Middlesbrough 0-1 Aston Villa
Key numbers
- Possession 38% – 62%
- Shots 5 (1 on target) – 12 (6)
- Decisive moment: 87' Matty Cash, FN xPts +1.7
HT 0:0
Matty Cash 87'
Aston Villa beat Middlesbrough 1-0.
Player of the matchMatty CashDecisive moment87' Matty Cash+1.7
Player of the match
Matty Cash Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.9 (Dominant)
Game state
Middlesbrough ahead 0 min · level 87 min · Aston Villa ahead 3 min
- Douglas Luiz — off the bench 20 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.
87'
Matty Cash
Goal · scorer +1.2 · assist Douglas Luiz +0.5
+1.7
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Middlesbrough is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
MiddlesbroughAston Villa
38%Possession62%
5Shots12
1Shots on target6
20%Shots on target %50%
4Shots in box6
330Passes538
83%Pass accuracy90%
5Corners12
5Saves1
10Fouls13
1Yellow cards5
6Offsides3
The data provider has no xG (expected goals) for this match.
Compared with usual
Aston Villa
29 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2.2 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 12 | 14.6 | |
| On target | 6 | 5.6 | |
| Shots faced | 5 | 9 | |
| Possession | 62% | 58.3% | |
| Passes | 538 | 507 | |
| Pass accuracy | 90% | 85.8% | |
| Corners | 12 | 6.1 | |
| Fouls | 13 | 10.7 |
Timeline
- 23' Yellow Isaiah Jones
- 37' Yellow Ezri Konsa
- 40' Yellow Leon Bailey
- 59' Sub Josh Coburn → Emmanuel Latte Lath
- 59' Sub Hayden Hackney → Jonathan Howson
- 69' Sub Leon Bailey → Nicolò Zaniolo
- 70' Sub Leander Dendoncker → Douglas Luiz
- 70' Sub John McGinn → Moussa Diaby
- 70' Sub Jhon Durán → Ollie Watkins
- 74' Yellow Matty Cash
- 80' Yellow Nicolò Zaniolo
- 82' Yellow Clément Lenglet
- 83' Sub Alex Bangura → Hayden Coulson
- 83' Sub Daniel Barlaser → Alexander Gilbert
- 83' Sub Isaiah Jones → Dael Fry
- 87' Goal Matty Cash competition goal #1 assist Douglas Luiz
Category leaders
- Key passesJacob Ramsey3
- Duels wonBoubacar Kamara12/18
- DribblesSam Greenwood2/2
- Defensive actionsMatty Cash8
- ShotsJhon Durán3 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonAlex Bangura3
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.