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Josh Cullen

2025/26 season archive

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

Burnley

Knee injury - Expected back 30 Sep

Pace

0.0

points per gameweek

Minutes

94%

reached 60' · 18 of 18 starts

Market

Selling

400 net transfers

How he ranks

18 games · 141 midfielders

Points

46th4.16

xGI

16th0.14

DefCon

76th10.3

BPS

69th19.1

Minutes

26th1513

xGI is what drags him — 16th of 141, against 46th for points.

Final price£4.9m

Form (10 GW)0.0

Pts / Match3.9

GW38 Pts0

Total Pts704.2 per 90

Total Bonus80.5 per 90

ICT Index66.0

Selected by %0.8%

xGI2.30.1 per 90

G+A − xGI+1.7overperforming

On dutyDefCon bonus6/18 apps

Minutes and bonus

Started

18/18

100% of appearances

Reached 60'

94%

17 of 18 games

Bonus won

in 3 of 18 games

BPS per game

17.8

17% bonus strike rate

Where the points come from

Appearance3547%

DefCon1216%

Goals1014%

Bonus811%

Assists68%

Clean sheets34%

Cards-2

Own goals-2

47% of his points earned came from appearance. No single source dominates, though bonus tends to follow whichever one leads. 74 earned, 70 net

Are the returns real?

He is beating his expected numbers by +1.7 over 1513 minutes.

His record does not repeat it — across 1 full season he has finished above expectation every time.

Full seasons on record

2023/24 +3.1

Goals and assists minus xGI, per season. Positive means he finished above the chances he had.

Defensive Contribution

He averages 9.6 against a line of 12 — close enough that a busy game gets him there, but not reliably.

Cleared

6/18

33% of games

Average

9.6

line is 12

Versus the line

-2.4

short on average

Action mix

18% tackles · 39% CBI · 42% recoveries

Against each level of opponent

He scores 2.8 more per game against the easiest opponents he faced than the hardest — a fixture-dependent asset.

5.75 per game(4)

3.44 per game(9)

3 per game(4)

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	4	0	0	0	3	12	0	21	0.0	0.3	0.3	2.3	0	£5.0m
2	SUN (H)	90	14	1	1	1	0	7	3	49	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.8	0	£5.0m
3	MUN (A)	90	2	0	0	0	3	14	0	7	0.0	0.1	0.1	3.6	0	£5.0m
4	LIV (H)	62	3	0	0	1	0	7	0	12	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	0	£5.0m
5	NFO (H)	90	4	0	0	0	1	14	0	15	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	0	£5.0m
6	MCI (A)	78	4	0	0	0	3	12	0	17	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	0	£5.0m
7	AVL (A)	90	6	0	0	0	2	20	2	29	0.1	0.0	0.1	1.4	0	£5.0m
8	LEE (H)	90	3	0	0	1	0	7	0	12	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.6	0	£5.0m
9	WOL (A)	90	2	0	0	0	2	9	0	15	0.1	0.1	0.1	2.5	0	£5.0m
10	ARS (H)	81	1	0	0	0	2	4	0	10	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	1	£5.0m
11	WHU (A)	90	10	1	0	0	3	9	3	35	0.4	0.0	0.5	3.0	0	£5.0m
12	CHE (H)	90	2	0	0	0	2	5	0	8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	0	£5.0m
13	BRE (A)	80	2	0	0	0	1	6	0	10	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	0	£5.0m
14	CRY (H)	80	4	0	0	0	1	18	0	17	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.6	0	£5.0m
15	NEW (A)	90	2	0	0	0	2	4	0	17	0.1	0.3	0.4	1.8	0	£5.0m
16	FUL (H)	90	4	0	1	0	3	8	0	26	0.1	0.3	0.3	2.2	1	£5.0m
17	BOU (A)	90	2	0	0	0	1	9	0	14	0.0	0.0	0.1	1.4	0	£5.0m
18	EVE (H)	52	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	7	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.3	0	£5.0m
19	NEW (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	£5.0m
20	BHA (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	£5.0m
21	MUN (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	£5.0m
22	LIV (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	£5.0m
23	TOT (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	£5.0m
24	SUN (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	£4.9m
25	WHU (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	£4.9m
26	CRY (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	£4.9m
27	CHE (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	£4.9m
28	BRE (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	£4.9m
29	EVE (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	£4.9m
30	BOU (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	£4.9m
31	FUL (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	£4.9m
32	BHA (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	£4.9m
33	NFO (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	£4.9m
33	MCI (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	£4.9m
35	LEE (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	£4.9m
36	AVL (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	£4.9m
37	ARS (A)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	£4.9m
38	WOL (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	£4.9m

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

3.4

points, average

Direction

−1.17

conditions running out

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

GW8–22: model expected 52 pts · he scored 33 (−19 vs expectation)

Market

Price History

Selected by %

0.8%

Net transfers, latest GW

−400

Josh Cullen

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