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James Tarkowski

Defender33 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.091 non-penalty goals from 25 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.081 assists, 21 key passes
Finishing
-2.19goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.169% of Everton’s build-up value

James Tarkowski ranks 217th of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 10.7m on average, with 97% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 5% of Everton’s attacking involvement, the 8th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

135 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.03
Non-penalty goals
0.03
xG
0.09
Non-penalty xG
0.09
Shots
0.66
npxG per shot
0.13
Shot distance
10.7m
Set-piece share
97%
Goals against xG
-2.3

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.03
Expected assists
0.08
Key passes
0.55
npxG + xA
0.17
xG chain
0.18
xG build-up
0.16
Assists against xA
-2.0

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
11season count
Red cards
0season count

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

Ranked against 135 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 8.6 shots a match and are 0.64× the league norm against defenders. A difficult one.

Projected shots
0.42

0.66 per 90 × 0.63

Projected on target
0.05

0.11 per 90 × 0.46

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

Shots

38 appearances
  • Over 0.519 of 3850%± 8
  • Over 1.54 of 3811%± 5
  • Over 2.52 of 385%± 4
  • Over 3.50 of 380%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 19 of 38.

Shooting profile

25 shots

Where they shoot

25 shots
12% of shots, 3 shots20% of shots, 5 shots4% of shots, 1 shot12% of shots, 3 shots20% of shots, 5 shots4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 2 shots4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot12%20%12%20%8%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

James Tarkowski, 2023/24, final 35m.

left
20%
Centre
57%
right
23%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.134
Shots per 90
0.66
Key passes per 90
0.55
Average shot distance
10.7m
From set pieces
97%

How the chances arrive

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

Club role

Everton

What they are for

  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 10% of Everton’s dead-ball danger, from 9 deliveries that became shots.
  • 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. Dwight McNeil1.6 xG8 shots, 1g
  2. James Garner0.8 xG8 shots, 0g
  3. Jarrad Branthwaite0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Alex Iwobi0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Abdoulaye Doucouré0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Dominic Calvert-Lewin1.3 xG5 shots, 0g
  2. Beto0.6 xG4 shots, 0g
  3. Abdoulaye Doucouré0.5 xG2 shots, 1g
  4. Michael Keane0.3 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. James Garner0.1 xG3 shots, 0g

Season record

2023/24

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

James Tarkowski carries 8.6% of Everton’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.163
    19% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.178
    15% of defenders

Ranked against 135 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

38 appearances, oldest first

v Fulham1 shot
0 on target

at Villa1 shot
0 on target

v Wolves1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Brentford2 shots
1 on target

at West Ham1 shot
0 on target

v Brighton3 shots
1 on target

v Man Utd1 shot
0 on target

at Forest1 shot
0 on target

v Newcastle1 shot
0 on target

v Man City1 shot
0 on target

at Wolves1 shot
0 on target

v Villa1 shot
0 on target

at Fulham1 shot
0 on target

v Palace2 shots
1 on target

at Man Utd3 shots
0 on target

at Newcastle1 shot
0 on target

v Liverpool1 shot
1 on target

v Brentford1 shot
0 on target

at Luton1 shot
0 on target

19 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 19 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.