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Xavi Simons

Midfielder23 yrs
Injured
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.142 non-penalty goals from 42 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.245 assists, 34 key passes
Finishing
-0.40goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.268% of Tottenham’s build-up value

Xavi Simons ranks 91st of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 20.3m on average. They carry 9% of Tottenham’s attacking involvement, the 3rd largest share in the squad.

Injured. Knee 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

109 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.10
Non-penalty goals
0.10
xG
0.14
Non-penalty xG
0.14
Shots
2.14
npxG per shot
0.06
Shot distance
20.3m
Set-piece share
12%
Goals against xG
-0.7

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.25
Expected assists
0.24
Key passes
1.73
npxG + xA
0.38
xG chain
0.49
xG build-up
0.26
Assists against xA
+0.3

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
4.48
Defensive contribution
7.68

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
5season count
Red cards
1season 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 7

Next fixture

Gameweek 7

vs Coventry

Mon 19 Oct, 19:00 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

28 appearances
  • Over 0.518 of 2864%± 9
  • Over 1.512 of 2843%± 9
  • Over 2.57 of 2825%± 8
  • Over 3.54 of 2814%± 7

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 10 of 28.

Shooting profile

42 shots

Where they shoot

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

Xavi Simons, 2025/26, 42 shots in the final 35m, 2 scored.

left
61%
Centre
27%
right
12%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.065
Shots per 90
2.14
Key passes per 90
1.73
Average shot distance
20.3m
From set pieces
12%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
15%
Through balls
3%
Own dribble
35%
Headed
7%

Club role

Tottenham

What they are for

  • On the pitch52% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Conor Gallagher0.6 xG6 shots, 0g
  2. Dominic Solanke0.5 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Wilson Odobert0.2 xG4 shots, 0g
  4. Djed Spence0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Pedro Porro0.1 xG3 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Dominic Solanke1.1 xG3 shots, 1g
  2. Richarlison0.8 xG3 shots, 1g
  3. Wilson Odobert0.7 xG3 shots, 0g
  4. Mohammed Kudus0.5 xG3 shots, 0g
  5. Pedro Porro0.4 xG3 shots, 1g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Xavi Simons carries 7.6% of Tottenham’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.265
    79% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.485
    43% 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

28 appearances, oldest first

at West Ham1 shot
0 on target

at Brighton3 shots
1 on target

v Man Utd1 shot
0 on target

at Arsenal2 shots
1 on target

v Fulham2 shots
0 on target

at Newcastle1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Brentford4 shots
2 on target

at Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

v West Ham4 shots
1 on target

at Burnley2 shots
0 on target

v Man City5 shots
2 on target

at Man Utd2 shots
0 on target

v Newcastle3 shots
0 on target

v Arsenal1 shot
1 on target

v Palace1 shot
0 on target

at Liverpool3 shots
1 on target

1g

v Brighton4 shots
1 on target

at Wolves2 shots
0 on target

10 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 10 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.