Aston Villa 2-0 Cardiff
Key numbers
- Possession 68% – 32%
- Shots 25 (10 on target) – 4 (1)
- Decisive moment: 68' Marco Asensio, FN xPts +0.8
Marco Asensio 68'
Marco Asensio 80'
Marco Asensio 80'
HT 0:0
Aston Villa beat Cardiff 2-0.
Player of the matchMarco AsensioDecisive moment68' Marco Asensio+0.8
Player of the match
Marco Asensio Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.7 (Dominant)
Game state
Aston Villa ahead 22 min · level 68 min · Cardiff 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.
68'
Marco Asensio
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Marcus Rashford +0.2
+0.8
80'
Marco Asensio
Goal · assist Ollie Watkins
+0.1
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Cardiff 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 VillaCardiff
68%Possession32%
25Shots4
10Shots on target1
40%Shots on target %25%
17Shots in box1
604Passes286
93%Pass accuracy85%
12Corners0
1Saves7
10Fouls9
0Yellow cards0
2Offsides2
The data provider has no xG (expected goals) for this match.
Compared with usual
Aston Villa
40 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.5 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.4 | |
| Shots | 25 | 13 | |
| On target | 10 | 4.6 | |
| Shots faced | 4 | 12.1 | |
| Possession | 68% | 52.7% | |
| Passes | 604 | 455.8 | |
| Pass accuracy | 93% | 85.4% | high |
| Corners | 12 | 6 | |
| Fouls | 10 | 11.3 |
Timeline
- 46' Sub Callum Robinson → Yousef Salech
- 64' Sub Luey Giles → Joel Bagan
- 65' Sub Aaron Ramsey → Alex Robertson
- 68' Goal Marco Asensio competition goal #1 assist Marcus Rashford
- 80' Goal Marco Asensio competition goal #2 assist Ollie Watkins
- 81' Sub Chris Willock → Cian Ashford
- 81' Sub Dylan Lawlor → Isaak Davies
- 82' Sub Marcus Rashford → Morgan Rogers
- 82' Sub Ollie Watkins → Jamaldeen Jimoh
- 82' Sub Marco Asensio → Jacob Ramsey
- 83' Sub Ian Maatsen → Lucas Digne
Category leaders
- Key passesMarcus Rashford6
- Duels wonIan Maatsen7/10
- DribblesMarcus Rashford3/3
- Defensive actionsIan Maatsen7
- ShotsOllie Watkins5 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonPerry Ng3
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.