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Matt Doherty

Defender
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.072 non-penalty goals from 10 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.071 assists, 12 key passes
Finishing
+0.58goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.277% of Wolverhampton Wanderers’ build-up value

Matt Doherty ranks 229th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 19.7m on average, with 63% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 3% of Wolverhampton Wanderers’ attacking involvement, the 11th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

123 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.08
Non-penalty goals
0.08
xG
0.07
Non-penalty xG
0.07
Shots
0.42
npxG per shot
0.16
Shot distance
19.7m
Set-piece share
63%
Goals against xG
+0.4

2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.04
Expected assists
0.07
Key passes
0.50
npxG + xA
0.14
xG chain
0.34
xG build-up
0.27
Assists against xA
-0.7

On the ball

per 90

6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Defending

per 90

7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Discipline

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

3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Ranked against 123 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.

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Shots

30 appearances
  • Over 0.57 of 3023%± 8
  • Over 1.52 of 307%± 5
  • Over 2.51 of 303%± 3
  • Over 3.51 of 303%± 3

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 23 of 30.

Shooting profile

10 shots

Where they shoot

10 shots
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Matt Doherty, 2024/25, 10 shots in the final 35m, 2 scored.

left
0%
Centre
87%
right
13%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.158
Shots per 90
0.42
Key passes per 90
0.50
Average shot distance
19.7m
From set pieces
63%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
67%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
10%
Headed
3%

Club role

Wolverhampton Wanderers

What they are for

  • On the pitch63% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Rayan Ait Nouri0.4 xG1 shot, 1g
  2. João Gomes0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Tommy Doyle0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Chiquinho0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Jørgen Strand Larsen0.9 xG3 shots, 0g
  2. Rodrigo Gomes0.4 xG2 shots, 1g
  3. João Gomes0.3 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Matheus Cunha0.2 xG4 shots, 0g
  5. Jean-Ricner Bellegarde0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Matt Doherty carries 7.2% of Wolverhampton Wanderers’ build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.267
    45% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.339
    52% of defenders

Ranked against 123 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

30 appearances, oldest first

at Arsenal2 shots
0 on target

1g

at West Ham4 shots
1 on target

v Ipswich1 shot
0 on target

at Spurs1 shot
1 on target

1g

at Chelsea1 shot
1 on target

v Fulham1 shot
0 on target

at Ipswich1 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.