Aston Villa 4-0 Ajax
Key numbers
- Possession 46% – 54%
- Shots 13 (8 on target) – 2 (1)
- Decisive moment: 25' Ollie Watkins, FN xPts +0.6
Ollie Watkins 25'
Leon Bailey 60'
Jhon Durán 75'
Moussa Diaby 81'
Leon Bailey 60'
Jhon Durán 75'
Moussa Diaby 81'
HT 1:0
Aston Villa won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.18–0.31).
Player of the matchDouglas LuizDecisive moment25' Ollie Watkins+0.6
Player of the match
Douglas Luiz Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.4 (Dominant)
Game state
Aston Villa ahead 65 min · level 25 min · Ajax ahead 0 min
- Ajax: Red card 66' → ~24 min a player down
- Jhon Durán — off the bench 57 min · 1G 0A
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.
25'
Ollie Watkins
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Douglas Luiz +0.2
+0.6
60'
Leon Bailey
Goal · assist Douglas Luiz
+0.2
66'
Sivert Mannsverk
Red card
0.0
75'
Jhon Durán
Goal
0.0
81'
Moussa Diaby
Goal
0.0
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Ajax is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Aston VillaAjax
46%Possession54%
1.18Expected goals (xG)0.31
0.09xG per shot0.16
13Shots2
8Shots on target1
62%Shots on target %50%
9Shots in box1
369Passes445
86%Pass accuracy83%
3Corners1
0Saves4
8Fouls8
2Yellow cards2
1Offsides1
Compared with usual
Aston Villa
41 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 4 | 2 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 1.18 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 0.31 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 13 | 14.2 | |
| On target | 8 | 5.6 | |
| Shots faced | 2 | 9.6 | |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 46% | 56.7% | |
| Passes | 369 | 494.3 | |
| Pass accuracy | 86% | 85.8% | |
| Corners | 3 | 6.3 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 10.8 |
Ajax
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.4 | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1.9 | |
| xG | 0.31 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 1.18 | 1.6 | |
| Shots | 2 | 8.9 | |
| On target | 1 | 4.6 | |
| Shots faced | 13 | 15 | |
| xG per shot | 0.16 | 0.16 | |
| Possession | 54% | 49.7% | |
| Passes | 445 | 462.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 83% | 84.1% | |
| Corners | 1 | 3.7 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 12.7 |
Timeline
- 11' Yellow Morgan Rogers
- 14' Yellow Sivert Mannsverk
- 19' Yellow Ollie Watkins
- 25' Goal Ollie Watkins competition goal #6 assist Douglas Luiz
- 33' Sub Ollie Watkins → Jhon Durán
- 39' Sub Ahmetcan Kaplan → Chuba Akpom
- 46' Sub Morgan Rogers → Youri Tielemans
- 60' Goal Leon Bailey competition goal #4 assist Douglas Luiz
- 66' Second yellow Sivert Mannsverk
- 69' Sub Josip Šutalo → Anton Gaaei
- 74' Sub Leon Bailey → Tim Iroegbunam
- 74' Sub Diego Carlos → Clément Lenglet
- 75' Goal Jhon Durán competition goal #3
- 79' Sub Devyne Rensch → Benjamin Tahirović
- 81' Goal Moussa Diaby competition goal #2
- 83' Sub Douglas Luiz → Omari Kellyman
Category leaders
- Key passesDouglas Luiz4
- Duels wonJohn McGinn5/9
- DribblesLeon Bailey2/3
- ShotsJhon Durán4 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonJohn McGinn3
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.