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Willy Boly

Defender
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.092 non-penalty goals from 14 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.081 assists, 8 key passes
Finishing
+0.60goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.193% of Nottingham Forest’s build-up value

Willy Boly ranks 207th of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 10.3m on average, with 72% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 2% of Nottingham Forest’s attacking involvement, the 14th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

135 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.12
Non-penalty goals
0.12
xG
0.09
Non-penalty xG
0.09
Shots
0.86
npxG per shot
0.11
Shot distance
10.3m
Set-piece share
72%
Goals against xG
+0.5

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.06
Expected assists
0.08
Key passes
0.49
npxG + xA
0.18
xG chain
0.25
xG build-up
0.19
Assists against xA
-0.4

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
1season count

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

Ranked against 135 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.

This week

Gameweek 7

Next fixture

Gameweek 7

vs Arsenal

Sun 18 Oct, 15:30 UTC

Arsenal concede 8.6 shots a match and are 0.64× the league norm against defenders. A difficult one.

Projected shots
0.55

0.86 per 90 × 0.63

Projected on target
0.17

0.37 per 90 × 0.46

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

Shots

20 appearances
  • Over 0.511 of 2055%± 11
  • Over 1.53 of 2015%± 8
  • Over 2.50 of 200%± 0
  • Over 3.50 of 200%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 9 of 20.

Shooting profile

14 shots

Where they shoot

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

Willy Boly, 2023/24, 14 shots in the final 35m, 2 scored.

left
14%
Centre
53%
right
33%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.105
Shots per 90
0.86
Key passes per 90
0.49
Average shot distance
10.3m
From set pieces
72%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
70%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
15%

Club role

Nottingham Forest

What they are for

  • On the pitch43% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Morgan Gibbs-White0.7 xG7 shots, 1g
  2. Anthony Elanga0.3 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Callum Hudson-Odoi0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Chris Wood0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Ryan Yates0.4 xG1 shot, 1g
  2. Chris Wood0.3 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Taiwo Awoniyi0.3 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Brennan Johnson0.2 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Anthony Elanga0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2023/24

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Willy Boly carries 3.4% of Nottingham Forest’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.191
    28% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.254
    33% of defenders

Ranked against 135 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

20 appearances, oldest first

at Arsenal1 shot
1 on target

v Sheffield Utd2 shots
1 on target

1g

at Man Utd2 shots
2 on target

at Man City1 shot
1 on target

v Brentford1 shot
0 on target

at Palace2 shots
0 on target

v Luton1 shot
0 on target

v Spurs1 shot
0 on target

at Luton1 shot
0 on target

v Man City1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Chelsea1 shot
1 on target

9 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 9 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.