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Brentford

Michael Kayode

Defender22 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.031 non-penalty goals from 9 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.091 assists, 33 key passes
Finishing
-0.03goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.2611% of Brentford’s build-up value

Michael Kayode ranks 266th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 24.4m on average. They carry 3% of Brentford’s attacking involvement, the 12th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

119 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.03
Non-penalty goals
0.03
xG
0.03
Non-penalty xG
0.03
Shots
0.25
npxG per shot
–not ranked
Shot distance
24.4m
Set-piece share
0%
Goals against xG
-0.2

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.03
Expected assists
0.09
Key passes
0.91
npxG + xA
0.12
xG chain
0.36
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
4.50
Defensive contribution
6.05

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
8season count
Red cards
0season count

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

Ranked against 119 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. 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 Hull

Sun 25 Oct, 14:00 UTC

No shot record for Hull in this season, so no opponent adjustment is possible. Newly promoted sides have no Premier League history to measure.

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

Shots

37 appearances
  • Over 0.59 of 3724%± 7
  • Over 1.51 of 373%± 3
  • Over 2.50 of 370%± 0
  • Over 3.50 of 370%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 28 of 37.

Shooting profile

9 shots

Where they shoot

9 shots
Every shotBy zone
10% of shots, 1 shot10% of shots, 1 shot10% of shots, 1 shot10% of shots, 1 shot10% of shots, 1 shot10% of shots, 1 shot10% of shots, 1 shot20% of shots, 2 shots10%10%10%10%10%10%10%20%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Michael Kayode, 2025/26, final 35m. A further 10% of their shots came from outside this window.

left
46%
Centre
34%
right
19%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.130
Shots per 90
0.25
Key passes per 90
0.91
Average shot distance
24.4m
From set pieces
0%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
36%
Through balls
35%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
36%

Club role

Brentford

What they are for

  • Open-play crosses6 crosses from open play became shots, worth 0.96 xG.
  • On the pitch96% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Mikkel Damsgaard0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
  2. Keane Lewis-Potter0.4 xG1 shot, 1g
  3. Kevin Schade0.1 xG3 shots, 0g
  4. Sepp van den Berg0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Thiago0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Kevin Schade0.7 xG5 shots, 0g
  2. Sepp van den Berg0.6 xG7 shots, 0g
  3. Keane Lewis-Potter0.5 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Thiago0.5 xG4 shots, 1g
  5. Dango Ouattara0.4 xG4 shots, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Michael Kayode carries 11.1% of Brentford’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.262
    60% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.358
    70% of defenders

Ranked against 119 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

37 appearances, oldest first

v Man City1 shot
0 on target

v Liverpool1 shot
0 on target

at Brighton2 shots
1 on target

v Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

v Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

at Burnley1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Wolves1 shot
1 on target

v Everton1 shot
0 on target

at Man Utd1 shot
1 on target

28 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 28 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.