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Kai Havertz

Forward27 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.4312 non-penalty goals from 69 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.207 assists, 45 key passes
Finishing
-0.12goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.326% of Arsenal’s build-up value

Kai Havertz ranks 30th of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 12.5m on average. They carry 12% of Arsenal’s attacking involvement, the 3rd largest share in the squad.

Against their position

107 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.44
Non-penalty goals
0.41
xG
0.46
Non-penalty xG
0.43
Shots
2.34
npxG per shot
0.18
Shot distance
12.5m
Set-piece share
16%
Goals against xG
-0.7

2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.24
Expected assists
0.20
Key passes
1.53
npxG + xA
0.63
xG chain
0.84
xG build-up
0.32
Assists against xA
+1.2

On the ball

per 90

6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.

Defending

per 90

7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
11season count
Red cards
0season count

3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.

Ranked against 107 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 13.4 shots a match and are 0.95× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
2.24

2.34 per 90 × 0.96

Projected on target
0.85

0.95 per 90 × 0.89

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

Shots

37 appearances
  • Over 0.529 of 3778%± 7
  • Over 1.519 of 3751%± 8
  • Over 2.58 of 3722%± 7
  • Over 3.56 of 3716%± 6

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 8 of 37.

Shooting profile

69 shots

Where they shoot

69 shots
Every shotBy zone
10% of shots, 7 shots4% of shots, 3 shots1% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 3 shots13% of shots, 9 shots13% of shots, 9 shots3% of shots, 2 shots1% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 6 shots10% of shots, 7 shots12% of shots, 8 shots3% of shots, 2 shots4% of shots, 3 shots3% of shots, 2 shots1% of shots, 1 shot1% of shots, 1 shot1% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 2 shots1% of shots, 1 shot10%13%13%9%10%12%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Kai Havertz, 2023/24, final 35m.

left
19%
Centre
60%
right
21%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.195
Shots per 90
2.34
Key passes per 90
1.53
Average shot distance
12.5m
From set pieces
16%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
14%
Through balls
31%
Own dribble
4%
Headed
16%

Club role

Arsenal

What they are for

  • PenaltiesTakes them: 1 of 10 Arsenal were awarded.
  • When it mattered4 of 13 goals came with the game level or Arsenal behind.
  • On the pitch78% 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. Martin Odegaard2.6 xG14 shots, 2g
  2. Gabriel Martinelli2.2 xG10 shots, 2g
  3. Ben White1.4 xG6 shots, 1g
  4. Bukayo Saka1.1 xG7 shots, 2g
  5. Oleksandr Zinchenko0.9 xG3 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Bukayo Saka1.6 xG11 shots, 2g
  2. Leandro Trossard1.4 xG5 shots, 2g
  3. Martin Odegaard0.8 xG9 shots, 1g
  4. Gabriel Jesus0.6 xG5 shots, 0g
  5. Gabriel Martinelli0.6 xG6 shots, 1g

Season record

2023/24

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Kai Havertz carries 5.8% of Arsenal’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.317
    76% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.842
    78% of forwards

Ranked against 107 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

37 appearances, oldest first

v Forest2 shots
0 on target

at Palace1 shot
0 on target

v Fulham1 shot
0 on target

v Man Utd2 shots
0 on target

v Spurs1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Bournemouth2 shots
1 on target

v Sheffield Utd1 shot
0 on target

at Newcastle1 shot
0 on target

v Burnley2 shots
0 on target

1g

at Brentford1 shot
1 on target

1g

at Luton5 shots
1 on target

at Villa1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Brighton4 shots
1 on target

at Liverpool1 shot
0 on target

v Liverpool3 shots
2 on target

at West Ham2 shots
1 on target

1g

at Burnley2 shots
1 on target

1g

v Newcastle2 shots
1 on target

1g

at Sheffield Utd2 shots
2 on target

1g

v Brentford4 shots
2 on target

at Man City1 shot
1 on target

v Luton2 shots
1 on target

1g

at Brighton2 shots
1 on target

v Villa3 shots
2 on target

at Wolves5 shots
2 on target

2g

v Chelsea4 shots
4 on target

1g

at Spurs1 shot
1 on target

v Bournemouth2 shots
2 on target

1g

v Everton9 shots
1 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.