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Kai Havertz

Forward27 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.579 non-penalty goals from 53 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.143 assists, 17 key passes
Finishing
-1.67goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.224% of Arsenal’s build-up value

Kai Havertz ranks 18th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 11.8m on average. They carry 10% of Arsenal’s attacking involvement, the 5th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

104 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.43
Non-penalty goals
0.43
xG
0.57
Non-penalty xG
0.57
Shots
2.54
npxG per shot
0.22
Shot distance
11.8m
Set-piece share
16%
Goals against xG
-2.8

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.14
Expected assists
0.14
Key passes
0.81
npxG + xA
0.71
xG chain
0.77
xG build-up
0.22
Assists against xA
+0.1

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
5season 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 Nottingham Forest

Sun 18 Oct, 15:30 UTC

Nottingham Forest concede 14.0 shots a match and are 1.07× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
2.72

2.54 per 90 × 1.07

Projected on target
0.99

1.01 per 90 × 0.98

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

Shots

23 appearances
  • Over 0.520 of 2387%± 7
  • Over 1.514 of 2361%± 10
  • Over 2.58 of 2335%± 10
  • Over 3.54 of 2317%± 8

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 3 of 23.

Shooting profile

53 shots

Where they shoot

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

Kai Havertz, 2024/25, 53 shots in the final 35m, 9 scored.

left
21%
Centre
66%
right
13%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.223
Shots per 90
2.54
Key passes per 90
0.81
Average shot distance
11.8m
From set pieces
16%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
25%
Through balls
16%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
18%

Club role

Arsenal

What they are for

  • When it mattered4 of 9 goals came with the game level or Arsenal behind.
  • On the pitch55% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Bukayo Saka2.6 xG10 shots, 3g
  2. Leandro Trossard2.4 xG8 shots, 3g
  3. Martin Odegaard1.2 xG8 shots, 0g
  4. Gabriel Martinelli1.2 xG8 shots, 1g
  5. Declan Rice0.7 xG6 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Bukayo Saka1.1 xG9 shots, 1g
  2. William Saliba0.9 xG1 shot, 1g
  3. Martin Odegaard0.5 xG2 shots, 1g
  4. Takehiro Tomiyasu0.2 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Gabriel Martinelli0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Kai Havertz carries 3.5% of Arsenal’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.225
    57% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.767
    81% 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

23 appearances, oldest first
1g

v Wolves5 shots
1 on target

at Villa1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Brighton2 shots
2 on target

at Spurs2 shots
2 on target

at Man City1 shot
1 on target

1g

v Leicester7 shots
2 on target

1g

v Southampton7 shots
2 on target

at Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

v Liverpool2 shots
0 on target

1g

at West Ham2 shots
1 on target

v Man Utd1 shot
1 on target

at Fulham3 shots
0 on target

v Everton1 shot
1 on target

1g

at Palace2 shots
1 on target

1g

v Ipswich2 shots
2 on target

v Spurs3 shots
1 on target

1g

v Villa3 shots
1 on target

at Wolves3 shots
1 on target

1g

v Man City4 shots
2 on target

at Southampton1 shot
0 on target

3 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 3 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.