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Joshua Zirkzee

Forward25 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.602 non-penalty goals from 25 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.191 assists, 11 key passes
Finishing
-1.40goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.412% of Manchester United’s build-up value

Joshua Zirkzee ranks 4th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 13.3m on average. They carry 4% of Manchester United’s attacking involvement, the 9th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

109 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.31
Non-penalty goals
0.31
xG
0.60
Non-penalty xG
0.60
Shots
3.93
npxG per shot
0.15
Shot distance
13.3m
Set-piece share
2%
Goals against xG
-1.8

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.16
Expected assists
0.19
Key passes
1.73
npxG + xA
0.80
xG chain
1.05
xG build-up
0.41
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
Recoveries
3.11
Defensive contribution
6.52

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
3season count
Red cards
0season count

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

Ranked against 109 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. Recoveries and defensive contribution come from the FPL feed and are ranked in its own positions.

This week

Gameweek 7

Next fixture

Gameweek 7

away to Leeds

Sun 18 Oct, 13:00 UTC

Leeds concede 12.6 shots a match and are 0.97× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
3.87

3.93 per 90 × 0.99

Projected on target
1.26

1.26 per 90 × 1.00

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

Shots

24 appearances
  • Over 0.512 of 2450%± 10
  • Over 1.56 of 2425%± 9
  • Over 2.53 of 2413%± 7
  • Over 3.51 of 244%± 4

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 12 of 24.

Shooting profile

25 shots

Where they shoot

25 shots
Every shotBy zone
4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot12% of shots, 3 shots20% of shots, 5 shots4% of shots, 1 shot12% of shots, 3 shots16% of shots, 4 shots4% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 2 shots4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot12%20%12%16%8%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Joshua Zirkzee, 2025/26, final 35m.

left
11%
Centre
76%
right
13%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.154
Shots per 90
3.93
Key passes per 90
1.73
Average shot distance
13.3m
From set pieces
2%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
11%
Through balls
5%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
32%

Club role

Manchester United

What they are for

  • On the pitch17% 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. Amad Diallo Traore1.0 xG4 shots, 0g
  2. Bruno Fernandes0.7 xG7 shots, 1g
  3. Luke Shaw0.5 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Kobbie Mainoo0.2 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Matthijs de Ligt0.2 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Benjamin Sesko0.6 xG3 shots, 0g
  2. Patrick Dorgu0.3 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Bryan Mbeumo0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Kobbie Mainoo0.0 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Bruno Fernandes0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Joshua Zirkzee carries 2.0% of Manchester United’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.409
    94% of forwards
  • Possession value per 901.054
    99% of forwards

Ranked against 109 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

24 appearances, oldest first

v Burnley7 shots
1 on target

at Brentford1 shot
0 on target

v Everton3 shots
2 on target

1g

at Palace1 shot
1 on target

v West Ham2 shots
0 on target

1g

v Wolves1 shot
1 on target

at Burnley2 shots
0 on target

at West Ham1 shot
0 on target

v Palace2 shots
0 on target

at Newcastle1 shot
1 on target

at Sunderland1 shot
0 on target

v Forest3 shots
2 on target

12 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 12 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.