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Michael Johnston

West Bromwich Albion
179 cm
Height
22
Shirt
25 years
Apr 19, 1999
Left
Preferred foot
Ireland
Country
€2.8M
Market value
Position
Primary
Left Winger
Others
Right Midfielder, Left Midfielder, Right Winger
RM
LM
RW
LW

Player traits

Stats compared to other attacking midfielders/wingers
Touches86%Shot attempts73%Goals28%
Chances created82%Aerial duels won12%Defensive actions20%

Championship 2024/2025

2
Goals
5
Assists
21
Started
34
Matches
1,775
Minutes played
6.88
Rating
3
Yellow cards
0
Red cards
Match stats

Mar 29

Norwich City
1-0
12
0
0
0
0
6.4

Mar 23

Bulgaria
2-1
65
0
0
1
0
6.3

Mar 20

Bulgaria
1-2
76
0
0
1
0
7.4

Mar 15

Hull City
1-1
90
0
0
0
0
7.1

Mar 11

Burnley
1-1
16
0
0
0
0
5.8

Mar 8

Queens Park Rangers
1-0
62
0
0
0
0
6.6

Mar 1

Leeds United
1-1
83
0
0
0
0
7.8

Feb 22

Oxford United
2-0
89
0
0
0
0
7.5

Feb 15

Millwall
1-1
0
0
0
0
0
-

Feb 12

Blackburn Rovers
0-2
56
0
0
0
0
6.3
West Bromwich Albion

Mar 29

Championship
Norwich City
1-0
12’
6.4
Ireland

Mar 23

UEFA Nations League B Qualification
Bulgaria
2-1
65’
6.3

Mar 20

UEFA Nations League B Qualification
Bulgaria
1-2
76’
7.4
West Bromwich Albion

Mar 15

Championship
Hull City
1-1
90’
7.1

Mar 11

Championship
Burnley
1-1
16’
5.8
2024/2025

Season shot map

Shot accuracy: 29%
  • 52Shots
  • 2Goals
  • 3.20xG
2 - 0
Shot typeRight footSituationRegular playResultGoal
0.06xG0.43xGOT
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Season performance
Minutes played: 1,775

Shooting

Goals
2
Expected goals (xG)
3.24
xG on target (xGOT)
2.84
Non-penalty xG
3.24
Shots
52
Shots on target
15

Passing

Assists
5
Expected assists (xA)
4.19
Successful passes
642
Pass accuracy
84.6%
Accurate long balls
27
Long ball accuracy
64.3%
Chances created
36
Successful crosses
22
Cross accuracy
25.6%

Possession

Successful dribbles
62
Dribble success
50.8%
Touches
1,225
Touches in opposition box
100
Dispossessed
33
Fouls won
16

Defending

Tackles won
16
Tackles won %
66.7%
Duels won
106
Duels won %
44.9%
Aerial duels won
4
Aerial duels won %
28.6%
Interceptions
9
Blocked
23
Fouls committed
13
Recoveries
80
Possession won final 3rd
12
Dribbled past
15

Discipline

Yellow cards
3
Red cards
0

Player traits

Stats compared to other attacking midfielders/wingers
Touches86%Shot attempts73%Goals28%
Chances created82%Aerial duels won12%Defensive actions20%

Career

Club
Season

Senior career

West Bromwich AlbionAug 2024 - now
35
2
Celtic (back from loan)Jul 2024 - Aug 2024
1
0
West Bromwich Albion (on loan)Feb 2024 - Jun 2024
20
7
Celtic (back from loan)Jul 2023 - Feb 2024
12
2
Vitoria de Guimaraes (on loan)Sep 2022 - Jun 2023
31
3
CelticAug 2016 - Sep 2022
80
11

Youth career

Celtic U21Jul 2019 - Sep 2022
Celtic FC Under 23Jul 2017 - Sep 2022
2
1
Celtic U20Aug 2016 - Sep 2022
2
0
Celtic U19Jul 2015 - Sep 2022
12
5

National team

IrelandMar 2023 - now
15
2
Scotland U21Sep 2017 - Aug 2020
6
1
Scotland U19Mar 2017 - Mar 2018
5
3
  • Matches
  • Goals
Trophies

Celtic

Scotland
4
Scottish Cup(19/20 · 18/19 · 17/18 · 16/17)
5
Premiership(21/22 · 19/20 · 18/19 · 17/18 · 16/17)
5
League Cup(21/22 · 19/20 · 18/19 · 17/18 · 16/17)