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Malo Gusto

Defender23 yrs
75% chance
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.082 non-penalty goals from 12 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.153 assists, 27 key passes
Finishing
+0.29goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.538% of Chelsea’s build-up value

Malo Gusto ranks 171st of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 25.1m on average. They carry 7% of Chelsea’s attacking involvement, the 5th largest share in the squad.

75% chance. Illness - 75% chance of playing. Weigh the rates below against the chance he features at all. Club status as of 17 Oct 2026.

Against their position

142 midfielders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.08
Non-penalty goals
0.08
xG
0.08
Non-penalty xG
0.08
Shots
0.47
npxG per shot
0.16
Shot distance
25.1m
Set-piece share
8%
Goals against xG
+0.1

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.12
Expected assists
0.15
Key passes
1.05
npxG + xA
0.22
xG chain
0.64
xG build-up
0.53
Assists against xA
-0.8

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
4.91
Defensive contribution
5.03

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
3season count
Red cards
1season count

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

Ranked against 142 midfielders 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

vs Tottenham

Sat 24 Oct, 16:30 UTC

Tottenham concede 12.3 shots a match and are 1.06× the league norm against midfielders. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
0.48

0.47 per 90 × 1.02

Projected on target
0.23

0.23 per 90 × 0.98

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

Shots

34 appearances
  • Over 0.511 of 3432%± 8
  • Over 1.52 of 346%± 4
  • Over 2.50 of 340%± 0
  • Over 3.50 of 340%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 23 of 34.

Shooting profile

12 shots

Where they shoot

12 shots
Every shotBy zone
8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8%8%8%8%8%8%8%8%8%8%8%8%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Malo Gusto, 2025/26, final 35m. A further 8% of their shots came from outside this window.

left
6%
Centre
42%
right
52%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.162
Shots per 90
0.47
Key passes per 90
1.05
Average shot distance
25.1m
From set pieces
8%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
35%
Through balls
18%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
35%

Club role

Chelsea

What they are for

  • Open-play crosses6 crosses from open play became shots, worth 0.67 xG.
  • On the pitch67% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Pedro Neto0.7 xG3 shots, 1g
  2. Alejandro Garnacho0.7 xG2 shots, 1g
  3. Andrey Santos0.3 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Cole Palmer0.0 xG2 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. João Pedro1.8 xG5 shots, 1g
  2. Cole Palmer0.7 xG6 shots, 1g
  3. Marc Guiu0.6 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Moisés Caicedo0.2 xG4 shots, 1g
  5. Alejandro Garnacho0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Malo Gusto carries 8.3% of Chelsea’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.529
    96% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.638
    89% of midfielders

Ranked against 142 midfielders 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

34 appearances, oldest first

v Palace1 shot
0 on target

v Liverpool1 shot
0 on target

at Forest1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Wolves1 shot
1 on target

at Burnley1 shot
1 on target

1g

v Everton2 shots
2 on target

v Bournemouth2 shots
0 on target

at Wolves1 shot
1 on target

v Leeds1 shot
0 on target

v Forest1 shot
1 on target

at Sunderland1 shot
0 on target

23 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 23 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.