Maxence LacroixCB#5

Chelsea·UEFA Youth League·Defender - Centre-Back

26 years(06/04/2000)1,90mrightFranceContract until 30/06/2032

6.86Rating58 matches in 12 months

€50.00mMarket value

Last 5rating per match

Premier Leag01.116.9

UEFA Confere06.117.3

Premier Leag09.116.7

Premier Leag22.117.3

UEFA Confere27.116.3

Form, 12 monthsaverage rating per month

6.80Nov

6.90Dec

6.60Jan

7.30Feb

7.00Mar

7.00Apr

6.70May

6.40Jun

6.80Jul

6.90Aug

6.90Sep

6.70Oct

Club matchesChelsea

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Recent results

18 Sept · 20:00English Premier LeagueA

Brentford—Prediction 12 Sept · 15:00English Premier LeagueH

Hull City—Prediction 09 Sept · 20:00League CupH

Leeds—Prediction 06 Sept · 16:30English Premier LeagueA

Arsenal1:2Prediction 30 Aug · 14:00English Premier LeagueH

BrightonW4:3Prediction

Key statsUEFA Nations League · Premier League · EFL Cup

Goals014 of 66Rank

xG0.010.00 / 9034 of 59Rank

Assists10.11 / 903 of 66Rank

xA0.450.15 / 9035 of 66Rank

Shots40.43 / 9034 of 59Rank

Shots on target00%41 of 59Rank

Key passes20.22 / 9044 of 66Rank

Pass accuracy92.4%

xG — expected goals: the quality of the chances taken; xA — expected assists: the quality of the chances created. Values per 90 minutes are shown under the totals. Rank: place among defenders — Premier League, season 26/27. What xG, npxG, xA and xGChain mean

Player profileattributes and traits

Player Position average

Attacking38

Technique45

Tactical70

Defending78

Creativity41

Strengths

Ground duels

Weaknesses

No outstanding weaknesses

Player positions: DC

Positions on the pitch

Percentiles per 90per 90 minutes vs positional peers of the league

AttackingPer 90 · Percentile

Goals0.0040%

xG0.0441%

Shots0.4934%

Shots on target0.0016%

Conversion %039%

Big chances missed0.249%

Dribbles0.0019%

Fouls won0.4918%

PlaymakingPer 90 · Percentile

Assists0.2495%

xA0.0548%

Key passes0.2422%

Big chances created0.2489%

Accurate passes40.5165%

Pass accuracy %89.878%

Final third passes2.438%

Long balls1.4638%

DefendingPer 90 · Percentile

Tackles2.4386%

Interceptions1.4682%

Clearances6.3182%

Blocks1.2183%

Aerial duels won2.9175%

Duels won5.8285%

Recoveries1.945%

Dribbled past0.2478%

Fouls0.7354%

Errors leading to goal0.0053%

What a percentile means

The percentile shows what share of players of the same position in this league the player beats on a per-90-minute metric. 90% — better than nine out of ten peers; 50% — the league median. Per 90 minutes removes the effect of playing time.

For fouls, offsides, being dribbled past and goals conceded the scale is inverted: a higher percentile means fewer of them.

vs 65 defenders · Premier League · season 26/27 · min 270′ · player 371′

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81%

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António SilvaBournemouth · Defender - Centre-Back6.98Rating0G0A22age 78%

Tarik MuharemovićLeeds · Defender - Centre-Back7.16Rating0G1A23age 77%

Ezri KonsaArsenal · Defender - Centre-Back6.70Rating0G0A28age 77%

Kristoffer AjerBrentford · Defender - Centre-Back6.84Rating0G0A28age

Profile match = 100 − mean gap of per-90 percentiles across 26 metrics of this position; players of the same league, position group and season with at least 270 minutes.

Reality checkactual vs expected, by season

Goals vs xG

-2.0

-2.0

13.0

25/26

00.0

26/27

Goals xG · total 1 / 3.0

Assists vs xA

+1.3

+0.7

21.3

25/26

+0.6

10.5

26/27

Assists xA · total 3 / 1.7

Bars above xG mean the player scores more than the quality of his chances suggests; a long run below xG is usually a finishing problem, a short one — variance.

Availability

StatusAvailable58 matches in 12 months

National teamFrance7 caps · 0 goals

Contract until30/06/2032

Market value€50.00m

Season statsSeason 26/27

Competition	Team	Season	Apps	Min	Rating	G	A	G+A	YC	RC
UEFA Nations League	France	26/27	4	278	7.10	—	—	0	1	—
Premier League	Chelsea	26/27	5	371	6.72	—	1	1	1	—
EFL Cup	Chelsea	26/27	2	180	6.75	—	—	0	—	—

Transfers6

Date	Season	From	To	Fee	Market value
30/07/2026	26/27	Crystal Palace	Chelsea	€60.70m	€50.00m
30/08/2024	24/25	Wolfsburg	Crystal Palace	€18.00m	€20.00m
25/08/2020	20/21	FC Sochaux	Wolfsburg	€5.00m	€1.00m
01/07/2018	18/19	FC Sochaux U19	FC Sochaux	-	-
01/07/2017	17/18	FC Sochaux U17	FC Sochaux U19	-	-
01/07/2015	15/16	Trélissac Jgd.	FC Sochaux U17	?	-

Market value

€50.00m Current

xG Statisticsall seasons

Season	League	Club	Apps	Min	G	xG	npxG	A	xA	Sh	KP	xGChain
2026	EPL	Chelsea	3	270	0	0.01	0.01	1	0.45	1	1	1.74
2025	EPL	Crystal Palace	35	3094	1	3.01	3.01	2	1.29	25	7	10.74

What xG, npxG, xA and xGChain mean

xG Expected goals: How many goals an average finisher would score from the same shots. A 0.30 xG shot goes in about 3 times in 10. Goals above xG mean efficient finishing; below — a cold streak or poor finishing.
npxG Non-penalty xG: The same xG without penalties. A penalty alone is worth about 0.76 xG, so npxG is a cleaner view of open-play and set-piece chances.
xA Expected assists: The xG of the shots that followed the player's passes. High xA with few assists means teammates missed good chances.
xGChain xG chain: Team xG from every possession the player touched. It shows involvement in build-up, not only the shot or the final pass, so a deep midfielder can rank high without scoring.
KP Key passes: Passes that led directly to a shot — the volume behind xA.