-1.21goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.269% of Newcastle United’s build-up value
league 0.24
Malick Thiaw ranks 189th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 9.6m on average, with 91% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 5% of Newcastle United’s attacking involvement, the 8th largest share in the squad.
Against their position
119 defenders
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.1294th
Non-penalty goals
0.1294th
xG
0.18100th
Non-penalty xG
0.18100th
Shots
0.8585th
npxG per shot
0.2199th
Shot distance
9.6m90th
Set-piece share
91%74th
Goals against xG
-1.95th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.0025th
Expected assists
0.0340th
Key passes
0.1817th
npxG + xA
0.2090th
xG chain
0.2850th
xG build-up
0.2659th
Assists against xA
-0.816th
On the ball
per 90
6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Defending
per 90
Recoveries
3.5847th
Defensive contribution
8.8771st
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 119 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. Recoveries and defensive contribution come from the FPL feed and are ranked in its own positions.
This week
Gameweek 8
Next fixture
Gameweek 8
away toCrystal Palace
Sun 25 Oct, 14:00 UTC
Crystal Palace concede 11.7 shots a match and are 1.09× the league norm against defenders. Roughly an average matchup.
Projected shots
0.86
0.85 per 90 × 1.01
Projected on target
0.34
0.33 per 90 × 1.02
Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.
Shots
35 appearances
Over 0.519 of 3554%± 8
Over 1.58 of 3523%± 7
Over 2.51 of 353%± 3
Over 3.50 of 350%± 0
The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 16 of 35.
Ranked against 119 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
35 appearances, oldest first
over 1.5
v Arsenal2 shots 1 on target
v Forest2 shots 1 on target
at Brighton1 shot 0 on target
v Fulham1 shot 0 on target
at Brentford1 shot 0 on target
2g
at Everton2 shots 2 on target
v Spurs1 shot 0 on target
at Man Utd1 shot 0 on target
at Burnley2 shots 0 on target
1g
v Palace1 shot 1 on target
at Liverpool2 shots 0 on target
v Brentford2 shots 1 on target
1g
at Spurs3 shots 2 on target
at Man City1 shot 1 on target
v Everton1 shot 0 on target
v Man Utd1 shot 1 on target
at Chelsea1 shot 0 on target
v Bournemouth2 shots 0 on target
v Brighton1 shot 1 on target
16 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 16 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.
