#29 in the leagueof the top 40

Kikas

Estrela·Forward

Scoring skill

0.19Goals per 90 minutes above replacement
00.090.29 · 90% credible interval0.71
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What the number means: if Kikas plays 90 minutes at a neutral venue against an average Liga defence, the model expects 0.19 more goals than if that place were taken by a replacement-level player — the kind of signing any club can make for free. Goals are capped (winsorized) before the estimate, so one four-goal afternoon is not read as permanent skill.

The model puts 90% probability on the true value lying between 0.09 and 0.29. Fewer minutes, wider interval.

Minutes
4,890
Matches
80
Goals
20
Actual goals/90
0.37
xG skill per 90
0.28
P(above replacement)
100%

Season by season

Goals go up and down; the skill estimate barely moves. That is by design: the model only admits a change in skill when the data demand one, and across three Liga Portugal seasons they never have.

SeasonMinutesGoalsSkill (with margin)
2023-241,5738
0.19
2024-252,1056
0.18
2025-261,2126
0.19

Did he improve? Can't say

Between 2024-25 and 2025-26 the estimate moved +0.010 — but the margin of error on that difference is ±0.087, 8.4 times larger. In other words: indistinguishable from zero. A big goal season is usually natural variation, not new skill.

Recent appearances

2026-01-19Estoril (home)90' · started
2026-01-03Sp. Braga (home)79' · started1 goal
2025-12-27Famalicão (away)77' · started1 goal
2025-12-20Moreirense (home)72' · started
2025-12-15Porto (away)61' · started
2025-12-07Arouca (home)82' · started1 goal
2025-11-30Sporting (away)79' · started
2025-11-09Nacional (home)84' · started

Match-by-match data (SofaScore). The rating is the provider's, not the model's — the model only uses goals, minutes and opponent.

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Bayesian player model fitted on 29,019 individual appearances since 2023-24, with a 600-minute minimum to qualify. Club = the player's most recent club in the data (2023-24 to 2026-27); recent transfers may not be reflected.