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Virgil van Dijk

Defender35 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.083 non-penalty goals from 26 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.031 assists, 12 key passes
Finishing
+0.46goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.5811% of Liverpool’s build-up value

Virgil van Dijk ranks 255th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 11.1m on average, with 91% of their danger coming from set pieces.

Against their position

123 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.08
Non-penalty goals
0.08
xG
0.08
Non-penalty xG
0.08
Shots
0.70
npxG per shot
0.11
Shot distance
11.1m
Set-piece share
91%
Goals against xG
+0.2

2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.03
Expected assists
0.03
Key passes
0.32
npxG + xA
0.11
xG chain
0.60
xG build-up
0.58
Assists against xA
-0.2

On the ball

per 90

6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Defending

per 90

7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
5season count
Red cards
0season count

3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Ranked against 123 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

vs Brighton

Sun 25 Oct, 14:00 UTC

Brighton concede 11.3 shots a match and are 0.76× the league norm against defenders. A difficult one.

Projected shots
0.57

0.70 per 90 × 0.81

Projected on target
0.19

0.22 per 90 × 0.87

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

Shots

37 appearances
  • Over 0.515 of 3741%± 8
  • Over 1.59 of 3724%± 7
  • Over 2.52 of 375%± 4
  • Over 3.50 of 370%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 22 of 37.

Shooting profile

26 shots

Where they shoot

26 shots
Every shotBy zone
15% of shots, 4 shots27% of shots, 7 shots23% of shots, 6 shots12% of shots, 3 shots8% of shots, 2 shots4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot15%27%23%12%8%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Virgil van Dijk, 2024/25, final 35m.

left
17%
Centre
78%
right
5%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.109
Shots per 90
0.70
Key passes per 90
0.32
Average shot distance
11.1m
From set pieces
91%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
20%
Headed
17%

Club role

Liverpool

What they are for

  • When it mattered3 of 3 goals came with the game level or Liverpool behind.
  • On the pitch97% 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
  1. Alexis Mac Allister1.4 xG7 shots, 2g
  2. Luis Díaz0.5 xG3 shots, 1g
  3. Trent Alexander-Arnold0.3 xG4 shots, 0g
  4. Konstantinos Tsimikas0.3 xG3 shots, 0g
  5. Diogo Jota0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Mohamed Salah0.8 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Cody Gakpo0.1 xG3 shots, 1g
  3. Alexis Mac Allister0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Diogo Jota0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Dominik Szoboszlai0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Virgil van Dijk carries 10.5% of Liverpool’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.582
    94% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.603
    91% of defenders

Ranked against 123 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

37 appearances, oldest first

v Brentford1 shot
1 on target

v Forest2 shots
0 on target

at Palace1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Arsenal1 shot
1 on target

v Man City3 shots
1 on target

v Fulham1 shot
0 on target

at West Ham2 shots
1 on target

v Man Utd2 shots
1 on target

at Brentford2 shots
0 on target

v Ipswich2 shots
1 on target

at Villa1 shot
0 on target

1g

v West Ham2 shots
1 on target

at Leicester2 shots
0 on target

v Spurs1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Chelsea3 shots
1 on target

22 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 22 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.