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Marcus Tavernier

Midfielder27 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.265 non-penalty goals from 70 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.204 assists, 52 key passes
Finishing
-1.95goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.268% of Bournemouth’s build-up value

Marcus Tavernier ranks 54th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 19.8m on average, with 25% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 14% of Bournemouth’s attacking involvement, the largest share in the squad.

Against their position

142 midfielders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.23
Non-penalty goals
0.16
xG
0.30
Non-penalty xG
0.26
Shots
2.27
npxG per shot
0.11
Shot distance
19.8m
Set-piece share
25%
Goals against xG
-2.9

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.13
Expected assists
0.20
Key passes
1.68
npxG + xA
0.45
xG chain
0.58
xG build-up
0.26
Assists against xA
-2.2

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
4.94
Defensive contribution
8.27

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
6season count
Red cards
0season 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 7

Next fixture

Gameweek 7

vs Sunderland

Sun 18 Oct, 13:00 UTC

Sunderland concede 14.3 shots a match and are 1.26× the league norm against midfielders. A favourable draw.

Projected shots
2.72

2.27 per 90 × 1.20

Projected on target
0.83

0.78 per 90 × 1.07

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

Shots

34 appearances
  • Over 0.528 of 3482%± 7
  • Over 1.521 of 3462%± 8
  • Over 2.514 of 3441%± 8
  • Over 3.56 of 3418%± 7

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 6 of 34.

Shooting profile

70 shots

Where they shoot

70 shots
1% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 2 shots1% of shots, 1 shot1% of shots, 1 shot1% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 4 shots7% of shots, 5 shots3% of shots, 2 shots1% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 6 shots4% of shots, 3 shots4% of shots, 3 shots1% of shots, 1 shot1% of shots, 1 shot1% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 3 shots1% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 4 shots6% of shots, 4 shots11% of shots, 8 shots3% of shots, 2 shots4% of shots, 3 shots4% of shots, 3 shots3% of shots, 2 shots7% of shots, 5 shots1% of shots, 1 shot1% of shots, 1 shot7%9%11%7%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Marcus Tavernier, 2025/26, final 35m.

left
35%
Centre
49%
right
16%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.134
Shots per 90
2.27
Key passes per 90
1.68
Average shot distance
19.8m
From set pieces
25%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
14%
Through balls
26%
Own dribble
1%
Headed
4%

Club role

Bournemouth

What they are for

  • PenaltiesTakes them: 2 of 6 Bournemouth were awarded.
  • Open-play crosses5 crosses from open play became shots, worth 1.04 xG.
  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 9% of Bournemouth’s dead-ball danger, from 8 deliveries that became shots.
  • When it mattered7 of 7 goals came with the game level or Bournemouth behind.
  • On the pitch81% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Rayan1.4 xG3 shots, 1g
  2. Ryan Christie0.7 xG3 shots, 0g
  3. Alejandro Jiménez0.6 xG4 shots, 0g
  4. Adrien Truffert0.5 xG4 shots, 1g
  5. Antoine Semenyo0.5 xG6 shots, 1g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Evanilson1.9 xG8 shots, 3g
  2. Eli Junior Kroupi0.8 xG10 shots, 0g
  3. Ryan Christie0.8 xG3 shots, 1g
  4. David Brooks0.8 xG4 shots, 0g
  5. Ben Doak0.4 xG2 shots, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Marcus Tavernier carries 8.4% of Bournemouth’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.264
    47% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.577
    85% 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

at Liverpool2 shots
1 on target

1g

v Wolves2 shots
2 on target

at Spurs3 shots
0 on target

v Brighton1 shot
0 on target

v Newcastle2 shots
0 on target

1g

v Forest4 shots
2 on target

at Man City1 shot
0 on target

at Villa3 shots
0 on target

1g

v West Ham3 shots
1 on target

at Sunderland3 shots
0 on target

v Chelsea3 shots
1 on target

1g

at Man Utd4 shots
3 on target

v Burnley2 shots
0 on target

at Brentford2 shots
1 on target

at Chelsea1 shot
0 on target

v Arsenal4 shots
1 on target

v Spurs1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Brighton2 shots
1 on target

v Sunderland4 shots
3 on target

v Brentford5 shots
1 on target

at Burnley4 shots
1 on target

v Man Utd2 shots
1 on target

at Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Newcastle3 shots
1 on target

v Leeds1 shot
0 on target

v Palace1 shot
1 on target

at Fulham3 shots
2 on target

1g

at Forest3 shots
1 on target

6 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 6 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.