-1.82goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.293% of Newcastle United’s build-up value
league 0.27
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
0.0015th
Non-penalty goals
0.0016th
xG
0.1777th
Non-penalty xG
0.1778th
Shots
1.5570th
npxG per shot
0.1170th
Shot distance
16.1m86th
Set-piece share
7%22nd
Goals against xG
-2.05th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.1774th
Expected assists
0.2793rd
Key passes
1.9089th
npxG + xA
0.4487th
xG chain
0.6989th
xG build-up
0.2959th
Assists against xA
-1.119th
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 toCrystal 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.
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals
Joe Willock, 2024/25, 18 shots in the final 35m, 0 scored.
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
Joelinton0.6 xG2 shots, 0g
Alexander Isak0.2 xG1 shot, 0g
Sandro Tonali0.2 xG2 shots, 0g
Bruno Guimarães0.2 xG2 shots, 0g
Anthony Gordon0.2 xG3 shots, 0g
Chances created
who they supply
Alexander Isak1.1 xG7 shots, 1g
Bruno Guimarães0.6 xG4 shots, 0g
Harvey Barnes0.6 xG4 shots, 1g
Fabian Schär0.5 xG2 shots, 0g
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
over 1.5
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.