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William Smallbone

Southampton
173 cm
Height
8
Shirt
25 years
Feb 21, 2000
Right
Preferred foot
Ireland
Country
€5.5M
Market value
Position
Primary
Central Midfielder
CM

Player traits

Stats compared to other midfielders
Touches31%Shot attempts19%Goals56%
Chances created57%Aerial duels won19%Defensive actions33%

Premier League 2024/2025

1
Goals
0
Assists
6
Started
18
Matches
682
Minutes played
6.35
Rating
1
Yellow cards
0
Red cards
Match stats

May 25

Arsenal
1-2
11
0
0
0
0
6.2

May 18

Everton
2-0
30
0
0
0
0
6.4

May 10

Manchester City
0-0
1
0
0
0
0
-

May 3

Leicester City
2-0
33
0
0
0
0
6.0

Apr 26

Fulham
1-2
0
0
0
0
0
-

Apr 19

West Ham United
1-1
0
0
0
0
0
-

Apr 12

Aston Villa
0-3
29
0
0
0
0
6.1

Apr 6

Tottenham Hotspur
3-1
26
0
0
0
0
6.5

Mar 8

Liverpool
3-1
71
1
0
0
0
7.3

Feb 25

Chelsea
4-0
90
0
0
0
0
6.6
Southampton

May 25

Premier League
Arsenal
1-2
11’
6.2

May 18

Premier League
Everton
2-0
30’
6.4

May 10

Premier League
Manchester City
0-0
1’
-

May 3

Premier League
Leicester City
2-0
33’
6.0

Apr 26

Premier League
Fulham
1-2
Bench
2024/2025

Season shot map

Shot accuracy: 14%
  • 7Shots
  • 1Goals
  • 0.56xG
3 - 1
Shot typeRight footSituationThrow in set pieceResultGoal
0.08xG0.15xGOT
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Season performance
Minutes played: 682

Shooting

Goals
1
Expected goals (xG)
0.56
xG on target (xGOT)
0.15
Non-penalty xG
0.56
Shots
7
Shots on target
1

Passing

Assists
0
Expected assists (xA)
0.91
Successful passes
259
Pass accuracy
82.5%
Accurate long balls
10
Long ball accuracy
47.6%
Chances created
10
Successful crosses
7
Cross accuracy
19.4%

Possession

Successful dribbles
4
Dribble success
66.7%
Touches
447
Touches in opposition box
18
Dispossessed
6
Fouls won
3

Defending

Penalties conceded
1
Tackles won
13
Tackles won %
65.0%
Duels won
31
Duels won %
43.7%
Aerial duels won
4
Aerial duels won %
40.0%
Interceptions
2
Blocked
4
Fouls committed
11
Recoveries
23
Possession won final 3rd
1
Dribbled past
15

Discipline

Yellow cards
1
Red cards
0

Player traits

Stats compared to other midfielders
Touches31%Shot attempts19%Goals56%
Chances created57%Aerial duels won19%Defensive actions33%

Career

Club
Season

Senior career

Southampton (back from loan)Jul 2023 - now
70
8
Stoke City (on loan)Jul 2022 - Jun 2023
46
3
SouthamptonJul 2019 - Jul 2022
20
1

Youth career

Southampton FC Under 21Jul 2017 - Jul 2022
7
0
Southampton U23Sep 2016 - Jul 2022
44
8
Southampton U18Jul 2016 - Jul 2018
52
6

National team

IrelandNov 2022 - now
11
0
Ireland U21Oct 2020 - Aug 2023
8
3
Ireland U19Mar 2019 - Mar 2019
3
2
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