AZ Alkmaar 1-4 Aston Villa
Key numbers
- Possession 47% – 53%
- Shots 11 (3 on target) – 5 (5)
- Decisive moment: 13' Leon Bailey, FN xPts +0.7
Ibrahim Sadiq 65'
HT 0:2
Leon Bailey 13'
Youri Tielemans 23'
Ollie Watkins 51'
John McGinn 56'
Youri Tielemans 23'
Ollie Watkins 51'
John McGinn 56'
Aston Villa won on the scoreboard and on xG (0.4–1.48).
Player of the matchJohn McGinnDecisive moment13' Leon Bailey+0.7
Player of the match
John McGinn Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.4 (Dominant)
Game state
AZ Alkmaar ahead 0 min · level 13 min · Aston Villa ahead 77 min
- Bruno Martins Indi — off the bench 45 min · 0G 1A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
13'
Leon Bailey
Goal
+0.7
23'
Youri Tielemans
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist John McGinn +0.1
+0.4
51'
Ollie Watkins
Goal
+0.1
56'
John McGinn
Goal · assist Leon Bailey
0.0
65'
Ibrahim Sadiq
Goal · assist Bruno Martins Indi
0.0
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for AZ Alkmaar is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
AZ AlkmaarAston Villa
47%Possession53%
0.4Expected goals (xG)1.48
0.04xG per shot0.3
11Shots5
3Shots on target5
27%Shots on target %100%
7Shots in box5
449Passes518
86%Pass accuracy85%
4Corners1
1Saves2
12Fouls12
3Yellow cards2
8Offsides1
Compared with usual
Aston Villa
14 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 4 | 2.5 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 1.48 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 0.4 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 5 | 16.3 | low |
| On target | 5 | 6.3 | |
| Shots faced | 11 | 9.5 | |
| xG per shot | 0.3 | 0.09 | high |
| Possession | 53% | 56% | |
| Passes | 518 | 498.6 | |
| Pass accuracy | 85% | 86.2% | |
| Corners | 1 | 6.2 | |
| Fouls | 12 | 11.2 |
Timeline
- 13' Goal Leon Bailey competition goal #3
- 19' Yellow Sven Mijnans
- 23' Goal Youri Tielemans competition goal #1 assist John McGinn
- 44' Yellow Jordy Clasie
- 45+1' Yellow Clément Lenglet
- 46' Sub Alexandre Penetra → Bruno Martins Indi
- 46' Sub Sven Mijnans → Tiago Dantas
- 51' Goal Ollie Watkins competition goal #4
- 56' Goal John McGinn competition goal #2 assist Leon Bailey
- 65' Goal Ibrahim Sadiq assist Bruno Martins Indi
- 67' Sub Myron Van Brederode → Ruben van Bommel
- 67' Sub Ibrahim Sadiq → Jens Odgaard
- 69' Sub Douglas Luiz → Nicolò Zaniolo
- 81' Sub John McGinn → Moussa Diaby
- 86' Yellow Leon Bailey
- 86' Sub Boubacar Kamara → Leander Dendoncker
- 86' Sub Ollie Watkins → Jhon Durán
- 86' Sub Leon Bailey → Bertrand Traoré
- 87' Sub Dani de Wit → Đorđe Mihailović
- 90' Yellow Riechedly Bazoer
Category leaders
- Key passesJordy Clasie2
- Duels wonLucas Digne6/8
- DribblesDouglas Luiz3/5
- Defensive actionsJordy Clasie6
- ShotsVangelis Pavlidis3 (on target 2)
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.