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Josko Gvardiol

Defender24 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.122 non-penalty goals from 17 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.032 assists, 4 key passes
Finishing
+0.36goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.635% of Manchester City’s build-up value

Josko Gvardiol ranks 235th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 12.0m on average, with 73% of their danger coming from set pieces.

Against their position

119 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.13
Non-penalty goals
0.13
xG
0.12
Non-penalty xG
0.12
Shots
1.11
npxG per shot
0.11
Shot distance
12.0m
Set-piece share
73%
Goals against xG
+0.1

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.13
Expected assists
0.03
Key passes
0.26
npxG + xA
0.15
xG chain
0.66
xG build-up
0.63
Assists against xA
+1.6

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
3.22
Defensive contribution
6.77

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

This week

Gameweek 8

Next fixture

Gameweek 8

away to Aston Villa

Sat 24 Oct, 11:30 UTC

Aston Villa concede 13.0 shots a match and are 0.96× the league norm against defenders. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
1.11

1.11 per 90 × 1.00

Projected on target
0.41

0.39 per 90 × 1.05

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

Shots

18 appearances
  • Over 0.59 of 1850%± 12
  • Over 1.55 of 1828%± 11
  • Over 2.52 of 1811%± 7
  • Over 3.51 of 186%± 5

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 9 of 18.

Shooting profile

17 shots

Where they shoot

17 shots
Every shotBy zone
24% of shots, 4 shots18% of shots, 3 shots18% of shots, 3 shots6% of shots, 1 shot18% of shots, 3 shots6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot24%18%18%18%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Josko Gvardiol, 2025/26, final 35m.

left
11%
Centre
82%
right
7%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.109
Shots per 90
1.11
Key passes per 90
0.26
Average shot distance
12.0m
From set pieces
73%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
13%
Through balls
56%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
56%

Club role

Manchester City

What they are for

  • 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 Josko Gvardiol’soutput.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Nico O'Reilly0.6 xG1 shot, 1g
  2. Phil Foden0.4 xG8 shots, 1g
  3. Rodri0.3 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Mathis Cherki0.2 xG3 shots, 0g
  5. Erling Haaland0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Erling Haaland0.4 xG2 shots, 1g
  2. Mathis Cherki0.0 xG1 shot, 1g
  3. Tijjani Reijnders0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Josko Gvardiol carries 4.6% of Manchester City’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.625
    98% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.661
    97% of defenders

Ranked against 119 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

18 appearances, oldest first

v Burnley2 shots
0 on target

at Brentford1 shot
1 on target

at Villa2 shots
0 on target

1g

v Leeds2 shots
1 on target

1g

v Sunderland1 shot
1 on target

at Palace1 shot
1 on target

v West Ham3 shots
0 on target

at Sunderland4 shots
1 on target

v Palace1 shot
1 on target

9 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 9 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.