+0.38goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.313% of Southampton’s build-up value
league 0.27
William Smallbone ranks 199th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 18.2m on average, with 25% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 3% of Southampton’s attacking involvement, the 14th largest share in the squad.
Against their position
137 midfielders
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.1472nd
Non-penalty goals
0.1473rd
xG
0.0953rd
Non-penalty xG
0.0954th
Shots
0.9646th
npxG per shot
–not ranked
Shot distance
–not ranked
Set-piece share
–not ranked
Goals against xG
+0.376th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.0012th
Expected assists
0.0841st
Key passes
1.3767th
npxG + xA
0.1743rd
xG chain
0.3945th
xG build-up
0.3165th
Assists against xA
-0.634th
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
1season 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
Next match
Shots
18 appearances
Over 0.54 of 1822%± 10
Over 1.51 of 186%± 5
Over 2.51 of 186%± 5
Over 3.51 of 186%± 5
The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 14 of 18.
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals
William Smallbone, 2024/25, 7 shots in the final 35m, 1 scored.
left
53%
Centre
9%
right
38%
share of their shooting xG
Chance profile
quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.099
Shots per 90
0.96
Key passes per 90
1.37
Average shot distance
18.2m
From set pieces
25%
How the chances arrive
Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
0%
Club role
Southampton
What they are for
On the pitch19% 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 Smallbone’soutput.
Chances received
who supplies them
Joe Ayodele-Aribo0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Jack Stephens0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Jay Robinson0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Chances created
who they supply
Ross Stewart0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Jack Stephens0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Paul Onuachu0.1 xG3 shots, 0g
Taylor Harwood-Bellis0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Ben Brereton Díaz0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Season record
2024/25
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
William Smallbone carries 2.9%of Southampton’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.313
65% of midfielders
Possession value per 900.395
45% 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
18 appearances, oldest first
over 1.5
at Newcastle4 shots 0 on target
1g
at Liverpool1 shot 1 on target
v Villa1 shot 0 on target
at Everton1 shot 0 on target
14 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 14 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.