-1.15goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.509% of Liverpool’s build-up value
league 0.28
Virgil van Dijk ranks 231st of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 12.2m on average, with 99% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 2% of Liverpool’s attacking involvement, the 15th largest share in the squad.
Against their position
135 defenders
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.0657th
Non-penalty goals
0.0657th
xG
0.0979th
Non-penalty xG
0.0979th
Shots
1.2795th
npxG per shot
0.0729th
Shot distance
12.2m69th
Set-piece share
99%89th
Goals against xG
-1.310th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.0656th
Expected assists
0.0553rd
Key passes
0.3138th
npxG + xA
0.1569th
xG chain
0.5181st
xG build-up
0.5084th
Assists against xA
+0.168th
On the ball
per 90
6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.
Defending
per 90
7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.
Discipline
per 90
Yellow cards
3season count
Red cards
1season count
3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.
Ranked against 135 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.
This week
Gameweek 8
Next fixture
Gameweek 8
vsBrighton
Sun 25 Oct, 14:00 UTC
Brighton concede 12.4 shots a match and are 0.84× the league norm against defenders. A difficult one.
Projected shots
1.11
1.27 per 90 × 0.87
Projected on target
0.36
0.40 per 90 × 0.91
Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.
Shots
36 appearances
Over 0.525 of 3669%± 8
Over 1.511 of 3631%± 8
Over 2.56 of 3617%± 6
Over 3.52 of 366%± 4
The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 11 of 36.
Virgil van Dijk, 2023/24, final 35m. A further 2% of their shots came from outside this window.
left
9%
Centre
87%
right
3%
share of their shooting xG
Chance profile
quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.073
Shots per 90
1.27
Key passes per 90
0.31
Average shot distance
12.2m
From set pieces
99%
How the chances arrive
Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
0%
Club role
Liverpool
What they are for
Corners and set piecesSupplies 7% of Liverpool’s dead-ball danger, from 6 deliveries that became shots.
On the pitch93% of available minutes.
What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Virgil van Dijk’soutput.
Chances received
who supplies them
Trent Alexander-Arnold1.3 xG13 shots, 1g
Andrew Robertson1.1 xG13 shots, 0g
Dominik Szoboszlai0.2 xG6 shots, 0g
Konstantinos Tsimikas0.1 xG3 shots, 0g
Alexis Mac Allister0.1 xG2 shots, 1g
Chances created
who they supply
Diogo Jota0.7 xG1 shot, 1g
Cody Gakpo0.5 xG2 shots, 1g
Mohamed Salah0.4 xG2 shots, 0g
Ibrahima Konaté0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Dominik Szoboszlai0.1 xG3 shots, 0g
Season record
2023/24
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
Virgil van Dijk carries 9.0%of Liverpool’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.499
84% of defenders
Possession value per 900.512
81% of defenders
Ranked against 135 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
36 appearances, oldest first
over 1.5
at Chelsea1 shot 0 on target
v Bournemouth3 shots 1 on target
v West Ham3 shots 0 on target
at Spurs1 shot 0 on target
at Luton1 shot 0 on target
v Brentford1 shot 1 on target
at Man City1 shot 1 on target
v Fulham2 shots 0 on target
1g
at Sheffield Utd3 shots 2 on target
at Palace1 shot 0 on target
v Man Utd3 shots 2 on target
at Burnley1 shot 0 on target
v Newcastle1 shot 0 on target
v Chelsea1 shot 0 on target
at Arsenal1 shot 0 on target
v Burnley1 shot 1 on target
at Brentford1 shot 0 on target
1g
v Luton2 shots 2 on target
v Man City1 shot 0 on target
v Sheffield Utd1 shot 1 on target
v Palace4 shots 0 on target
at Everton2 shots 1 on target
at West Ham2 shots 0 on target
v Spurs2 shots 0 on target
v Wolves5 shots 2 on target
11 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 11 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.
