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Matt O'Riley

Midfielder25 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.221 non-penalty goals from 22 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.232 assists, 21 key passes
Finishing
-1.07goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.282% of Brighton’s build-up value

Matt O'Riley ranks 81st of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 20.5m on average, with 31% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 4% of Brighton’s attacking involvement, the 10th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

137 midfielders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.19
Non-penalty goals
0.10
xG
0.29
Non-penalty xG
0.22
Shots
2.12
npxG per shot
0.10
Shot distance
20.5m
Set-piece share
31%
Goals against xG
-1.3

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.19
Expected assists
0.23
Key passes
2.02
npxG + xA
0.45
xG chain
0.62
xG build-up
0.28
Assists against xA
-0.4

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
1season count
Red cards
0season count

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

Ranked against 137 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.

This week

Gameweek 7

Next fixture

Gameweek 7

vs Crystal Palace

Sun 18 Oct, 13:00 UTC

Crystal Palace concede 12.8 shots a match and are 1.08× the league norm against midfielders. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
2.18

2.12 per 90 × 1.03

Projected on target
0.60

0.67 per 90 × 0.89

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

Shots

21 appearances
  • Over 0.514 of 2167%± 10
  • Over 1.56 of 2129%± 10
  • Over 2.52 of 2110%± 6
  • Over 3.51 of 215%± 5

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 7 of 21.

Shooting profile

22 shots

Where they shoot

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

Matt O'Riley, 2024/25, 22 shots in the final 35m, 2 scored.

left
5%
Centre
64%
right
31%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.139
Shots per 90
2.12
Key passes per 90
2.02
Average shot distance
20.5m
From set pieces
31%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
14%
Through balls
50%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
13%

Club role

Brighton

What they are for

  • PenaltiesTakes them: 1 of 7 Brighton were awarded.
  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 7% of Brighton’s dead-ball danger, from 7 deliveries that became shots.
  • On the pitch27% 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 O'Riley’soutput.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. João Pedro0.6 xG1 shot, 1g
  2. Yankuba Minteh0.5 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Simon Adingra0.2 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Brajan Gruda0.2 xG3 shots, 0g
  5. Danny Welbeck0.2 xG3 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Jack Hinshelwood0.6 xG2 shots, 1g
  2. Simon Adingra0.5 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Mats Wieffer0.4 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Jan Paul van Hecke0.2 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Estupiñán0.1 xG2 shots, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Matt O'Riley carries 2.1% of Brighton’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.275
    50% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.625
    83% of midfielders

Ranked against 137 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

21 appearances, oldest first
1g

v Man City1 shot
1 on target

at Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

v Southampton2 shots
1 on target

at Fulham2 shots
0 on target

v Brentford4 shots
1 on target

at Villa2 shots
0 on target

v Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

v Everton1 shot
0 on target

at Forest1 shot
1 on target

v Leicester3 shots
1 on target

at Brentford2 shots
0 on target

v West Ham1 shot
1 on target

at Wolves1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Spurs1 shot
1 on target

7 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 7 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.