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Liam Delap

Forward23 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.431 non-penalty goals from 36 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.010 assists, 3 key passes
Finishing
-3.44goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.292% of Chelsea’s build-up value

Liam Delap ranks 61st of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 13.6m on average. They carry 4% of Chelsea’s attacking involvement, the 11th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

109 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.08
Non-penalty goals
0.08
xG
0.43
Non-penalty xG
0.43
Shots
3.05
npxG per shot
0.14
Shot distance
13.6m
Set-piece share
16%
Goals against xG
-4.0

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.00
Expected assists
0.01
Key passes
0.25
npxG + xA
0.44
xG chain
0.64
xG build-up
0.29
Assists against xA
-0.2

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
2.06
Defensive contribution
3.46

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
4season 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 Arsenal

Sun 18 Oct, 15:30 UTC

Arsenal concede 8.3 shots a match and are 0.70× the league norm against forwards. A difficult one.

Projected shots
2.08

3.05 per 90 × 0.68

Projected on target
0.53

0.93 per 90 × 0.57

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

Shots

28 appearances
  • Over 0.519 of 2868%± 9
  • Over 1.510 of 2836%± 9
  • Over 2.55 of 2818%± 7
  • Over 3.52 of 287%± 5

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 9 of 28.

Shooting profile

36 shots

Where they shoot

36 shots
Every shotBy zone
8% of shots, 3 shots3% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 2 shots11% of shots, 4 shots8% of shots, 3 shots3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 2 shots22% of shots, 8 shots6% of shots, 2 shots3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 2 shots6% of shots, 2 shots3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot8%11%8%22%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Liam Delap, 2025/26, final 35m.

left
10%
Centre
73%
right
18%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.140
Shots per 90
3.05
Key passes per 90
0.25
Average shot distance
13.6m
From set pieces
16%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
19%
Through balls
18%
Own dribble
3%
Headed
45%

Club role

Chelsea

What they are for

  • On the pitch31% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Pedro Neto1.0 xG7 shots, 0g
  2. Enzo Fernández0.6 xG7 shots, 0g
  3. Tosin Adarabioyo0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Cole Palmer0.4 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Marc Cucurella0.3 xG5 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Estêvão0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  2. Enzo Fernández0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Pedro Neto0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Liam Delap carries 2.1% of Chelsea’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.288
    83% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.636
    76% 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

28 appearances, oldest first

v Palace1 shot
1 on target

at West Ham1 shot
1 on target

v Fulham1 shot
0 on target

v Wolves2 shots
1 on target

at Burnley2 shots
0 on target

v Arsenal1 shot
1 on target

at Leeds3 shots
1 on target

at Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

v Bournemouth3 shots
0 on target

at Man City2 shots
1 on target

1g

at Fulham3 shots
2 on target

v West Ham4 shots
1 on target

at Wolves1 shot
1 on target

v Leeds1 shot
0 on target

v Burnley1 shot
0 on target

v Newcastle4 shots
1 on target

v Man Utd2 shots
0 on target

v Forest2 shots
0 on target

v Spurs1 shot
0 on target

9 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 9 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.