+0.35goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.2510% of Nottingham Forest’s build-up value
league 0.24
Neco Williams ranks 206th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 22.3m on average, with 27% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 6% of Nottingham Forest’s attacking involvement, the 7th largest share in the squad.
Against their position
119 defenders
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.0673rd
Non-penalty goals
0.0674th
xG
0.0553rd
Non-penalty xG
0.0554th
Shots
1.2998th
npxG per shot
0.046th
Shot distance
22.3m16th
Set-piece share
27%21st
Goals against xG
+0.179th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.0875th
Expected assists
0.1293rd
Key passes
1.0189th
npxG + xA
0.1885th
xG chain
0.3468th
xG build-up
0.2554th
Assists against xA
-1.47th
On the ball
per 90
6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Defending
per 90
Recoveries
4.6182nd
Defensive contribution
6.9437th
7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Discipline
per 90
Yellow cards
6season count
Red cards
1season 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 7
Next fixture
Gameweek 7
vsArsenal
Sun 18 Oct, 15:30 UTC
Arsenal concede 8.3 shots a match and are 0.61× the league norm against defenders. A difficult one.
Projected shots
0.82
1.29 per 90 × 0.64
Projected on target
0.30
0.53 per 90 × 0.57
Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.
Shots
37 appearances
Over 0.524 of 3765%± 8
Over 1.511 of 3730%± 8
Over 2.56 of 3716%± 6
Over 3.52 of 375%± 4
The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 13 of 37.
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals
Neco Williams, 2025/26, 46 shots in the final 35m, 2 scored.
left
57%
Centre
30%
right
13%
share of their shooting xG
Chance profile
quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.041
Shots per 90
1.29
Key passes per 90
1.01
Average shot distance
22.3m
From set pieces
27%
How the chances arrive
Crosses
42%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
6%
Headed
13%
Club role
Nottingham Forest
What they are for
Open-play crosses9 crosses from open play became shots, worth 1.62 xG.
Corners and set piecesSupplies 14% of Nottingham Forest’s dead-ball danger, from 10 deliveries that became shots.
On the pitch94% 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
Oleksandr Zinchenko0.3 xG1 shot, 0g
Elliot Anderson0.2 xG4 shots, 0g
Callum Hudson-Odoi0.2 xG8 shots, 1g
Morgan Gibbs-White0.1 xG5 shots, 0g
Omari Hutchinson0.1 xG3 shots, 0g
Chances created
who they supply
Igor Jesus1.1 xG7 shots, 1g
Taiwo Awoniyi0.7 xG2 shots, 1g
Callum Hudson-Odoi0.5 xG4 shots, 0g
Nicolò Savona0.4 xG1 shot, 1g
Elliot Anderson0.4 xG2 shots, 0g
Season record
2025/26
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
Neco Williams carries 10.0%of Nottingham Forest’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.253
54% of defenders
Possession value per 900.340
68% 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
over 1.5
v West Ham1 shot 0 on target
at Arsenal1 shot 0 on target
1g
at Burnley3 shots 2 on target
at Newcastle1 shot 1 on target
v Chelsea1 shot 0 on target
at Bournemouth3 shots 1 on target
v Man Utd1 shot 0 on target
at Wolves2 shots 1 on target
at Everton1 shot 0 on target
v Spurs1 shot 1 on target
at Fulham1 shot 1 on target
v Man City1 shot 1 on target
v Everton3 shots 2 on target
at Villa1 shot 0 on target
at West Ham2 shots 1 on target
v Wolves7 shots 2 on target
v Liverpool1 shot 0 on target
v Fulham2 shots 0 on target
at Spurs2 shots 2 on target
1g
v Villa4 shots 3 on target
v Burnley2 shots 0 on target
at Sunderland1 shot 0 on target
v Newcastle1 shot 0 on target
v Bournemouth3 shots 1 on target
13 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 13 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.
