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Vitaly Janelt

Midfielder28 yrs
Suspended
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.051 non-penalty goals from 12 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.244 assists, 21 key passes
Finishing
+0.34goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.234% of Brentford’s build-up value

Vitaly Janelt ranks 131st of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 18.3m on average. They carry 5% of Brentford’s attacking involvement, the 9th largest share in the squad.

Suspended. Suspended until 31 Oct. The rates below describe what he did, not what he is about to do. Club status as of 17 Oct 2026.

Against their position

142 midfielders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.06
Non-penalty goals
0.06
xG
0.05
Non-penalty xG
0.05
Shots
0.76
npxG per shot
0.06
Shot distance
18.3m
Set-piece share
9%
Goals against xG
+0.3

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.25
Expected assists
0.24
Key passes
1.33
npxG + xA
0.29
xG chain
0.40
xG build-up
0.23
Assists against xA
+0.2

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
5.33
Defensive contribution
11.49

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
8season 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 Hull

Sun 25 Oct, 14:00 UTC

No shot record for Hull 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

25 appearances
  • Over 0.510 of 2540%± 10
  • Over 1.52 of 258%± 5
  • 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, 15 of 25.

Shooting profile

12 shots

Where they shoot

12 shots
Every shotBy zone
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Vitaly Janelt, 2025/26, 12 shots in the final 35m, 1 scored.

left
17%
Centre
38%
right
46%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.062
Shots per 90
0.76
Key passes per 90
1.33
Average shot distance
18.3m
From set pieces
9%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
56%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
56%

Club role

Brentford

What they are for

  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 10% of Brentford’s dead-ball danger, from 7 deliveries that became shots.
  • 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 Vitaly Janelt’soutput.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Dango Ouattara0.3 xG2 shots, 1g
  2. Jordan Henderson0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Sepp van den Berg0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Mikkel Damsgaard0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Mathias Jensen0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Thiago1.7 xG4 shots, 2g
  2. Nathan Collins0.7 xG2 shots, 1g
  3. Kevin Schade0.6 xG4 shots, 0g
  4. Keane Lewis-Potter0.4 xG2 shots, 1g
  5. Dango Ouattara0.3 xG3 shots, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Vitaly Janelt carries 4.2% of Brentford’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.230
    35% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.401
    49% 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

25 appearances, oldest first

v Man City1 shot
0 on target

at Palace1 shot
0 on target

at Arsenal2 shots
0 on target

v Bournemouth1 shot
1 on target

v Spurs1 shot
1 on target

at Everton1 shot
0 on target

at Chelsea1 shot
0 on target

v Forest1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Newcastle1 shot
1 on target

v Brighton2 shots
0 on target

15 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 15 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.