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Willian

Forward
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.152 non-penalty goals from 45 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.182 assists, 45 key passes
Finishing
-1.33goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.409% of Fulham’s build-up value

Willian ranks 124th of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 20.0m on average, with 38% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 10% of Fulham’s attacking involvement, the 3rd largest share in the squad.

Against their position

107 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.17
Non-penalty goals
0.09
xG
0.22
Non-penalty xG
0.15
Shots
1.95
npxG per shot
0.08
Shot distance
20.0m
Set-piece share
38%
Goals against xG
-1.5

2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.09
Expected assists
0.18
Key passes
1.95
npxG + xA
0.33
xG chain
0.59
xG build-up
0.40
Assists against xA
-2.1

On the ball

per 90

6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.

Defending

per 90

7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
1season count
Red cards
0season count

3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.

Ranked against 107 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.

This week

Gameweek 8

Next fixture

Gameweek 8

away to Coventry

Sat 24 Oct, 14:00 UTC

No shot record for Coventry in this season, so no opponent adjustment is possible. Newly promoted sides have no Premier League history to measure.

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

Shots

31 appearances
  • Over 0.520 of 3165%± 9
  • Over 1.515 of 3148%± 9
  • Over 2.55 of 3116%± 7
  • Over 3.53 of 3110%± 5

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 11 of 31.

Shooting profile

45 shots

Where they shoot

45 shots
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Willian, 2023/24, 45 shots in the final 35m, 4 scored.

left
51%
Centre
38%
right
11%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.112
Shots per 90
1.95
Key passes per 90
1.95
Average shot distance
20.0m
From set pieces
38%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
2%
Through balls
11%
Own dribble
20%
Headed
0%

Club role

Fulham

What they are for

  • PenaltiesTakes them: 2 of 2 Fulham were awarded.
  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 6% of Fulham’s dead-ball danger, from 16 deliveries that became shots.
  • When it mattered2 of 4 goals came with the game level or Fulham behind.
  • On the pitch61% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Andreas Pereira0.6 xG10 shots, 0g
  2. Tom Cairney0.5 xG5 shots, 0g
  3. Alex Iwobi0.5 xG4 shots, 1g
  4. Carlos Vinicius0.4 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Raúl Jiménez0.4 xG2 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Alex Iwobi1.3 xG8 shots, 1g
  2. Rodrigo Muniz0.9 xG7 shots, 1g
  3. João Palhinha0.5 xG6 shots, 0g
  4. Andreas Pereira0.4 xG4 shots, 0g
  5. Raúl Jiménez0.3 xG5 shots, 0g

Season record

2023/24

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Willian carries 8.8% of Fulham’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.402
    88% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.588
    50% of forwards

Ranked against 107 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

31 appearances, oldest first

v Brentford1 shot
0 on target

v Luton2 shots
0 on target

at Palace2 shots
2 on target

v Chelsea1 shot
1 on target

1g

v Sheffield Utd5 shots
3 on target

at Brighton1 shot
1 on target

v Man Utd5 shots
0 on target

at Villa3 shots
1 on target

2g

v Wolves2 shots
2 on target

1g

v West Ham2 shots
2 on target

v Arsenal2 shots
0 on target

at Chelsea2 shots
0 on target

v Everton2 shots
0 on target

at Burnley4 shots
2 on target

v Bournemouth3 shots
2 on target

at Wolves1 shot
0 on target

v Spurs1 shot
1 on target

at Forest2 shots
0 on target

v Newcastle2 shots
0 on target

at West Ham2 shots
1 on target

11 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 11 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.