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Riccardo Calafiori

Defender24 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.181 non-penalty goals from 32 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.032 assists, 9 key passes
Finishing
-2.06goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.345% of Arsenal’s build-up value

Riccardo Calafiori ranks 183rd of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 15.0m on average, with 56% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 2% of Arsenal’s attacking involvement, the 15th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

119 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.05
Non-penalty goals
0.05
xG
0.18
Non-penalty xG
0.18
Shots
1.64
npxG per shot
0.11
Shot distance
15.0m
Set-piece share
56%
Goals against xG
-2.5

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.10
Expected assists
0.03
Key passes
0.46
npxG + xA
0.21
xG chain
0.42
xG build-up
0.34
Assists against xA
+1.4

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
3.92
Defensive contribution
5.41

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
5season 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

away to Nottingham Forest

Sun 18 Oct, 15:30 UTC

Nottingham Forest concede 13.3 shots a match and are 0.87× the league norm against defenders. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
1.58

1.64 per 90 × 0.96

Projected on target
0.31

0.31 per 90 × 1.02

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

Shots

26 appearances
  • Over 0.517 of 2665%± 9
  • Over 1.59 of 2635%± 9
  • Over 2.55 of 2619%± 8
  • Over 3.51 of 264%± 4

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 9 of 26.

Shooting profile

32 shots

Where they shoot

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

Riccardo Calafiori, 2025/26, 32 shots in the final 35m, 1 scored.

left
39%
Centre
57%
right
4%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.108
Shots per 90
1.64
Key passes per 90
0.46
Average shot distance
15.0m
From set pieces
56%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
28%
Through balls
1%
Own dribble
17%
Headed
28%

Club role

Arsenal

What they are for

  • On the pitch51% 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. Bukayo Saka0.5 xG5 shots, 0g
  2. Declan Rice0.5 xG7 shots, 0g
  3. Noni Madueke0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Leandro Trossard0.3 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Jurriën Timber0.2 xG2 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Viktor Gyokeres0.2 xG2 shots, 1g
  2. Jurriën Timber0.2 xG1 shot, 1g
  3. Martin Odegaard0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Eberechi Eze0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Bukayo Saka0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Riccardo Calafiori carries 5.2% of Arsenal’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.336
    78% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.418
    83% 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

26 appearances, oldest first
1g

at Man Utd1 shot
1 on target

v Leeds3 shots
0 on target

at Liverpool3 shots
0 on target

v Man City3 shots
0 on target

at Newcastle2 shots
0 on target

v West Ham2 shots
0 on target

at Fulham2 shots
0 on target

v Palace1 shot
0 on target

at Burnley1 shot
1 on target

at Sunderland1 shot
1 on target

v Spurs1 shot
0 on target

v Brentford2 shots
2 on target

at Leeds1 shot
0 on target

v Sunderland1 shot
0 on target

v Everton4 shots
0 on target

v Fulham1 shot
1 on target

at West Ham3 shots
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.