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Newcastle United

William Osula

Forward23 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.577 non-penalty goals from 23 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.050 assists, 6 key passes
Finishing
+2.66goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.040% of Newcastle United’s build-up value

William Osula ranks 21st of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 15.3m on average. They carry 4% of Newcastle United’s attacking involvement, the 10th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

109 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.81
Non-penalty goals
0.81
xG
0.57
Non-penalty xG
0.57
Shots
2.66
npxG per shot
0.21
Shot distance
15.3m
Set-piece share
12%
Goals against xG
+2.1

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.00
Expected assists
0.05
Key passes
0.69
npxG + xA
0.62
xG chain
0.59
xG build-up
0.04
Assists against xA
-0.4

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
2.57
Defensive contribution
3.47

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

Discipline

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

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

Ranked against 109 forwards 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 Crystal Palace

Sun 25 Oct, 14:00 UTC

Crystal Palace concede 11.7 shots a match and are 0.95× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
2.51

2.66 per 90 × 0.94

Projected on target
1.41

1.39 per 90 × 1.02

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

Shots

24 appearances
  • Over 0.511 of 2446%± 10
  • Over 1.57 of 2429%± 9
  • Over 2.53 of 2413%± 7
  • Over 3.52 of 248%± 6

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 13 of 24.

Shooting profile

23 shots

Where they shoot

23 shots
Every shotBy zone
4% of shots, 1 shot13% of shots, 3 shots9% of shots, 2 shots9% of shots, 2 shots9% of shots, 2 shots4% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 2 shots4% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 2 shots4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot13%9%9%9%9%9%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

William Osula, 2025/26, final 35m.

left
29%
Centre
56%
right
15%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.214
Shots per 90
2.66
Key passes per 90
0.69
Average shot distance
15.3m
From set pieces
12%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
28%
Through balls
17%
Own dribble
5%
Headed
10%

Club role

Newcastle United

What they are for

  • When it mattered5 of 7 goals came with the game level or Newcastle United behind.
  • On the pitch23% of available minutes.

What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of William Osula’soutput.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Lewis Miley0.7 xG2 shots, 1g
  2. Sandro Tonali0.6 xG3 shots, 0g
  3. Jacob Murphy0.5 xG3 shots, 1g
  4. Joe Willock0.5 xG1 shot, 1g
  5. Nick Woltemade0.5 xG2 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Joe Willock0.2 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Harvey Barnes0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Bruno Guimarães0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Dan Burn0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

William Osula carries 0.4% of Newcastle United’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.043
    1% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.592
    66% of forwards

Ranked against 109 forwards 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

24 appearances, oldest first

at Villa1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Liverpool1 shot
1 on target

at Leeds1 shot
0 on target

v Fulham2 shots
1 on target

at West Ham2 shots
1 on target

1g

v Man Utd1 shot
1 on target

1g

at Palace2 shots
2 on target

1g

v Bournemouth2 shots
1 on target

1g

v Brighton4 shots
2 on target

at Forest4 shots
1 on target

2g

v West Ham3 shots
2 on target

13 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 13 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.