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Brighton

Jan Paul van Hecke

Defender26 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.031 non-penalty goals from 17 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.051 assists, 16 key passes
Finishing
+0.10goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.4210% of Brighton’s build-up value

Jan Paul van Hecke ranks 293rd of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 13.8m on average, with 76% of their danger coming from set pieces.

Against their position

123 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.03
Non-penalty goals
0.03
xG
0.03
Non-penalty xG
0.03
Shots
0.52
npxG per shot
0.06
Shot distance
13.8m
Set-piece share
76%
Goals against xG
-0.0

2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.03
Expected assists
0.05
Key passes
0.49
npxG + xA
0.08
xG chain
0.45
xG build-up
0.42
Assists against xA
-0.6

On the ball

per 90

6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Defending

per 90

7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
6season count
Red cards
1season count

3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Ranked against 123 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 7

Next fixture

Gameweek 7

vs Coventry

Mon 19 Oct, 19:00 UTC

No shot record for Coventry in this season, so no opponent adjustment is possible. Newly promoted sides have no Premier League history to measure.

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

Shots

34 appearances
  • Over 0.514 of 3441%± 8
  • Over 1.53 of 349%± 5
  • Over 2.50 of 340%± 0
  • Over 3.50 of 340%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 20 of 34.

Shooting profile

17 shots

Where they shoot

17 shots
Every shotBy zone
6% of shots, 1 shot35% of shots, 6 shots6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot24% of shots, 4 shots6% of shots, 1 shot12% of shots, 2 shots6% of shots, 1 shot35%24%12%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Jan Paul van Hecke, 2024/25, final 35m.

left
31%
Centre
52%
right
17%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.059
Shots per 90
0.52
Key passes per 90
0.49
Average shot distance
13.8m
From set pieces
76%

How the chances arrive

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

Club role

Brighton

What they are for

  • On the pitch87% of available minutes.

What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Jan Paul van Hecke’soutput.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Matt O'Riley0.2 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Simon Adingra0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Carlos Baleba0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Yankuba Minteh0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Lewis Dunk0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Carlos Baleba0.5 xG1 shot, 0g
  2. João Pedro0.4 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Jack Hinshelwood0.3 xG2 shots, 1g
  4. Danny Welbeck0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Yasin Ayari0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Jan Paul van Hecke carries 10.3% of Brighton’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.420
    78% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.451
    75% of defenders

Ranked against 123 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

34 appearances, oldest first

at Arsenal2 shots
0 on target

at Liverpool1 shot
0 on target

at Bournemouth1 shot
1 on target

v Southampton2 shots
1 on target

at Fulham1 shot
0 on target

at Leicester1 shot
0 on target

at Villa1 shot
0 on target

at Ipswich1 shot
0 on target

at Southampton1 shot
1 on target

v Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Fulham2 shots
1 on target

at Man City1 shot
0 on target

v Villa1 shot
1 on target

at Spurs1 shot
0 on target

20 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 20 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.