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Merlin Röhl

Midfielder24 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.081 non-penalty goals from 11 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.050 assists, 6 key passes
Finishing
+0.51goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.101% of Everton’s build-up value

Merlin Röhl ranks 258th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 18.1m on average.

Against their position

142 midfielders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.14
Non-penalty goals
0.14
xG
0.08
Non-penalty xG
0.08
Shots
1.52
npxG per shot
0.05
Shot distance
18.1m
Set-piece share
19%
Goals against xG
+0.4

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.00
Expected assists
0.05
Key passes
0.83
npxG + xA
0.13
xG chain
0.19
xG build-up
0.10
Assists against xA
-0.4

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
3.73
Defensive contribution
9.07

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
0season 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 8

Next fixture

Gameweek 8

away to Arsenal

Sat 24 Oct, 14:00 UTC

Arsenal concede 8.3 shots a match and are 0.69× the league norm against midfielders. A difficult one.

Projected shots
1.03

1.52 per 90 × 0.67

Projected on target
0.08

0.14 per 90 × 0.57

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

Shots

16 appearances
  • Over 0.59 of 1656%± 12
  • Over 1.51 of 166%± 6
  • Over 2.51 of 166%± 6
  • Over 3.50 of 160%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 7 of 16.

Shooting profile

11 shots

Where they shoot

11 shots
Every shotBy zone
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Merlin Röhl, 2025/26, 11 shots in the final 35m, 1 scored.

left
31%
Centre
32%
right
36%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.051
Shots per 90
1.52
Key passes per 90
0.83
Average shot distance
18.1m
From set pieces
19%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
8%

Club role

Everton

What they are for

  • On the pitch19% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Thierno Barry0.2 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. James Tarkowski0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. James Garner0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Iliman Ndiaye0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Iliman Ndiaye0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  2. Thierno Barry0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Beto0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Michael Keane0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Jack Grealish0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Merlin Röhl carries 0.9% of Everton’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.096
    1% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.194
    4% 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

16 appearances, oldest first

v Villa1 shot
0 on target

at Man City1 shot
0 on target

v Spurs1 shot
0 on target

v Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

at Forest1 shot
0 on target

v Brentford1 shot
0 on target

at Villa1 shot
0 on target

v Man City1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Sunderland3 shots
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.