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Fulham

Tom Cairney

Midfielder35 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.102 non-penalty goals from 17 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.080 assists, 11 key passes
Finishing
+1.28goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.414% of Fulham’s build-up value

Tom Cairney ranks 200th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 20.7m on average. They carry 3% of Fulham’s attacking involvement, the 14th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

142 midfielders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.24
Non-penalty goals
0.24
xG
0.10
Non-penalty xG
0.10
Shots
2.05
npxG per shot
0.05
Shot distance
20.7m
Set-piece share
13%
Goals against xG
+1.2

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.00
Expected assists
0.08
Key passes
1.33
npxG + xA
0.18
xG chain
0.52
xG build-up
0.41
Assists against xA
-0.7

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
5.00
Defensive contribution
7.26

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
3season 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

away to Coventry

Sat 24 Oct, 14:00 UTC

No shot record for Coventry in this season, so no opponent adjustment is possible. Newly promoted sides have no Premier League history to measure.

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

Shots

24 appearances
  • Over 0.511 of 2446%± 10
  • Over 1.53 of 2413%± 7
  • Over 2.52 of 248%± 6
  • Over 3.51 of 244%± 4

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 13 of 24.

Shooting profile

17 shots

Where they shoot

17 shots
Every shotBy zone
6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot12% of shots, 2 shots6% of shots, 1 shot24% of shots, 4 shots6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot12% of shots, 2 shots12% of shots, 2 shots6% of shots, 1 shot12%24%12%12%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Tom Cairney, 2025/26, final 35m.

left
46%
Centre
33%
right
21%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.048
Shots per 90
2.05
Key passes per 90
1.33
Average shot distance
20.7m
From set pieces
13%

How the chances arrive

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

Club role

Fulham

What they are for

  • On the pitch22% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Antonee Robinson0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Sasa Lukic0.1 xG2 shots, 1g
  3. Raúl Jiménez0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Ryan Sessegnon0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Alex Iwobi0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Ryan Sessegnon0.2 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Harry Wilson0.1 xG3 shots, 0g
  3. Alex Iwobi0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Rodrigo Muniz0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Adama Traoré0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Tom Cairney carries 3.9% of Fulham’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.407
    87% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.522
    75% 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

24 appearances, oldest first

at Bournemouth4 shots
0 on target

v Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

v Wolves1 shot
0 on target

v Forest1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Palace2 shots
1 on target

v Chelsea1 shot
0 on target

v Brighton1 shot
0 on target

v Spurs1 shot
0 on target

at Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

v Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Newcastle3 shots
1 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.