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Joe Willock

Midfielder27 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.170 non-penalty goals from 18 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.272 assists, 22 key passes
Finishing
-1.82goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.293% of Newcastle United’s build-up value

Joe Willock ranks 89th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 16.1m on average. They carry 5% of Newcastle United’s attacking involvement, the 8th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

137 midfielders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.00
Non-penalty goals
0.00
xG
0.17
Non-penalty xG
0.17
Shots
1.55
npxG per shot
0.11
Shot distance
16.1m
Set-piece share
7%
Goals against xG
-2.0

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.17
Expected assists
0.27
Key passes
1.90
npxG + xA
0.44
xG chain
0.69
xG build-up
0.29
Assists against xA
-1.1

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
4season count
Red cards
0season count

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

Ranked against 137 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 8

Next fixture

Gameweek 8

away to Crystal Palace

Sun 25 Oct, 14:00 UTC

Crystal Palace concede 12.8 shots a match and are 1.08× the league norm against midfielders. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
1.60

1.55 per 90 × 1.03

Projected on target
0.23

0.26 per 90 × 0.89

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

Shots

32 appearances
  • Over 0.514 of 3244%± 9
  • Over 1.54 of 3213%± 6
  • Over 2.50 of 320%± 0
  • Over 3.50 of 320%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 18 of 32.

Shooting profile

18 shots

Where they shoot

18 shots
Every shotBy zone
6% of shots, 1 shot17% of shots, 3 shots11% of shots, 2 shots6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot11% of shots, 2 shots6% of shots, 1 shot11% of shots, 2 shots6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot17%11%11%11%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Joe Willock, 2024/25, final 35m.

left
45%
Centre
40%
right
15%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.112
Shots per 90
1.55
Key passes per 90
1.90
Average shot distance
16.1m
From set pieces
7%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
7%
Through balls
9%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
37%

Club role

Newcastle United

What they are for

  • On the pitch30% of available minutes.

What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Joe Willock’soutput.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Joelinton0.6 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Alexander Isak0.2 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Sandro Tonali0.2 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Bruno Guimarães0.2 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Anthony Gordon0.2 xG3 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Alexander Isak1.1 xG7 shots, 1g
  2. Bruno Guimarães0.6 xG4 shots, 0g
  3. Harvey Barnes0.6 xG4 shots, 1g
  4. Fabian Schär0.5 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Anthony Gordon0.1 xG4 shots, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Joe Willock carries 2.9% of Newcastle United’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.295
    59% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.692
    88% of midfielders

Ranked against 137 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

32 appearances, oldest first

at Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

at Wolves1 shot
0 on target

v Arsenal2 shots
1 on target

at Forest2 shots
0 on target

v West Ham2 shots
0 on target

at Ipswich1 shot
0 on target

at Spurs1 shot
0 on target

v Bournemouth1 shot
1 on target

at Southampton1 shot
0 on target

v Brentford1 shot
1 on target

at Villa1 shot
0 on target

v Ipswich2 shots
0 on target

at Brighton1 shot
0 on target

at Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

18 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 18 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.