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Hjalmar Ekdal

2025/26 season archive

Ekdal is not in a 2026/27 Premier League squad, so these figures are final rather than live. Browse 2026/27 players.

Burnley

Pace

0.8

points per gameweek

Minutes

89%

reached 60' · 17 of 19 starts

Market

Selling

780 net transfers

How he ranks

19 games · 119 defenders

Points

19th3.04

xGI

3rd0.03

xGC

5th1.81

DefCon

88th10.2

BPS

13th9.3

Minutes

25th1539

Final price£3.8m

Form (10 GW)0.8

Pts / Match2.7

GW38 Pts0

Total Pts523.0 per 90

Total Bonus20.1 per 90

ICT Index51.7

Selected by %0.7%

xGI0.60.0 per 90

G+A − xGI−0.6underperforming

On dutyDefCon bonus9/19 apps

Minutes and bonus

Started

17/19

89% of appearances

Reached 60'

89%

17 of 19 games

Bonus won

in 2 of 19 games

BPS per game

8.4

11% bonus strike rate

He is a different player by venue. 4.11 per game at home (9), 1.5 away (10).

Where the points come from

Appearance3656%

DefCon1828%

Clean sheets813%

Bonus23%

Goals conceded-12

56% of his points earned came from appearance. That is a narrow base — if it stops, most of the return stops with it. 64 earned, 52 net

Are the returns real?

His goals and assists are in line with the chances behind them — −0.6 against expectation over 1539 minutes.

Defensive Contribution

He averages 9.2 against a line of 10, so he is about one action short in a typical week.

Cleared

9/19

47% of games

Average

9.2

line is 10

Versus the line

-0.8

short on average

Action mix

14% tackles · 86% CBI

Against each level of opponent

His return barely moves with the difficulty of the opponent.

3.67 per game(3)

2.8 per game(10)

2.6 per game(5)

too few games(1)

1 is the easiest opponent, 5 the hardest. Bracketed figure is appearances at that level.

Gameweek log

	Opponent
1	TOT (A)	90	1	0	3	5	0	-5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	£4.0m
2	SUN (H)	90	9	1	0	14	1	34	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	£4.0m
3	MUN (A)	82	3	0	2	12	0	11	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	£4.0m
4	LIV (H)	90	4	0	1	12	0	8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	£4.0m
5	NFO (H)	90	2	0	1	8	0	5	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.1	£4.0m
6	MCI (A)	90	0	0	5	9	0	-9	0.0	0.1	0.1	2.0	£4.0m
7	AVL (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	£4.0m
8	LEE (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	£4.0m
9	WOL (A)	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	£4.0m
10	ARS (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	£4.0m
11	WHU (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	£4.0m
12	CHE (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	£4.0m
13	BRE (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	£4.0m
14	CRY (H)	90	4	0	1	17	0	20	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	£4.0m
15	NEW (A)	90	1	0	2	8	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	£4.0m
16	FUL (H)	90	1	0	3	3	0	-2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	£3.9m
17	BOU (A)	90	4	0	1	11	0	7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	£3.9m
18	EVE (H)	90	9	1	0	13	1	33	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.8	£3.9m
19	NEW (H)	90	3	0	3	11	0	5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	£3.9m
20	BHA (A)	90	1	0	2	6	0	7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	£3.9m
21	MUN (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	£3.9m
22	LIV (A)	16	1	0	0	3	0	4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	£3.9m
23	TOT (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	£3.9m
24	SUN (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	£3.9m
25	WHU (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	£3.9m
26	CRY (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	£3.9m
27	CHE (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	£3.9m
28	BRE (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	£3.9m
29	EVE (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	£3.9m
30	BOU (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	£3.8m
31	FUL (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	£3.8m
32	BHA (H)	90	1	0	2	8	0	15	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	£3.8m
33	NFO (A)	90	0	0	4	9	0	-1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	£3.8m
33	MCI (H)	90	4	0	1	10	0	12	0.0	0.1	0.1	3.5	£3.8m
35	LEE (A)	90	3	0	3	15	0	12	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	£3.8m
36	AVL (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	£3.8m
37	ARS (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	£3.8m
38	WOL (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	£3.8m

What the model expects

From the same expected-points model that runs across the whole player pool — an estimate per gameweek, not a prediction of any single one.

Expected per GW

2.4

points, average

Direction

−0.74

broadly steady

Sample

gameweeks behind it

Direction = last five gameweeks vs the five before. The model is injury-blind.

Points by gameweek · with model expectation

Points scoredModel expectation, set before kick-off

GW8–38: model expected 38 pts · he scored 23 (−15 vs expectation)

Market

Price History

Selected by %

0.7%

Net transfers, latest GW

−780

Hjalmar Ekdal

How he ranks?

Minutes and bonus?

Where the points come from?

Are the returns real??

Defensive Contribution?

Against each level of opponent?

Gameweek log

What the model expects

Points by gameweek · with model expectation?

Market

Price History?

How he ranks

Minutes and bonus

Where the points come from

Are the returns real?

Defensive Contribution

Against each level of opponent

Points by gameweek · with model expectation

Price History