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Paul Onuachu

Forward
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.434 non-penalty goals from 34 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.051 assists, 8 key passes
Finishing
-0.41goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.081% of Southampton’s build-up value

Paul Onuachu ranks 68th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 10.9m on average. They carry 6% of Southampton’s attacking involvement, the 7th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

104 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.35
Non-penalty goals
0.35
xG
0.43
Non-penalty xG
0.43
Shots
3.01
npxG per shot
0.14
Shot distance
10.9m
Set-piece share
17%
Goals against xG
-0.9

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.09
Expected assists
0.05
Key passes
0.71
npxG + xA
0.48
xG chain
0.49
xG build-up
0.08
Assists against xA
+0.5

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 104 forwards 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.

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Shots

25 appearances
  • Over 0.514 of 2556%± 10
  • Over 1.510 of 2540%± 10
  • Over 2.54 of 2516%± 7
  • Over 3.52 of 258%± 5

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 11 of 25.

Shooting profile

34 shots

Where they shoot

34 shots
Every shotBy zone
3% of shots, 1 shot12% of shots, 4 shots3% of shots, 1 shot21% of shots, 7 shots18% of shots, 6 shots3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot18% of shots, 6 shots6% of shots, 2 shots9% of shots, 3 shots3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot12%21%18%18%9%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Paul Onuachu, 2024/25, final 35m.

left
15%
Centre
79%
right
5%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.144
Shots per 90
3.01
Key passes per 90
0.71
Average shot distance
10.9m
From set pieces
17%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
30%
Through balls
2%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
52%

Club role

Southampton

What they are for

  • When it mattered4 of 4 goals came with the game level or Southampton behind.
  • On the pitch30% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Kamaldeen Sulemana0.8 xG3 shots, 0g
  2. Kyle Walker-Peters0.7 xG4 shots, 0g
  3. Mateus Fernandes0.7 xG4 shots, 2g
  4. Taylor Harwood-Bellis0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Ryan Manning0.4 xG8 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Kamaldeen Sulemana0.2 xG3 shots, 1g
  2. Tyler Dibling0.2 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Mateus Fernandes0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Chimuanya Ugochukwu0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Paul Onuachu carries 1.2% of Southampton’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.083
    7% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.486
    26% of forwards

Ranked against 104 forwards 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

25 appearances, oldest first

v Leicester1 shot
0 on target

at Man City2 shots
1 on target

v West Ham8 shots
2 on target

at Palace1 shot
0 on target

v Brentford1 shot
1 on target

1g

at Forest3 shots
2 on target

1g

at Ipswich2 shots
2 on target

v Bournemouth2 shots
0 on target

at Chelsea3 shots
2 on target

1g

v Wolves2 shots
2 on target

1g

v Palace4 shots
2 on target

v Villa1 shot
0 on target

at West Ham2 shots
0 on target

at Leicester2 shots
1 on target

11 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 11 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.