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Nottingham Forest

Ola Aina

Defender30 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.012 non-penalty goals from 11 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.061 assists, 16 key passes
Finishing
+1.58goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.2512% of Nottingham Forest’s build-up value

Ola Aina ranks 299th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 25.4m on average. They carry 6% of Nottingham Forest’s attacking involvement, the 7th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

137 midfielders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.06
Non-penalty goals
0.06
xG
0.01
Non-penalty xG
0.01
Shots
0.33
npxG per shot
0.04
Shot distance
25.4m
Set-piece share
10%
Goals against xG
+1.5

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.03
Expected assists
0.06
Key passes
0.48
npxG + xA
0.07
xG chain
0.30
xG build-up
0.25
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
5season 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
0.25

0.33 per 90 × 0.75

Projected on target
0.04

0.06 per 90 × 0.71

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

Shots

35 appearances
  • Over 0.510 of 3529%± 8
  • Over 1.51 of 353%± 3
  • Over 2.50 of 350%± 0
  • Over 3.50 of 350%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 25 of 35.

Shooting profile

11 shots

Where they shoot

11 shots
Every shotBy zone
9% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 1 shot18% of shots, 2 shots9% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 1 shot9%9%9%9%9%9%18%9%9%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Ola Aina, 2024/25, final 35m. A further 9% of their shots came from outside this window.

left
4%
Centre
25%
right
71%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.042
Shots per 90
0.33
Key passes per 90
0.48
Average shot distance
25.4m
From set pieces
10%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
2%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
0%

Club role

Nottingham Forest

What they are for

  • Open-play crosses6 crosses from open play became shots, worth 0.94 xG.
  • On the pitch88% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Neco Williams0.1 xG1 shot, 1g
  2. Morgan Gibbs-White0.0 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Elliot Anderson0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Ibrahim Sangare0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Chris Wood1.6 xG10 shots, 1g
  2. Jota Silva0.2 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Nikola Milenkovic0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Callum Hudson-Odoi0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Ryan Yates0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Ola Aina carries 11.5% of Nottingham Forest’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.255
    42% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.301
    20% 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

v Wolves1 shot
0 on target

at Chelsea1 shot
0 on target

1g

v West Ham1 shot
1 on target

1g

at Brentford2 shots
1 on target

v Spurs1 shot
0 on target

at Newcastle1 shot
0 on target

at Ipswich1 shot
0 on target

at Palace1 shot
0 on target

v Chelsea1 shot
0 on target

25 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 25 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.