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Joshua Zirkzee

Forward25 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.343 non-penalty goals from 28 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.131 assists, 12 key passes
Finishing
-1.71goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.193% of Manchester United’s build-up value

Joshua Zirkzee ranks 71st of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 13.2m on average. They carry 7% of Manchester United’s attacking involvement, the 5th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

104 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.20
Non-penalty goals
0.20
xG
0.34
Non-penalty xG
0.34
Shots
1.83
npxG per shot
0.19
Shot distance
13.2m
Set-piece share
9%
Goals against xG
-2.2

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.07
Expected assists
0.13
Key passes
0.78
npxG + xA
0.47
xG chain
0.59
xG build-up
0.19
Assists against xA
-1.0

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
2season count
Red cards
0season count

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

Ranked against 104 forwards 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 Leeds

Sun 18 Oct, 13:00 UTC

No shot record for Leeds 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

32 appearances
  • Over 0.518 of 3256%± 9
  • Over 1.58 of 3225%± 8
  • Over 2.52 of 326%± 4
  • Over 3.50 of 320%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 14 of 32.

Shooting profile

28 shots

Where they shoot

28 shots
Every shotBy zone
4% of shots, 1 shot7% of shots, 2 shots14% of shots, 4 shots11% of shots, 3 shots4% of shots, 1 shot18% of shots, 5 shots7% of shots, 2 shots11% of shots, 3 shots4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot7% of shots, 2 shots4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot7%14%11%18%7%11%7%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Joshua Zirkzee, 2024/25, final 35m.

left
22%
Centre
71%
right
7%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.186
Shots per 90
1.83
Key passes per 90
0.78
Average shot distance
13.2m
From set pieces
9%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
32%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
1%
Headed
16%

Club role

Manchester United

What they are for

  • When it mattered1 of 3 goals came with the game level or Manchester United behind.
  • On the pitch40% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Bruno Fernandes1.2 xG6 shots, 1g
  2. Marcus Rashford1.0 xG3 shots, 0g
  3. Christian Eriksen0.7 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Kobbie Mainoo0.7 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Amad Diallo Traore0.6 xG4 shots, 1g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Casemiro0.6 xG1 shot, 1g
  2. Alejandro Garnacho0.5 xG3 shots, 0g
  3. Harry Maguire0.5 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Bruno Fernandes0.3 xG4 shots, 0g
  5. Amad Diallo Traore0.1 xG2 shots, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Joshua Zirkzee carries 2.8% of Manchester United’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.194
    43% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.590
    45% of forwards

Ranked against 104 forwards 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
1g

v Fulham1 shot
1 on target

v Liverpool3 shots
2 on target

at Southampton3 shots
2 on target

at Palace1 shot
0 on target

v Spurs1 shot
1 on target

at West Ham2 shots
0 on target

v Leicester1 shot
0 on target

at Ipswich1 shot
0 on target

2g

v Everton2 shots
2 on target

v Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

v Southampton1 shot
0 on target

v Brighton2 shots
0 on target

at Spurs2 shots
0 on target

at Everton2 shots
0 on target

v Ipswich1 shot
0 on target

v Arsenal1 shot
1 on target

v Man City2 shots
1 on target

at Newcastle1 shot
1 on target

14 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 14 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.