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Kaoru Mitoma

Midfielder29 yrs
Injured
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.3510 non-penalty goals from 57 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.174 assists, 37 key passes
Finishing
+0.78goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.296% of Brighton’s build-up value

Kaoru Mitoma ranks 52nd of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 15.1m on average. They carry 14% of Brighton’s attacking involvement, the 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

104 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.35
Non-penalty goals
0.35
xG
0.35
Non-penalty xG
0.35
Shots
1.97
npxG per shot
0.18
Shot distance
15.1m
Set-piece share
1%
Goals against xG
-0.2

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.14
Expected assists
0.17
Key passes
1.28
npxG + xA
0.52
xG chain
0.74
xG build-up
0.29
Assists against xA
-0.9

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
1season 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

vs Crystal Palace

Sun 18 Oct, 13:00 UTC

Crystal Palace concede 12.8 shots a match and are 1.09× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
2.04

1.97 per 90 × 1.04

Projected on target
0.83

0.93 per 90 × 0.89

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

Shots

36 appearances
  • Over 0.528 of 3678%± 7
  • Over 1.520 of 3656%± 8
  • Over 2.57 of 3619%± 7
  • Over 3.52 of 366%± 4

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 8 of 36.

Shooting profile

57 shots

Where they shoot

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

Kaoru Mitoma, 2024/25, 57 shots in the final 35m, 10 scored.

left
51%
Centre
45%
right
3%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.179
Shots per 90
1.97
Key passes per 90
1.28
Average shot distance
15.1m
From set pieces
1%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
20%
Through balls
17%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
8%

Club role

Brighton

What they are for

  • Open-play crosses6 crosses from open play became shots, worth 1.17 xG.
  • When it mattered8 of 10 goals came with the game level or Brighton behind.
  • On the pitch76% 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. João Pedro1.6 xG6 shots, 2g
  2. Yankuba Minteh1.5 xG3 shots, 2g
  3. Jack Hinshelwood0.8 xG3 shots, 1g
  4. Tariq Lamptey0.6 xG2 shots, 1g
  5. Yasin Ayari0.6 xG2 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Danny Welbeck2.0 xG7 shots, 1g
  2. Georginio Rutter0.7 xG4 shots, 1g
  3. Yankuba Minteh0.6 xG2 shots, 1g
  4. Simon Adingra0.4 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. João Pedro0.4 xG7 shots, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Kaoru Mitoma carries 6.3% of Brighton’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.291
    78% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.739
    78% 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

36 appearances, oldest first
1g

at Everton4 shots
3 on target

at Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

v Ipswich3 shots
2 on target

at Chelsea2 shots
0 on target

v Spurs3 shots
1 on target

at Newcastle2 shots
1 on target

v Wolves4 shots
1 on target

at Liverpool2 shots
0 on target

v Man City1 shot
1 on target

1g

at Bournemouth1 shot
1 on target

1g

v Southampton2 shots
1 on target

at Fulham1 shot
0 on target

at Leicester1 shot
0 on target

v Palace3 shots
1 on target

at West Ham2 shots
1 on target

v Brentford2 shots
0 on target

1g

at Ipswich2 shots
2 on target

1g

at Man Utd1 shot
1 on target

v Everton2 shots
0 on target

1g

v Chelsea2 shots
2 on target

1g

at Southampton2 shots
1 on target

v Bournemouth2 shots
0 on target

at Man City2 shots
2 on target

v Villa2 shots
2 on target

at Palace1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Brentford3 shots
1 on target

1g

v West Ham1 shot
1 on target

1g

v Liverpool3 shots
2 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.