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William Saliba

Defender25 yrs
Injured
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.051 non-penalty goals from 5 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.050 assists, 10 key passes
Finishing
-0.39goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.368% of Arsenal’s build-up value

William Saliba ranks 292nd of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 6.8m on average, with 75% of their danger coming from set pieces.

Injured. Back injury - Unknown return date. The rates below describe what he did, not what he is about to do. Club status as of 17 Oct 2026.

Against their position

119 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.03
Non-penalty goals
0.03
xG
0.05
Non-penalty xG
0.05
Shots
0.17
npxG per shot
–not ranked
Shot distance
–not ranked
Set-piece share
–not ranked
Goals against xG
-0.6

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
0.34
npxG + xA
0.10
xG chain
0.38
xG build-up
0.36
Assists against xA
-1.3

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
3.89
Defensive contribution
6.64

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
2season count
Red cards
0season count

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

Ranked against 119 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. 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 Nottingham Forest

Sun 18 Oct, 15:30 UTC

Nottingham Forest concede 13.3 shots a match and are 0.87× the league norm against defenders. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
0.17

0.17 per 90 × 0.96

Projected on target
0.04

0.03 per 90 × 1.02

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

Shots

31 appearances
  • Over 0.55 of 3116%± 7
  • Over 1.50 of 310%± 0
  • Over 2.50 of 310%± 0
  • Over 3.50 of 310%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 26 of 31.

Shooting profile

5 shots

Where they shoot

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

William Saliba, 2025/26, 5 shots in the final 35m, 1 scored.

left
0%
Centre
94%
right
6%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.316
Shots per 90
0.17
Key passes per 90
0.34
Average shot distance
6.8m
From set pieces
75%

How the chances arrive

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

Club role

Arsenal

What they are for

  • On the pitch76% 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 Saliba’soutput.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Gabriel0.5 xG1 shot, 1g
  2. Viktor Gyokeres0.5 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Bukayo Saka0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Declan Rice0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Viktor Gyokeres0.5 xG1 shot, 0g
  2. Gabriel0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Gabriel Jesus0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Declan Rice0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Bukayo Saka0.1 xG3 shots, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

William Saliba carries 8.4% of Arsenal’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.362
    83% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.380
    76% of defenders

Ranked against 119 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

31 appearances, oldest first

v Man City1 shot
0 on target

at Sunderland1 shot
0 on target

at Forest1 shot
0 on target

at Spurs1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Chelsea1 shot
1 on target

26 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 26 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.