York Shots on Target Stats 2026/2027

York Shots on Target Stats 2026/2027 - season overview

York are averaging 5.3 shots on target per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 8.1 total SOT on average. That puts them 1st of 24 for team SOT per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player SOT-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Gillingham, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which York players hit the most shots on target?

Alex Newby leads with 13 shots on target across 7 qualifying appearances (1.86/g, 86% hit rate). The SOT-rate table below ranks every York player by SOT per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ SOT price.

How does York's SOT profile look this season?

York are averaging 5.3 shots on target per game over 10 games and concede 2.8 for a match-total of 8.1. That ranks 1st of 24 for team SOT in their primary competition. They take 15.9 shots per game and create 8.6 key passes per game.

How is the SOT matchup read calculated?

SOT matchup blends our attackers' on-target rate (50%) with the opposition's SOT conceded per game (50%). For the upcoming fixture against Gillingham, the page weights each York attacker against the opposition's last-season SOT-conceded rate.

What's the difference between shots and shots on target?

York take 15.9 shots per game and put 5.3 on target. Players who shoot speculatively often have a low SOT-per-shot ratio; the context panel surfaces the shots/g funnel so you can see the conversion rate.

Where do these SOT stats come from?

All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz - 10 York fixtures in the active window for 2026/2027. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced.

How is conversion (Goals/SOT) useful?

York are currently converting 32% of their shots on target into goals. A high conversion rate means finishing well; a low one means SOT volume but not yet goals. Pair this with the shots/g funnel to read how the goals number is built.

York player shots on target rates

Player	Position	Apps	Shots on target	Per game	1+ hit rate
Josh Stones	attacker	2	7	3.5	100%
Afolabi Akinyemi	attacker	2	3	1.5	100%
Alex Newby	attacker	7	13	1.86	86%
Jovan Malcolm	attacker	3	4	1.33	67%
Arthur Read	midfielder	4	2	0.5	50%
Ollie Pearce	attacker	9	5	0.56	44%
Joe Grey	attacker	8	5	0.63	38%
Ollie Banks	midfielder	9	4	0.44	33%
Jeff King	defender	6	3	0.5	33%
Harry Boyes	defender	6	3	0.5	33%
Joe Felix	defender	6	1	0.17	17%
Alex Hunt	midfielder	9	1	0.11	11%
Mark Kitching	defender	8	0	0	0%
Alfie McNally	goalkeeper	7	0	0	0%
Zak Johnson	defender	6	0	0	0%
Ryan Fallowfield	defender	6	0	0	0%
Morgan Williams	defender	6	0	0	0%
Ben Brookes	defender	3	0	0	0%
Harrison Male	goalkeeper	2	0	0	0%
Malachi Fagan-Walcott	defender	2	0	0	0%
H. Boateng	midfielder	2	0	0	0%
Daniel Batty	midfielder	1	0	0	0%
Zech Medley	defender	1	0	0	0%
Jack Hunt	defender	1	0	0	0%

York shots on target match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team shots on target	Opposition shots on target	Match total	Top player
19 Sep 2026	League Two	Chesterfield	Away	0-0	0	0	0
12 Sep 2026	League Two	Swindon Town	Home	4-0	9	4	13	Joe Grey (3)
5 Sep 2026	League Two	Crewe Alexandra	Away	1-1	6	6	12	Alex Newby (2)
1 Sep 2026	League Two	Cheltenham Town	Away	3-2	5	5	10	Ollie Pearce (2)
29 Aug 2026	League Two	Exeter City	Home	2-1	8	2	10	Jovan Malcolm (3)
22 Aug 2026	League Two	Rotherham United	Away	1-1	5	2	7	Alex Newby (4)
15 Aug 2026	League Two	Bristol Rovers	Home	3-2	5	3	8	Harry Boyes (2)
3 Aug 2026	Carabao Cup	Crawley Town	Home	0-2	2	5	7	Afolabi Akinyemi (2)
25 Apr 2026	National League	Rochdale	Away	1-1	5	1	6	Josh Stones (3)
18 Apr 2026	National League	Yeovil Town	Home	3-0	8	0	8	Josh Stones (4)

York shots on target 2026/2027: last 10 games

Shots on target for per game: 5.89
Shots on target against per game: 3.11
Match total shots on target per game: 9
Games: 9
League rank for match shots on target: 2 of 24

York Shots on target for 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	5	6.4	80%	80%	80%	60%	60%
Away	4	5.25	100%	100%	100%	25%	0%
Overall	9	5.89	89%	89%	89%	44%	33%

York Shots on target against 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	5	2.8	60%	40%	20%	0%	0%
Away	4	3.5	50%	50%	50%	25%	0%
Overall	9	3.11	56%	44%	33%	11%	0%

York Match total 2026/2027 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %
Home	5	9.2	100%	80%	40%	40%	20%
Away	4	8.75	75%	50%	50%	50%	25%
Overall	9	9	89%	67%	44%	44%	22%

York Team shots on target 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target / match	5.89	6.4	5.25
Total shots / match	17.67	16.2	19.5
Share of shots on target	33%	40%	27%
Goals per shot on target	32%	38%	24%
Shots on target per goal	3.1	2.7	4.2
Shots on target over 2.5	89%	80%	100%
Shots on target over 3.5	89%	80%	100%
Shots on target over 4.5	89%	80%	100%
Shots on target over 5.5	44%	60%	25%
Shots on target over 6.5	33%	60%	0%

York Shots on target against 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Shots on target against	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target against / match	3.11	2.8	3.5
Shots on target against over 2.5	56%	60%	50%
Shots on target against over 3.5	44%	40%	50%
Shots on target against over 4.5	33%	20%	50%
Shots on target against over 5.5	11%	0%	25%
Shots on target against over 6.5	0%	0%	0%

York Match shots on target 2026/2027: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Match shots on target / match	9	9.2	8.75
Match shots on target over 6.5	89%	100%	75%
Match shots on target over 7.5	67%	80%	50%
Match shots on target over 8.5	44%	40%	50%
Match shots on target over 9.5	44%	40%	50%
Match shots on target over 10.5	22%	20%	25%

York 1st-half shots on target for 2026/2027 (from 5 of 9 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	3	2	33%	33%	33%
Away	2	2.5	50%	50%	50%
Overall	5	2.2	40%	40%	40%

York 1st-half shots on target against 2026/2027 (from 5 of 9 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	3	1.67	67%	33%	0%
Away	2	0.5	0%	0%	0%
Overall	5	1.2	40%	20%	0%

York 1st-half match total 2026/2027 (from 5 of 9 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %
Home	3	3.67	100%	67%	0%	0%
Away	2	3	50%	50%	50%	0%
Overall	5	3.4	80%	60%	20%	0%

York shots on target match by match 2026/2027

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
12 Sep	League Two	Swindon (H)	4-0	9	4	13	-
5 Sep	League Two	Crewe (A)	1-1	6	6	12	-
1 Sep	League Two	Cheltenham (A)	3-2	5	5	10	-
29 Aug	League Two	Exeter City (H)	2-1	8	2	10	-
22 Aug	League Two	Rotherham (A)	1-1	5	2	7	5
15 Aug	League Two	Bristol Rovers (H)	3-2	5	3	8	3
3 Aug	Carabao Cup	Crawley (H)	0-2	2	5	7	4
25 Apr	National League	Rochdale (A)	1-1	5	1	6	1
18 Apr	National League	Yeovil (H)	3-0	8	0	8	4

League Two shots on target table 2026/2027: every team's shots on target per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
1	Accrington Stanley	6	5	5.33	10.33	67%
2	York City	6	6.33	3.67	10	67%
3	Colchester United	6	4.5	5.33	9.83	67%
4	Chesterfield	6	5	4.5	9.5	67%
5	Swindon Town	6	3.33	5.83	9.17	67%
6	Cheltenham Town	6	4.5	4.5	9	83%
7	Barnet	6	4.67	3.83	8.5	50%
8	Tranmere Rovers	6	4	4.5	8.5	50%
9	Rotherham United	6	4.17	4.17	8.33	33%
10	Crewe Alexandra	6	3.67	4.67	8.33	50%
11	Oldham Athletic	6	4.83	3.33	8.17	50%
12	Walsall	6	4.17	3.83	8	50%
13	Gillingham	6	4.17	3.83	8	50%
14	Salford City	6	3.5	4.33	7.83	50%
15	Newport County	6	3.17	4.67	7.83	50%
16	Bristol Rovers	6	5.17	2.5	7.67	33%
17	Rochdale	6	2.5	5.17	7.67	33%
18	Grimsby Town	6	4.17	3	7.17	50%
19	Crawley Town	6	3.67	3.5	7.17	33%
20	Exeter City	6	2.83	4	6.83	33%
21	Northampton Town	6	3.5	2.83	6.33	33%
22	Fleetwood Town	6	3.33	2.83	6.17	33%
23	Port Vale	6	3.17	3	6.17	0%
24	Shrewsbury Town	6	3	3.17	6.17	33%

York shots on target against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026/2027

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Vs top six	2	5	4	9	50%
Vs top half	4	6.25	4.5	10.75	75%
Vs bottom half	2	6.5	2	8.5	50%
Vs bottom six	1	8	2	10	100%

York shots on target per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
League Two	2026/2027	6	6.33	3.67	10	67%
Carabao Cup	2026/2027	1	2	5	7	0%
National League	2025/2026	46	7.26	3.24	10.5	72%
FA Cup	2025/2026	2	6	4.5	10.5	50%
National League	2024/2025	46	4.67	3.13	7.8	39%
FA Cup	2024/2025	1	2	6	8	0%

York next three opponents: shots on target per game this season

Kick-off	Opponent	Their match total	Their shots on target for	Their shots on target against	Match total at that venue	For at that venue	Against at that venue
Sat 26 Sep 14:00	Gillingham (home)	8	4.17	3.83	8	3.33	4.67
Sat 3 Oct 14:00	Barnet (away)	8.5	4.67	3.83	8.33	5	3.33
Sat 10 Oct 14:00	Northampton (home)	6.33	3.5	2.83	7.33	4	3.33

York players with the most games of 1+ shots on target 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Alex Newby	attacker	6	7	86%
2	Ollie Pearce	attacker	3	7	43%
3	Afolabi Akinyemi	attacker	2	2	100%
4	Jovan Malcolm	attacker	2	4	50%
5	Arthur Read	midfielder	2	6	33%

York players with the most games of 2+ shots on target 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Alex Newby	attacker	4	7	57%
2	Afolabi Akinyemi	attacker	1	2	50%
3	Jovan Malcolm	attacker	1	4	25%
4	Jeff King	defender	1	5	20%
5	Harry Boyes	defender	1	6	17%

York players with the most games of 3+ shots on target 2026/2027

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Alex Newby	attacker	2	7	29%
2	Jovan Malcolm	attacker	1	4	25%
3	Joe Grey	attacker	1	7	14%

Gillingham shots on target match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
12 Sep	League Two	Tranmere (H)	2-0	5	3	8	-
5 Sep	League Two	Rochdale (A)	1-4	6	4	10	-
1 Sep	League Two	Chesterfield (A)	1-1	1	10	11	-
29 Aug	League Two	Northampton (H)	1-1	3	1	4	-
22 Aug	League Two	Fleetwood (A)	0-0	3	0	3	2
15 Aug	League Two	Walsall (H)	0-3	7	5	12	4
8 Aug	Carabao Cup	Luton (H)	0-3	2	11	13	5
2 May	League Two	Shrewsbury (H)	1-0	2	5	7	3
25 Apr	League Two	Barnet (A)	6-2	2	12	14	11