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Brighton

Kaoru Mitoma

Midfielder29 yrs
Injured
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.283 non-penalty goals from 34 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.214 assists, 25 key passes
Finishing
-1.46goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.505% of Brighton’s build-up value

Kaoru Mitoma ranks 67th of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 15.2m 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

107 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.18
Non-penalty goals
0.18
xG
0.28
Non-penalty xG
0.28
Shots
2.06
npxG per shot
0.14
Shot distance
15.2m
Set-piece share
8%
Goals against xG
-1.7

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.24
Expected assists
0.21
Key passes
1.52
npxG + xA
0.49
xG chain
0.85
xG build-up
0.50
Assists against xA
+0.6

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
4season 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

vs Crystal Palace

Sun 18 Oct, 13:00 UTC

Crystal Palace concede 12.1 shots a match and are 0.83× the league norm against forwards. A difficult one.

Projected shots
1.75

2.06 per 90 × 0.85

Projected on target
0.76

0.91 per 90 × 0.83

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

Shots

19 appearances
  • Over 0.518 of 1995%± 5
  • Over 1.510 of 1953%± 11
  • Over 2.53 of 1916%± 8
  • Over 3.52 of 1911%± 7

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 1 of 19.

Shooting profile

34 shots

Where they shoot

34 shots
Every shotBy zone
9% of shots, 3 shots9% of shots, 3 shots3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 2 shots21% of shots, 7 shots9% of shots, 3 shots9% of shots, 3 shots12% of shots, 4 shots6% of shots, 2 shots6% of shots, 2 shots6% of shots, 2 shots3% of shots, 1 shot9%9%21%9%9%12%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Kaoru Mitoma, 2023/24, final 35m.

left
74%
Centre
24%
right
1%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.138
Shots per 90
2.06
Key passes per 90
1.52
Average shot distance
15.2m
From set pieces
8%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
21%
Through balls
24%
Own dribble
16%
Headed
13%

Club role

Brighton

What they are for

  • When it mattered2 of 3 goals came with the game level or Brighton behind.
  • On the pitch43% 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. Estupiñán1.2 xG5 shots, 2g
  2. João Pedro0.7 xG4 shots, 0g
  3. Mahmoud Dahoud0.7 xG2 shots, 1g
  4. Pascal Groß0.5 xG5 shots, 0g
  5. Anssumane Fati0.4 xG3 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. João Pedro0.5 xG5 shots, 0g
  2. Pascal Groß0.5 xG2 shots, 1g
  3. Solly March0.5 xG1 shot, 1g
  4. Estupiñán0.5 xG2 shots, 1g
  5. Evan Ferguson0.4 xG4 shots, 1g

Season record

2023/24

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Kaoru Mitoma carries 5.3% of Brighton’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.495
    96% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.853
    79% 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

19 appearances, oldest first

v Luton1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Wolves1 shot
1 on target

v West Ham2 shots
0 on target

v Newcastle4 shots
1 on target

at Man Utd1 shot
1 on target

2g

v Bournemouth2 shots
2 on target

at Villa2 shots
0 on target

v Liverpool1 shot
0 on target

at Man City3 shots
2 on target

v Fulham1 shot
0 on target

at Everton2 shots
1 on target

v Sheffield Utd2 shots
1 on target

at Chelsea1 shot
1 on target

v Brentford1 shot
0 on target

v Burnley5 shots
1 on target

at Palace2 shots
2 on target

at Spurs1 shot
1 on target

at Sheffield Utd2 shots
1 on target

1 blankno 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 one 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.