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Riccardo Calafiori

Left-back24 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.261 non-penalty goals from 9 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.222 assists, 6 key passes
Finishing
-0.30goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.428% of Arsenal’s build-up value

Riccardo Calafiori ranks 27th of 138 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 12.3m on average, with 41% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 10% of Arsenal’s attacking involvement, the 4th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

81 defenders

Average match rating6.94

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.18
Non-penalty goals
0.18
xG
0.26
Non-penalty xG
0.26
Shots
1.59
Shots on target
0.33
Shot accuracy
–not ranked
npxG per shot
–not ranked
Shot distance
–not ranked
Set-piece share
–not ranked
Goals against xG
-0.5

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.35
Expected assists
0.22
Key passes
1.06
npxG + xA
0.47
xG chain
0.78
xG build-up
0.42
Assists against xA
+0.8

On the ball

per 90
Touches
34.67
Passes
23.00
Pass completion
84%
Take-ons attempted
0.00
Take-on success
–not ranked
Dispossessed
0.33

Defending

per 90
Tackles
1.33
Tackles won
–not ranked
Interceptions
0.33
Clearances
1.67
Aerials won
1.33
Aerial success
–not ranked
Dribbled past
0.33

Discipline

per 90
Fouls committed
0.67
Caught offside
0.33
Errors
0season count
Yellow cards
0season count
Red cards
0season count

Ranked against 81 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

away to Nottingham Forest

Sun 18 Oct, 15:30 UTC

Nottingham Forest concede 11.0 shots a match and are 1.02× the league norm against full-backs (9 shots so far). A difficult one.

Projected shots
1.44

1.59 per 90 × 0.91

Projected on target
0.30

0.35 per 90 × 0.85

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

Shots

6 appearances
  • Over 0.56 of 6100%± 0
  • Over 1.53 of 650%± 20
  • Over 2.50 of 60%± 0
  • Over 3.50 of 60%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate.

Shooting profile

9 shots

Where they shoot

9 shots
Every shotBy zone
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Riccardo Calafiori, 2026/27, 9 shots in the final 35m, 1 scored.

left
6%
Centre
62%
right
33%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.162
Shots per 90
1.59
Key passes per 90
1.06
Average shot distance
12.3m
From set pieces
41%

How the chances arrive

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

Club role

Arsenal

What they are for

  • 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 Riccardo Calafiori’soutput.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Ben White0.6 xG1 shot, 1g
  2. Martin Odegaard0.6 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Myles Lewis-Skelly0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Christos Tzolis0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Declan Rice0.1 xG2 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Bukayo Saka0.9 xG1 shot, 1g
  2. Noni Madueke0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Kai Havertz0.1 xG1 shot, 1g
  4. Martin Odegaard0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Declan Rice0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2026/27

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Riccardo Calafiori carries 7.7% of Arsenal’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.415
    79% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.783
    94% of defenders

Ranked against 52 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

6 appearances, oldest first

v Coventry1 shot
0 on target

at Villa1 shot
0 on target

v Chelsea2 shots
1 on target

at Sunderland1 shot
0 on target

at Brighton2 shots
0 on target

1g

v Leeds2 shots
1 on target

Height is shots, solid is on target, and the dashed rule is the 1.5 line.

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.