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Neco Williams

Defender25 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.101 non-penalty goals from 37 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.063 assists, 18 key passes
Finishing
-1.71goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.187% of Nottingham Forest’s build-up value

Neco Williams ranks 204th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 21.0m on average. They carry 6% of Nottingham Forest’s attacking involvement, the 6th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

137 midfielders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.03
Non-penalty goals
0.03
xG
0.10
Non-penalty xG
0.10
Shots
1.29
npxG per shot
0.08
Shot distance
21.0m
Set-piece share
6%
Goals against xG
-2.0

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.10
Expected assists
0.06
Key passes
0.63
npxG + xA
0.16
xG chain
0.30
xG build-up
0.18
Assists against xA
+1.3

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
7season 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 Arsenal

Sun 18 Oct, 15:30 UTC

Arsenal concede 9.6 shots a match and are 0.77× the league norm against midfielders. A difficult one.

Projected shots
0.97

1.29 per 90 × 0.75

Projected on target
0.17

0.24 per 90 × 0.71

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

Shots

35 appearances
  • Over 0.521 of 3560%± 8
  • Over 1.58 of 3523%± 7
  • Over 2.55 of 3514%± 6
  • Over 3.52 of 356%± 4

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 14 of 35.

Shooting profile

37 shots

Where they shoot

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

Neco Williams, 2024/25, 37 shots in the final 35m, 1 scored.

left
49%
Centre
25%
right
26%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.081
Shots per 90
1.29
Key passes per 90
0.63
Average shot distance
21.0m
From set pieces
6%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
22%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
0%

Club role

Nottingham Forest

What they are for

  • Open-play crosses5 crosses from open play became shots, worth 0.44 xG.
  • On the pitch75% of available minutes.

What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Neco Williams’output.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Ibrahim Sangare0.7 xG2 shots, 1g
  2. Callum Hudson-Odoi0.4 xG4 shots, 0g
  3. Morgan Gibbs-White0.2 xG5 shots, 0g
  4. Ryan Yates0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Ramón Sosa0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Anthony Elanga0.7 xG3 shots, 0g
  2. Jota Silva0.2 xG3 shots, 1g
  3. Nicolás Domínguez0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Morgan Gibbs-White0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Taiwo Awoniyi0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Neco Williams carries 6.9% of Nottingham Forest’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.177
    17% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.295
    19% 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

35 appearances, oldest first

v Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

at Southampton5 shots
1 on target

v Wolves1 shot
0 on target

at Chelsea2 shots
2 on target

v Ipswich1 shot
0 on target

at Man Utd1 shot
0 on target

v Villa3 shots
1 on target

at Brentford1 shot
0 on target

v Spurs1 shot
0 on target

at Everton1 shot
1 on target

v Southampton1 shot
0 on target

at Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Brighton2 shots
1 on target

at Fulham3 shots
0 on target

v Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

at Ipswich2 shots
0 on target

v Man Utd1 shot
0 on target

at Villa3 shots
0 on target

v Everton1 shot
0 on target

v Brentford1 shot
0 on target

at Palace4 shots
1 on target

14 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 14 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.