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Martín Zubimendi

Midfielder27 yrs
75% chance
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.095 non-penalty goals from 27 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.031 assists, 19 key passes
Finishing
+2.40goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.339% of Arsenal’s build-up value

Martín Zubimendi ranks 267th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 14.9m on average, with 38% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 6% of Arsenal’s attacking involvement, the 7th largest share in the squad.

75% chance. Unspecified injury - 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
0.15
Non-penalty goals
0.15
xG
0.09
Non-penalty xG
0.09
Shots
0.80
npxG per shot
0.11
Shot distance
14.9m
Set-piece share
38%
Goals against xG
+2.1

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.03
Expected assists
0.03
Key passes
0.56
npxG + xA
0.12
xG chain
0.40
xG build-up
0.33
Assists against xA
-0.1

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
3.49
Defensive contribution
9.24

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 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

away to Nottingham Forest

Sun 18 Oct, 15:30 UTC

Nottingham Forest concede 13.3 shots a match and are 1.20× the league norm against midfielders. A favourable draw.

Projected shots
0.90

0.80 per 90 × 1.13

Projected on target
0.27

0.27 per 90 × 1.02

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

Shots

38 appearances
  • Over 0.516 of 3842%± 8
  • Over 1.57 of 3818%± 6
  • Over 2.54 of 3811%± 5
  • Over 3.50 of 380%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 22 of 38.

Shooting profile

27 shots

Where they shoot

27 shots
4% of shots, 1 shot7% of shots, 2 shots11% of shots, 3 shots4% of shots, 1 shot7% of shots, 2 shots19% of shots, 5 shots7% of shots, 2 shots4% of shots, 1 shot7% of shots, 2 shots11% of shots, 3 shots4% of shots, 1 shot11% of shots, 3 shots4% of shots, 1 shot7%11%7%19%7%7%11%11%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Martín Zubimendi, 2025/26, final 35m.

left
10%
Centre
73%
right
17%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.109
Shots per 90
0.80
Key passes per 90
0.56
Average shot distance
14.9m
From set pieces
38%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
5%
Through balls
31%
Own dribble
10%
Headed
7%

Club role

Arsenal

What they are for

  • When it mattered3 of 5 goals came with the game level or Arsenal behind.
  • On the pitch89% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Martin Odegaard1.0 xG3 shots, 1g
  2. Noni Madueke0.4 xG2 shots, 1g
  3. Leandro Trossard0.4 xG4 shots, 2g
  4. Declan Rice0.3 xG4 shots, 0g
  5. Mikel Merino0.2 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Jurriën Timber0.3 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Eberechi Eze0.2 xG3 shots, 0g
  3. Bukayo Saka0.2 xG4 shots, 0g
  4. Max Dowman0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Noni Madueke0.1 xG2 shots, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Martín Zubimendi carries 8.9% of Arsenal’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.331
    73% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.399
    48% 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

38 appearances, oldest first

v Leeds1 shot
0 on target

at Liverpool1 shot
0 on target

2g

v Forest3 shots
2 on target

v Man City1 shot
0 on target

at Sunderland3 shots
1 on target

v Spurs1 shot
0 on target

at Everton2 shots
0 on target

v Brighton1 shot
1 on target

1g

v Villa3 shots
1 on target

v Man Utd2 shots
1 on target

1g

at Leeds3 shots
2 on target

1g

v Sunderland1 shot
1 on target

v Chelsea1 shot
0 on target

at Brighton1 shot
0 on target

v Everton2 shots
0 on target

v Newcastle1 shot
0 on target

22 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 22 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.