Aston Villa 2-1 Lille
Key numbers
- Possession 41% – 59%
- Shots 12 (4 on target) – 11 (7)
- Decisive moment: 13' Ollie Watkins, FN xPts +0.7
Ollie Watkins 13'
John McGinn 56'
John McGinn 56'
HT 1:0
Bafodé Diakité 84'
Lille edged xG (1.15–1.51) but Aston Villa took the win.
Player of the matchJohn McGinnDecisive moment13' Ollie Watkins+0.7
Player of the match
John McGinn Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.0 (Dominant)
Game state
Aston Villa ahead 77 min · level 13 min · Lille ahead 0 min
- Rémy Cabella — off the bench 12 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'
Ollie Watkins
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist John McGinn +0.2
+0.7
56'
John McGinn
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Leon Bailey +0.1
+0.4
84'
Bafodé Diakité
Goal · assist Rémy Cabella
+0.1
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Aston VillaLille
41%Possession59%
1.15Expected goals (xG)1.51
0.1xG per shot0.14
12Shots11
4Shots on target7
33%Shots on target %64%
8Shots in box9
324Passes469
87%Pass accuracy93%
7Corners3
6Saves2
13Fouls11
3Yellow cards0
0Offsides6
Compared with usual
Aston Villa
46 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 1.15 | 1.4 | |
| xG against | 1.51 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 12 | 13.9 | |
| On target | 4 | 5.5 | |
| Shots faced | 11 | 9.9 | |
| xG per shot | 0.1 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 41% | 56.3% | |
| Passes | 324 | 491.1 | |
| Pass accuracy | 87% | 85.8% | |
| Corners | 7 | 6.3 | |
| Fouls | 13 | 10.9 |
Lille
last 13 matches, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.8 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | |
| xG | 1.51 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 1.15 | 0.85 | |
| Shots | 11 | 14.2 | |
| On target | 7 | 6 | |
| Shots faced | 12 | 10.2 | |
| xG per shot | 0.14 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 59% | 57% | |
| Passes | 469 | 528.7 | |
| Pass accuracy | 93% | 86.2% | high |
| Corners | 3 | 5 | |
| Fouls | 11 | 12 |
Timeline
- 13' Goal Ollie Watkins competition goal #7 assist John McGinn
- 49' Yellow Douglas Luiz
- 56' Goal John McGinn competition goal #3 assist Leon Bailey
- 60' Sub Edon Zhegrova → Yusuf Yazıcı
- 65' VAR Gabriel Gudmundsson
- 66' Sub Morgan Rogers → Nicolò Zaniolo
- 74' Sub Lucas Digne → Álex Moreno
- 74' Sub Leon Bailey → Moussa Diaby
- 77' Yellow Youri Tielemans
- 78' Sub Hakon Arnar Haraldsson → Rémy Cabella
- 78' Sub Gabriel Gudmundsson → Angel Gomes
- 82' Sub Youri Tielemans → Tim Iroegbunam
- 82' Sub Ollie Watkins → Jhon Durán
- 84' Goal Bafodé Diakité assist Rémy Cabella
- 87' Sub Bafodé Diakité → Alexsandro Ribeiro
- 90+4' Yellow Emiliano Martínez
Category leaders
- Key passesOllie Watkins3
- Duels wonEzri Konsa10/12
- DribblesTiago Santos3/4
- Defensive actionsEzri Konsa4
- ShotsOllie Watkins3 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonTiago Santos4
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.