-0.37goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.286% of Newcastle United’s build-up value
league 0.24
Sven Botman ranks 236th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 14.3m on average, with 95% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 2% of Newcastle United’s attacking involvement, the 16th largest share in the squad.
Against their position
119 defenders
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.0568th
Non-penalty goals
0.0568th
xG
0.0870th
Non-penalty xG
0.0870th
Shots
0.7373rd
npxG per shot
0.1047th
Shot distance
14.3m54th
Set-piece share
95%82nd
Goals against xG
-0.634th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.0025th
Expected assists
0.0771st
Key passes
0.2941st
npxG + xA
0.1574th
xG chain
0.2958th
xG build-up
0.2868th
Assists against xA
-1.56th
On the ball
per 90
6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Defending
per 90
Recoveries
4.3778th
Defensive contribution
10.6089th
7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Discipline
per 90
Yellow cards
2season 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 8
Next fixture
Gameweek 8
away toCrystal Palace
Sun 25 Oct, 14:00 UTC
Crystal Palace concede 11.7 shots a match and are 1.09× the league norm against defenders. Roughly an average matchup.
Projected shots
0.74
0.73 per 90 × 1.01
Projected on target
0.15
0.15 per 90 × 1.02
Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.
Shots
25 appearances
Over 0.512 of 2548%± 10
Over 1.54 of 2516%± 7
Over 2.50 of 250%± 0
Over 3.50 of 250%± 0
The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 13 of 25.
Sven Botman, 2025/26, final 35m. A further 6% of their shots came from outside this window.
left
7%
Centre
67%
right
26%
share of their shooting xG
Chance profile
quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.103
Shots per 90
0.73
Key passes per 90
0.29
Average shot distance
14.3m
From set pieces
95%
How the chances arrive
Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
100%
Club role
Newcastle United
What they are for
Corners and set piecesSupplies 6% of Newcastle United’s dead-ball danger, from 4 deliveries that became shots.
On the pitch54% of available minutes.
What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Sven Botman’soutput.
Chances received
who supplies them
Bruno Guimarães0.3 xG3 shots, 1g
Lewis Hall0.2 xG4 shots, 0g
Kieran Trippier0.2 xG2 shots, 0g
Joelinton0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Anthony Gordon0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Chances created
who they supply
Malick Thiaw0.8 xG2 shots, 0g
Joelinton0.5 xG2 shots, 0g
Nick Woltemade0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Jamaal Lascelles0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Season record
2025/26
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
Sven Botman carries 5.7%of Newcastle United’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.280
67% of defenders
Possession value per 900.294
58% 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
25 appearances, oldest first
over 1.5
v Forest1 shot 1 on target
at Brighton1 shot 0 on target
at West Ham1 shot 0 on target
v Leeds1 shot 0 on target
v Villa1 shot 1 on target
1g
v Brentford2 shots 1 on target
at Spurs2 shots 0 on target
v Sunderland2 shots 0 on target
at Palace2 shots 0 on target
at Arsenal1 shot 0 on target
v Brighton1 shot 0 on target
v West Ham1 shot 0 on target
13 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 13 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.
