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Josh Cullen

Midfielder
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.062 non-penalty goals from 11 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.112 assists, 13 key passes
Finishing
+1.10goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.276% of Burnley’s build-up value

Josh Cullen ranks 218th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 26.1m on average. They carry 6% of Burnley’s attacking involvement, the 9th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

142 midfielders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.12
Non-penalty goals
0.12
xG
0.06
Non-penalty xG
0.06
Shots
0.65
npxG per shot
0.09
Shot distance
26.1m
Set-piece share
16%
Goals against xG
+1.0

2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.12
Expected assists
0.11
Key passes
0.76
npxG + xA
0.17
xG chain
0.36
xG build-up
0.27
Assists against xA
+0.2

On the ball

per 90

6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Defending

per 90

7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
2season count
Red cards
0season count

3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Ranked against 142 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

Next match

Shots

18 appearances
  • Over 0.510 of 1856%± 12
  • Over 1.52 of 1811%± 7
  • Over 2.50 of 180%± 0
  • Over 3.50 of 180%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 8 of 18.

Shooting profile

11 shots

Where they shoot

11 shots
Every shotBy zone
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Josh Cullen, 2025/26, 11 shots in the final 35m, 2 scored.

left
5%
Centre
78%
right
17%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.092
Shots per 90
0.65
Key passes per 90
0.76
Average shot distance
26.1m
From set pieces
16%

How the chances arrive

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

Club role

Burnley

What they are for

  • On the pitch45% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Jaidon Anthony0.1 xG1 shot, 1g
  2. Jacob Bruun Larsen0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Maxime Estève0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Chimuanya Ugochukwu0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Armando Broja0.6 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Jaidon Anthony0.6 xG4 shots, 1g
  3. Chimuanya Ugochukwu0.4 xG2 shots, 1g
  4. Lyle Foster0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Kyle Walker0.0 xG2 shots, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Josh Cullen carries 6.5% of Burnley’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.272
    52% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.362
    40% of midfielders

Ranked against 142 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

18 appearances, oldest first
1g

v Sunderland1 shot
1 on target

at Man Utd1 shot
0 on target

at Villa1 shot
1 on target

at Wolves2 shots
2 on target

1g

at West Ham2 shots
1 on target

v Palace1 shot
0 on target

at Newcastle1 shot
1 on target

v Fulham1 shot
0 on target

at Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

v Everton1 shot
0 on target

8 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 8 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.