes
0.43
npxG + xA
0.08
xG chain
0.38
xG build-up
0.33
Assists against xA
+0.6

On the ball

per 90
Touches
57.67
Passes
41.67
Pass completion
82%
Take-ons attempted
0.33
Take-on success
–not ranked
Dispossessed
0.00

Defending

per 90
Tackles
1.67
Tackles won
–not ranked
Interceptions
3.33
Clearances
4.33
Aerials won
4.00
Aerial success
75%
Dribbled past
0.00

Discipline

per 90
Fouls committed
0.33
Caught offside
0.00
Errors
1season count
Yellow cards
1season count
Red cards
0season count

Ranked against 81 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.

This week

Gameweek 8

Next fixture

Gameweek 8

away to Arsenal

Sat 24 Oct, 14:00 UTC

Arsenal concede 10.7 shots a match and are 0.95× the league norm against centre-backs (6 shots so far). A difficult one.

Projected shots
0.49

0.57 per 90 × 0.86

Projected on target
0.10

0.14 per 90 × 0.69

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

Shots

7 appearances
  • Over 0.54 of 757%± 19
  • Over 1.50 of 70%± 0
  • Over 2.50 of 70%± 0
  • Over 3.50 of 70%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 3 of 7.

Shooting profile

4 shots

Where they shoot

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

James Tarkowski, 2026/27, 4 shots in the final 35m, 1 scored.

left
8%
Centre
11%
right
81%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.036
Shots per 90
0.57
Key passes per 90
0.43
Average shot distance
16.1m
From set pieces
89%

How the chances arrive

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

Club role

Everton

What they are for

  • 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 Tarkowski’soutput.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
  2. James Garner0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Thierno Barry0.3 xG1 shot, 1g
  2. Iliman Ndiaye0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2026/27

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

James Tarkowski carries 10.1% of Everton’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.333
    56% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.385
    62% of defenders

Ranked against 52 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

7 appearances, oldest first

v Palace1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Bournemouth1 shot
1 on target

v Man Utd1 shot
0 on target

v Ipswich1 shot
0 on target

3 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 3 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.