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Crystal Palace

Will Hughes

Midfielder31 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.040 non-penalty goals from 22 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.143 assists, 33 key passes
Finishing
-0.83goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.338% of Crystal Palace’s build-up value

Will Hughes ranks 196th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 21.4m on average. They carry 6% of Crystal Palace’s attacking involvement, the 8th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

137 midfielders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.00
Non-penalty goals
0.00
xG
0.04
Non-penalty xG
0.04
Shots
0.92
npxG per shot
0.04
Shot distance
21.4m
Set-piece share
14%
Goals against xG
-0.9

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.13
Expected assists
0.14
Key passes
1.38
npxG + xA
0.18
xG chain
0.38
xG build-up
0.33
Assists against xA
-0.4

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
11season count
Red cards
0season count

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

Ranked against 137 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.

This week

Gameweek 7

Next fixture

Gameweek 7

away to Brighton

Sun 18 Oct, 13:00 UTC

Brighton concede 11.3 shots a match and are 0.84× the league norm against midfielders. A difficult one.

Projected shots
0.78

0.92 per 90 × 0.85

Projected on target
0.04

0.04 per 90 × 0.87

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

Shots

33 appearances
  • Over 0.518 of 3355%± 9
  • Over 1.53 of 339%± 5
  • Over 2.51 of 333%± 3
  • Over 3.50 of 330%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 15 of 33.

Shooting profile

22 shots

Where they shoot

22 shots
Every shotBy zone
5% of shots, 1 shot5% of shots, 1 shot5% of shots, 1 shot5% of shots, 1 shot5% of shots, 1 shot14% of shots, 3 shots14% of shots, 3 shots5% of shots, 1 shot18% of shots, 4 shots9% of shots, 2 shots9% of shots, 2 shots9% of shots, 2 shots14%14%18%9%9%9%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Will Hughes, 2024/25, final 35m.

left
18%
Centre
74%
right
8%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.042
Shots per 90
0.92
Key passes per 90
1.38
Average shot distance
21.4m
From set pieces
14%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
3%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
10%
Headed
0%

Club role

Crystal Palace

What they are for

  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 16% of Crystal Palace’s dead-ball danger, from 20 deliveries that became shots.
  • On the pitch63% of available minutes.

What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Will Hughes’output.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Eddie Nketiah0.2 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Ismaila Sarr0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Marc Guehi0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Daniel Muñoz0.0 xG3 shots, 0g
  5. Eberechi Eze0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Maxence Lacroix1.6 xG9 shots, 1g
  2. Trevoh Chalobah0.5 xG1 shot, 1g
  3. Chris Richards0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Eberechi Eze0.3 xG11 shots, 0g
  5. Ismaila Sarr0.2 xG4 shots, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Will Hughes carries 8.3% of Crystal Palace’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.328
    71% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.376
    42% of midfielders

Ranked against 137 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

33 appearances, oldest first

v Man Utd1 shot
1 on target

v Liverpool1 shot
0 on target

at Forest1 shot
0 on target

v Spurs1 shot
0 on target

at Wolves1 shot
0 on target

v Newcastle2 shots
0 on target

v Man City3 shots
0 on target

v Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

at Leicester1 shot
0 on target

v Brentford2 shots
0 on target

v Everton1 shot
0 on target

at Fulham1 shot
0 on target

v Villa1 shot
0 on target

at Newcastle1 shot
0 on target

v Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

v Forest1 shot
0 on target

at Spurs1 shot
0 on target

at Liverpool1 shot
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.