Aston Villa 3-1 Brentford
Key numbers
- Possession 49% – 51%
- Shots 20 (10 on target) – 9 (1)
- Decisive moment: 21' Morgan Rogers, FN xPts +0.7
Morgan Rogers 21'
Ollie Watkins 28' (pen)
Matty Cash 34'
Ollie Watkins 28' (pen)
Matty Cash 34'
HT 3:0
Mikkel Damsgaard 54'
Aston Villa 12th → 7th · 22 pts|Brentford 8th → 9th · 20 pts
Aston Villa won on the scoreboard and on xG (2.43–1.03).
Player of the matchMatty CashDecisive moment21' Morgan Rogers+0.7
Player of the match
Matty Cash Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.6 (Dominant)
Game state
Aston Villa ahead 69 min · level 21 min · Brentford ahead 0 min
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.
21'
Morgan Rogers
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Ollie Watkins +0.2
+0.7
28'
Ollie Watkins
Pen goal
+0.4
34'
Matty Cash
Goal
+0.1
54'
Mikkel Damsgaard
Goal
+0.1
Aston Villa
Expected (last two seasons) 1.8Own moments +1.2Opponent moments −0.1Time effect +0.1→ League points won 3
Brentford
Expected (last two seasons) 1.0Own moments +0.1Opponent moments −1.0Time effect −0.1→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Aston VillaBrentford
49%Possession51%
2.43Expected goals (xG)1.03
0.12xG per shot0.11
20Shots9
10Shots on target1
50%Shots on target %11%
16Shots in box7
387Passes402
86%Pass accuracy85%
10Corners5
0Saves7
11Fouls15
2Yellow cards2
0Offsides1
Compared with usual
Aston Villa
20 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 1.4 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 2.43 | 1.3 | |
| xG against | 1.03 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 20 | 12.6 | |
| On target | 10 | 4.2 | high |
| Shots faced | 9 | 12 | |
| xG per shot | 0.12 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 49% | 51.7% | |
| Passes | 387 | 448.5 | |
| Pass accuracy | 86% | 85.4% | |
| Corners | 10 | 5.1 | |
| Fouls | 11 | 11.6 |
Brentford
16 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.9 | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1.6 | |
| xG | 1.03 | 1.4 | |
| xG against | 2.43 | 1.4 | |
| Shots | 9 | 11.4 | |
| On target | 1 | 5.2 | low |
| Shots faced | 20 | 16.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.11 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 51% | 51.5% | |
| Passes | 402 | 467.3 | |
| Pass accuracy | 85% | 81.9% | |
| Corners | 5 | 4.6 | |
| Fouls | 15 | 7.5 | high |
Timeline
- 21' Goal Morgan Rogers league goal #4 assist Ollie Watkins
- 25' Yellow Ethan Pinnock
- 28' Goal Ollie Watkins (pen) league goal #7
- 34' Goal Matty Cash league goal #1
- 49' Yellow Nathan Collins
- 54' Goal Mikkel Damsgaard league goal #2
- 64' Sub Yehor Yarmoliuk → Edmond-Paris Maghoma
- 65' Yellow Jhon Durán
- 65' Sub Ollie Watkins → Jhon Durán
- 65' Sub Leon Bailey → Jaden Philogene-Bidace
- 70' Sub Boubacar Kamara → Ross Barkley
- 70' Sub Kevin Schade → Fabio Carvalho
- 71' Sub Yoane Wissa → Igor Thiago
- 80' Sub Keane Lewis-Potter → Mads Roerslev
- 82' Yellow Matty Cash
- 87' Sub Morgan Rogers → Emiliano Buendía
- 88' Sub John McGinn → Ian Maatsen
Category leaders
- Key passesLucas Digne4
- Duels wonMikkel Damsgaard12/17
- DribblesMatty Cash2/2
- Defensive actionsMatty Cash9
- ShotsOllie Watkins5 (on target 4)
- Fouls wonYouri Tielemans5
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.