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Kaoru Mitoma

Midfielder29 yrs
Injured
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.253 non-penalty goals from 32 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.191 assists, 30 key passes
Finishing
-1.23goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.244% of Brighton’s build-up value

Kaoru Mitoma ranks 65th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 15.7m on average. They carry 8% of Brighton’s attacking involvement, the 4th largest share in the squad.

Injured. Hamstring injury - Expected back 18 Oct. The rates below describe what he did, not what he is about to do. Club status as of 17 Oct 2026.

Against their position

109 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.16
Non-penalty goals
0.16
xG
0.25
Non-penalty xG
0.25
Shots
1.67
npxG per shot
0.15
Shot distance
15.7m
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
0.05
Expected assists
0.19
Key passes
1.57
npxG + xA
0.44
xG chain
0.59
xG build-up
0.24
Assists against xA
-2.5

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
3.26
Defensive contribution
5.62

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
5season 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

vs Crystal Palace

Sun 18 Oct, 13:00 UTC

Crystal Palace concede 11.7 shots a match and are 0.95× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
1.57

1.67 per 90 × 0.94

Projected on target
0.69

0.68 per 90 × 1.02

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

Shots

25 appearances
  • Over 0.520 of 2580%± 8
  • Over 1.59 of 2536%± 10
  • Over 2.53 of 2512%± 6
  • Over 3.50 of 250%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 5 of 25.

Shooting profile

32 shots

Where they shoot

32 shots
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Kaoru Mitoma, 2025/26, 32 shots in the final 35m, 3 scored.

left
86%
Centre
4%
right
11%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.150
Shots per 90
1.67
Key passes per 90
1.57
Average shot distance
15.7m
From set pieces
2%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
12%
Through balls
24%
Own dribble
6%
Headed
5%

Club role

Brighton

What they are for

  • When it mattered3 of 3 goals came with the game level or Brighton behind.
  • On the pitch50% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Danny Welbeck0.8 xG3 shots, 0g
  2. Georginio Rutter0.7 xG4 shots, 0g
  3. Pascal Groß0.5 xG5 shots, 1g
  4. Maxim De Cuyper0.5 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Jack Hinshelwood0.5 xG2 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Diego Gómez0.8 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Danny Welbeck0.7 xG3 shots, 0g
  3. Brajan Gruda0.4 xG2 shots, 1g
  4. Ferdi Kadioglu0.4 xG8 shots, 0g
  5. Jack Hinshelwood0.4 xG3 shots, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Kaoru Mitoma carries 3.7% of Brighton’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.241
    75% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.590
    63% 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

25 appearances, oldest first

v Fulham1 shot
0 on target

at Everton1 shot
0 on target

v Man City2 shots
1 on target

1g

at Bournemouth1 shot
1 on target

v Spurs1 shot
1 on target

at Liverpool1 shot
0 on target

at West Ham1 shot
1 on target

1g

at Man City2 shots
1 on target

v Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

at Fulham1 shot
1 on target

v Everton2 shots
0 on target

at Villa1 shot
0 on target

at Brentford2 shots
2 on target

v Forest3 shots
2 on target

v Arsenal2 shots
0 on target

v Liverpool1 shot
1 on target

1g

at Spurs2 shots
1 on target

v Chelsea3 shots
1 on target

at Newcastle1 shot
0 on target

v Wolves3 shots
0 on target

5 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 5 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.