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Kristoffer Ajer

Defender28 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.072 non-penalty goals from 12 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.131 assists, 12 key passes
Finishing
+0.60goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.184% of Brentford’s build-up value

Kristoffer Ajer ranks 185th of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 10.2m on average, with 45% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 3% of Brentford’s attacking involvement, the 12th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

135 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.10
Non-penalty goals
0.10
xG
0.07
Non-penalty xG
0.07
Shots
0.59
npxG per shot
0.12
Shot distance
10.2m
Set-piece share
45%
Goals against xG
+0.5

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.05
Expected assists
0.13
Key passes
0.59
npxG + xA
0.20
xG chain
0.28
xG build-up
0.18
Assists against xA
-1.6

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
5season count
Red cards
0season count

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

Ranked against 135 defenders 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 8

Next fixture

Gameweek 8

away to Hull

Sun 25 Oct, 14:00 UTC

No shot record for Hull in this season, so no opponent adjustment is possible. Newly promoted sides have no Premier League history to measure.

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

Shots

28 appearances
  • Over 0.59 of 2832%± 9
  • Over 1.52 of 287%± 5
  • Over 2.51 of 284%± 4
  • Over 3.50 of 280%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 19 of 28.

Shooting profile

12 shots

Where they shoot

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

Kristoffer Ajer, 2023/24, 12 shots in the final 35m, 2 scored.

left
7%
Centre
81%
right
12%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.122
Shots per 90
0.59
Key passes per 90
0.59
Average shot distance
10.2m
From set pieces
45%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
19%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
5%

Club role

Brentford

What they are for

  • On the pitch54% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Ivan Toney0.5 xG1 shot, 1g
  2. Bryan Mbeumo0.3 xG4 shots, 0g
  3. Shandon Baptiste0.2 xG1 shot, 1g
  4. Mathias Jensen0.2 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Sergio Reguilón0.1 xG2 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Bryan Mbeumo0.9 xG2 shots, 1g
  2. Nathan Collins0.7 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Vitaly Janelt0.5 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Frank Onyeka0.4 xG3 shots, 0g
  5. Zanka0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2023/24

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Kristoffer Ajer carries 4.4% of Brentford’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.179
    24% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.279
    39% of defenders

Ranked against 135 defenders 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

28 appearances, oldest first

at Fulham1 shot
0 on target

v Bournemouth1 shot
1 on target

v Everton1 shot
0 on target

at Forest1 shot
0 on target

v Burnley1 shot
0 on target

v Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Burnley1 shot
1 on target

1g

v Man Utd2 shots
1 on target

at Luton3 shots
1 on target

19 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 19 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.