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Nottingham Forest

Ola Aina

Defender30 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.020 non-penalty goals from 12 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.020 assists, 9 key passes
Finishing
-0.36goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.204% of Nottingham Forest’s build-up value

Ola Aina ranks 351st of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 22.7m on average, with 24% of their danger coming from set pieces.

Against their position

119 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.00
Non-penalty goals
0.00
xG
0.02
Non-penalty xG
0.02
Shots
0.68
npxG per shot
0.03
Shot distance
22.7m
Set-piece share
24%
Goals against xG
-0.4

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.00
Expected assists
0.02
Key passes
0.51
npxG + xA
0.04
xG chain
0.22
xG build-up
0.20
Assists against xA
-0.3

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
4.59
Defensive contribution
7.37

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
3season 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 7

Next fixture

Gameweek 7

vs Arsenal

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
0.43

0.68 per 90 × 0.64

Projected on target
0.03

0.06 per 90 × 0.57

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

Shots

18 appearances
  • Over 0.59 of 1850%± 12
  • Over 1.53 of 1817%± 9
  • Over 2.50 of 180%± 0
  • Over 3.50 of 180%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 9 of 18.

Shooting profile

12 shots

Where they shoot

12 shots
Every shotBy zone
8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot17% of shots, 2 shots8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot17% of shots, 2 shots8%8%8%8%8%8%17%8%8%17%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Ola Aina, 2025/26, final 35m.

left
25%
Centre
14%
right
61%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.034
Shots per 90
0.68
Key passes per 90
0.51
Average shot distance
22.7m
From set pieces
24%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
16%

Club role

Nottingham Forest

What they are for

  • On the pitch47% 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. Nicolás Domínguez0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  2. Neco Williams0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Murillo0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Morgan Gibbs-White0.0 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Omari Hutchinson0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Callum Hudson-Odoi0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Morgan Gibbs-White0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Lorenzo Lucca0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Chris Wood0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Igor Jesus0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Ola Aina carries 3.9% of Nottingham Forest’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.199
    33% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.223
    32% 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

18 appearances, oldest first

v West Ham2 shots
0 on target

at Villa1 shot
1 on target

at West Ham1 shot
0 on target

v Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

v Palace1 shot
0 on target

at Leeds2 shots
0 on target

v Wolves2 shots
0 on target

v Fulham1 shot
0 on target

at Sunderland1 shot
0 on target

9 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 9 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.