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James Forrest

Celtic
175 cm
Height
49
Shirt
33 years
Jul 7, 1991
Right
Preferred foot
Scotland
Country
€2M
Market value
Position
Primary
Right Winger
Others
Left Winger
LW
RW

Player traits

Stats compared to other attacking midfielders/wingers
Touches97%Shot attempts97%Goals11%
Chances created89%Aerial duels won20%Defensive actions8%

Premiership 2024/2025

1
Goals
5
Assists
8
Started
23
Matches
911
Minutes played
6.90
Rating
0
Yellow cards
0
Red cards
Match stats

May 24

Aberdeen
5-4
31
0
0
0
0
-

May 17

St. Mirren
1-1
36
1
0
0
0
7.9

May 14

Aberdeen
1-5
90
0
1
0
0
8.3

May 10

Hibernian
3-1
18
0
0
0
0
6.0

May 4

Rangers
1-1
63
0
0
0
0
6.3

Apr 26

Dundee United
0-5
26
0
0
0
0
6.2

Apr 20

St. Johnstone
0-5
64
0
0
0
0
-

Apr 12

Kilmarnock
5-1
60
0
0
0
0
6.8

Apr 6

St. Johnstone
1-0
14
0
0
0
0
6.7

Mar 29

Hearts
3-0
9
0
0
0
0
-
Celtic

May 24

FA Cup
Aberdeen
5-4
31’
-

May 17

Premiership Championship Group
St. Mirren
1-1
36’
7.9

May 14

Premiership Championship Group
Aberdeen
1-5
90’
8.3

May 10

Premiership Championship Group
Hibernian
3-1
18’
6.0

May 4

Premiership Championship Group
Rangers
1-1
63’
6.3
2024/2025

Season shot map

Shot accuracy: 26%
  • 35Shots
  • 1Goals
  • 2.72xG
1 - 1
Shot typeRight footSituationRegular playResultGoal
0.12xG0.21xGOT
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Season performance
Minutes played: 911

Shooting

Goals
1
Expected goals (xG)
2.72
xG on target (xGOT)
2.53
Non-penalty xG
2.72
Shots
35
Shots on target
9

Passing

Assists
5
Expected assists (xA)
4.31
Successful passes
471
Pass accuracy
88.2%
Accurate long balls
5
Long ball accuracy
71.4%
Chances created
26
Successful crosses
9
Cross accuracy
21.4%

Possession

Successful dribbles
11
Dribble success
36.7%
Touches
729
Touches in opposition box
66
Dispossessed
8
Fouls won
8
Penalties awarded
1

Defending

Tackles won
6
Tackles won %
60.0%
Duels won
31
Duels won %
42.5%
Aerial duels won
2
Aerial duels won %
28.6%
Interceptions
5
Blocked
19
Fouls committed
2
Recoveries
25
Possession won final 3rd
4
Dribbled past
8

Discipline

Yellow cards
0
Red cards
0

Player traits

Stats compared to other attacking midfielders/wingers
Touches97%Shot attempts97%Goals11%
Chances created89%Aerial duels won20%Defensive actions8%

Career

Club
Season

Senior career

CelticDec 2009 - now
530
109

National team

ScotlandJan 2011 - Nov 2024
39
5
Scotland U21Sep 2010 - Mar 2013
3
0
Scotland U19Jun 2009 - Jun 2010
6
2
  • Matches
  • Goals
Trophies

Celtic

Scotland
8
Scottish Cup(23/24 · 22/23 · 19/20 · 18/19 · 17/18 · 16/17 · 12/13 · 10/11)
13
Premiership(24/25 · 23/24 · 22/23 · 21/22 · 19/20 · 18/19 · 17/18 · 16/17 · 15/16 · 14/15 · 13/14 · 12/13 · 11/12)
8
League Cup(24/25 · 22/23 · 21/22 · 19/20 · 18/19 · 17/18 · 16/17 · 14/15)