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Nikola Milenkovic

Defender29 yrs
75% chance
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.125 non-penalty goals from 29 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.032 assists, 9 key passes
Finishing
+0.88goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.137% of Nottingham Forest’s build-up value

Nikola Milenkovic ranks 217th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 11.6m on average, with 81% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 5% of Nottingham Forest’s attacking involvement, the 10th largest share in the squad.

75% chance. Knee injury - 75% chance of playing. Weigh the rates below against the chance he features at all. Club status as of 17 Oct 2026.

Against their position

123 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.14
Non-penalty goals
0.14
xG
0.12
Non-penalty xG
0.12
Shots
0.78
npxG per shot
0.16
Shot distance
11.6m
Set-piece share
81%
Goals against xG
+0.4

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.05
Expected assists
0.03
Key passes
0.24
npxG + xA
0.15
xG chain
0.16
xG build-up
0.13
Assists against xA
+1.0

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
4season count
Red cards
0season count

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

Ranked against 123 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.

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 0.95× the league norm against defenders. A difficult one.

Projected shots
0.66

0.78 per 90 × 0.84

Projected on target
0.15

0.22 per 90 × 0.71

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

Shots

37 appearances
  • Over 0.519 of 3751%± 8
  • Over 1.58 of 3722%± 7
  • Over 2.52 of 375%± 4
  • Over 3.50 of 370%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 18 of 37.

Shooting profile

29 shots

Where they shoot

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

Nikola Milenkovic, 2024/25, 28 shots in the final 35m, 5 scored.

left
2%
Centre
89%
right
9%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.158
Shots per 90
0.78
Key passes per 90
0.24
Average shot distance
11.6m
From set pieces
81%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
6%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
37%

Club role

Nottingham Forest

What they are for

  • When it mattered4 of 5 goals came with the game level or Nottingham Forest behind.
  • On the pitch97% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Chris Wood1.2 xG2 shots, 1g
  2. Elliot Anderson1.0 xG5 shots, 1g
  3. Anthony Elanga0.9 xG7 shots, 1g
  4. Morgan Gibbs-White0.7 xG4 shots, 1g
  5. Ola Aina0.1 xG2 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Chris Wood0.4 xG1 shot, 1g
  2. Anthony Elanga0.2 xG2 shots, 1g
  3. Jota Silva0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Ryan Yates0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Elliot Anderson0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Nikola Milenkovic carries 6.6% of Nottingham Forest’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.133
    4% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.161
    7% of defenders

Ranked against 123 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

at Southampton3 shots
0 on target

v Fulham1 shot
0 on target

at Leicester1 shot
0 on target

v West Ham2 shots
1 on target

v Newcastle1 shot
0 on target

at Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

v Ipswich1 shot
0 on target

at Man City2 shots
0 on target

1g

at Man Utd2 shots
1 on target

1g

v Villa2 shots
1 on target

at Brentford1 shot
1 on target

v Spurs1 shot
0 on target

at Wolves1 shot
0 on target

at Bournemouth3 shots
1 on target

1g

at Newcastle2 shots
1 on target

1g

at Ipswich1 shot
1 on target

v Man Utd1 shot
0 on target

1g

at West Ham2 shots
1 on target

v Chelsea1 shot
0 on target

18 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 18 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.