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Crystal Palace

Joel Ward

Defender
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.040 non-penalty goals from 10 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.001 assists, 2 key passes
Finishing
-0.75goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.246% of Crystal Palace’s build-up value

Joel Ward ranks 355th of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 24.7m on average, with 92% of their danger coming from set pieces.

Against their position

135 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.00
Non-penalty goals
0.00
xG
0.04
Non-penalty xG
0.04
Shots
0.45
npxG per shot
0.08
Shot distance
24.7m
Set-piece share
92%
Goals against xG
-0.8

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.05
Expected assists
0.00
Key passes
0.09
npxG + xA
0.04
xG chain
0.24
xG build-up
0.24
Assists against xA
+0.9

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
4season 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 7

Next fixture

Gameweek 7

away to Brighton

Sun 18 Oct, 13:00 UTC

Brighton concede 12.4 shots a match and are 0.84× the league norm against defenders. A difficult one.

Projected shots
0.39

0.45 per 90 × 0.87

Projected on target
0.00

0.00 per 90 × 0.91

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

Shots

26 appearances
  • Over 0.58 of 2631%± 9
  • Over 1.52 of 268%± 5
  • Over 2.51 of 264%± 4
  • Over 3.50 of 260%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 18 of 26.

Shooting profile

10 shots

Where they shoot

10 shots
Every shotBy zone
18% of shots, 2 shots9% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 1 shot27% of shots, 3 shots18% of shots, 2 shots18%9%9%9%27%18%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Joel Ward, 2023/24, final 35m. A further 9% of their shots came from outside this window.

left
0%
Centre
83%
right
17%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.079
Shots per 90
0.45
Key passes per 90
0.09
Average shot distance
24.7m
From set pieces
92%

How the chances arrive

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

Club role

Crystal Palace

What they are for

  • On the pitch58% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Joachim Andersen0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
  2. Jefferson Lerma0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Matheus França0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Eberechi Eze0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Cheick Oumar Doucoure0.0 xG2 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Eberechi Eze0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  2. Michael Olise0.0 xG1 shot, 1g

Season record

2023/24

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Joel Ward carries 5.6% of Crystal Palace’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.238
    45% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.242
    30% 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

26 appearances, oldest first

v Wolves1 shot
0 on target

at Villa1 shot
0 on target

v Fulham1 shot
0 on target

at Newcastle2 shots
0 on target

v Spurs3 shots
0 on target

v Everton1 shot
0 on target

at West Ham1 shot
0 on target

v Luton1 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.