-0.28goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.072% of West Ham’s build-up value
league 0.24
Valentín Castellanos ranks 43rd of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 13.9m on average, with 29% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 9% of West Ham’s attacking involvement, the 5th largest share in the squad.
Against their position
109 forwards
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.3878th
Non-penalty goals
0.3881st
xG
0.4574th
Non-penalty xG
0.4580th
Shots
3.1592nd
npxG per shot
0.1460th
Shot distance
13.9m69th
Set-piece share
29%75th
Goals against xG
-1.144th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.008th
Expected assists
0.0511th
Key passes
0.7626th
npxG + xA
0.5065th
xG chain
0.4333rd
xG build-up
0.0711th
Assists against xA
-0.739th
On the ball
per 90
6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Defending
per 90
7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Discipline
per 90
Yellow cards
6season count
Red cards
0season count
3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Ranked against 109 forwards 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
Next match
Shots
18 appearances
Over 0.516 of 1889%± 7
Over 1.512 of 1867%± 11
Over 2.510 of 1856%± 12
Over 3.56 of 1833%± 11
The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 2 of 18.
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals
Valentín Castellanos, 2025/26, 49 shots in the final 35m, 6 scored.
left
25%
Centre
46%
right
29%
share of their shooting xG
Chance profile
quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.142
Shots per 90
3.15
Key passes per 90
0.76
Average shot distance
13.9m
From set pieces
29%
How the chances arrive
Crosses
16%
Through balls
15%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
19%
Club role
West Ham
What they are for
When it mattered3 of 6 goals came with the game level or West Ham behind.
On the pitch42% of available minutes.
What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Valentín Castellanos’output.
Chances received
who supplies them
Jarrod Bowen1.8 xG12 shots, 3g
Crysencio Summerville1.0 xG7 shots, 0g
El Hadji Malick Diouf0.6 xG5 shots, 1g
Callum Wilson0.5 xG1 shot, 0g
Aaron Wan-Bissaka0.5 xG2 shots, 0g
Chances created
who they supply
Crysencio Summerville0.4 xG6 shots, 0g
Jarrod Bowen0.2 xG4 shots, 0g
Pablo0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Season record
2025/26
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
Valentín Castellanos carries 2.1%of West Ham’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.072
11% of forwards
Possession value per 900.427
33% of forwards
Ranked against 109 forwards 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
18 appearances, oldest first
over 1.5
v Forest3 shots 1 on target
at Spurs4 shots 0 on target
v Sunderland3 shots 2 on target
at Chelsea4 shots 2 on target
1g
at Burnley1 shot 1 on target
v Bournemouth3 shots 0 on target
1g
at Liverpool2 shots 1 on target
at Fulham1 shot 1 on target
at Villa1 shot 0 on target
2g
v Wolves5 shots 3 on target
at Palace3 shots 1 on target
v Everton1 shot 1 on target
at Brentford5 shots 1 on target
v Arsenal2 shots 1 on target
1g
at Newcastle8 shots 4 on target
1g
v Leeds4 shots 2 on target
2 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 2 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.
