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Crystal Palace

Will Hughes

Midfielder31 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.070 non-penalty goals from 17 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.110 assists, 21 key passes
Finishing
-1.13goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.316% of Crystal Palace’s build-up value

Will Hughes ranks 198th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 19.4m on average. They carry 5% of Crystal Palace’s attacking involvement, the 9th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

142 midfielders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.00
Non-penalty goals
0.00
xG
0.07
Non-penalty xG
0.07
Shots
0.98
npxG per shot
0.08
Shot distance
19.4m
Set-piece share
3%
Goals against xG
-1.3

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.00
Expected assists
0.11
Key passes
1.21
npxG + xA
0.18
xG chain
0.41
xG build-up
0.31
Assists against xA
-1.9

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
3.81
Defensive contribution
8.54

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
7season 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 7

Next fixture

Gameweek 7

away to Brighton

Sun 18 Oct, 13:00 UTC

Brighton concede 11.7 shots a match and are 0.93× the league norm against midfielders. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
0.91

0.98 per 90 × 0.93

Projected on target
0.00

0.00 per 90 × 0.92

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

Shots

31 appearances
  • Over 0.510 of 3132%± 8
  • Over 1.53 of 3110%± 5
  • Over 2.52 of 316%± 4
  • Over 3.52 of 316%± 4

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 21 of 31.

Shooting profile

17 shots

Where they shoot

17 shots
Every shotBy zone
6% of shots, 1 shot12% of shots, 2 shots12% of shots, 2 shots6% of shots, 1 shot12% of shots, 2 shots18% of shots, 3 shots6% of shots, 1 shot12% of shots, 2 shots6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 1 shot12%12%12%18%12%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Will Hughes, 2025/26, final 35m.

left
58%
Centre
32%
right
10%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.075
Shots per 90
0.98
Key passes per 90
1.21
Average shot distance
19.4m
From set pieces
3%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
39%
Own dribble
1%
Headed
0%

Club role

Crystal Palace

What they are for

  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 9% of Crystal Palace’s dead-ball danger, from 9 deliveries that became shots.
  • On the pitch46% 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. Yeremi Pino0.8 xG5 shots, 0g
  2. Tyrick Mitchell0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Daniel Muñoz0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Adam Wharton0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Brennan Johnson0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Jefferson Lerma0.7 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Yeremi Pino0.3 xG5 shots, 0g
  3. Chris Richards0.2 xG3 shots, 0g
  4. Jørgen Strand Larsen0.2 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Maxence Lacroix0.2 xG2 shots, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Will Hughes carries 5.9% of Crystal Palace’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.309
    68% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.405
    52% 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

31 appearances, oldest first

v Forest2 shots
0 on target

v Sunderland1 shot
0 on target

v Man City1 shot
0 on target

v Spurs1 shot
0 on target

v Fulham1 shot
0 on target

at Newcastle4 shots
0 on target

v Villa1 shot
0 on target

at Forest4 shots
0 on target

v Burnley1 shot
0 on target

at Man Utd1 shot
0 on target

21 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 21 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.