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Rio Ngumoha

Midfielder18 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.212 non-penalty goals from 16 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.371 assists, 16 key passes
Finishing
+0.92goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.291% of Liverpool’s build-up value

Rio Ngumoha ranks 25th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 18.2m on average. They carry 3% of Liverpool’s attacking involvement, the 12th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

142 midfielders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.35
Non-penalty goals
0.35
xG
0.21
Non-penalty xG
0.21
Shots
2.80
npxG per shot
0.08
Shot distance
18.2m
Set-piece share
3%
Goals against xG
+0.8

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.17
Expected assists
0.37
Key passes
2.80
npxG + xA
0.59
xG chain
0.84
xG build-up
0.29
Assists against xA
-1.1

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
3.13
Defensive contribution
4.94

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
0season count
Red cards
0season count

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

Ranked against 142 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. Recoveries and defensive contribution come from the FPL feed and are ranked in its own positions.

This week

Gameweek 8

Next fixture

Gameweek 8

vs Brighton

Sun 25 Oct, 14:00 UTC

Brighton concede 11.7 shots a match and are 0.93× the league norm against midfielders. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
2.60

2.80 per 90 × 0.93

Projected on target
0.97

1.05 per 90 × 0.92

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

Shots

19 appearances
  • Over 0.59 of 1947%± 11
  • Over 1.55 of 1926%± 10
  • Over 2.52 of 1911%± 7
  • Over 3.50 of 190%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 10 of 19.

Shooting profile

16 shots

Where they shoot

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

Rio Ngumoha, 2025/26, 16 shots in the final 35m, 2 scored.

left
60%
Centre
40%
right
0%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.076
Shots per 90
2.80
Key passes per 90
2.80
Average shot distance
18.2m
From set pieces
3%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
11%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
0%

Club role

Liverpool

What they are for

  • On the pitch15% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Mohamed Salah0.4 xG1 shot, 1g
  2. Florian Wirtz0.3 xG4 shots, 1g
  3. Cody Gakpo0.2 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Milos Kerkez0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Ryan Gravenberch0.1 xG3 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Hugo Ekitike0.6 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Florian Wirtz0.5 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Virgil van Dijk0.5 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Andrew Robertson0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Alexis Mac Allister0.1 xG3 shots, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Rio Ngumoha carries 1.3% of Liverpool’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.289
    61% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.835
    98% of midfielders

Ranked against 142 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

19 appearances, oldest first
1g

at Newcastle1 shot
1 on target

v West Ham1 shot
1 on target

at Wolves1 shot
1 on target

v Spurs3 shots
1 on target

1g

v Fulham2 shots
2 on target

at Everton2 shots
0 on target

at Man Utd1 shot
0 on target

at Villa3 shots
0 on target

v Brentford2 shots
0 on target

10 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 10 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.