Aston Villa 3-0 Club Brugge KV
Key numbers
- Possession 53% – 47%
- Shots 14 (10 on target) – 4 (1)
- Decisive moment: 50' Marco Asensio, FN xPts +0.7
Marco Asensio 50'
Ian Maatsen 57'
Marco Asensio 61'
Ian Maatsen 57'
Marco Asensio 61'
HT 0:0
Aston Villa won on the scoreboard and on xG (2.45–0.12).
Player of the matchIan MaatsenDecisive moment50' Marco Asensio+0.7
Player of the match
Ian Maatsen Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.9 (Dominant)
Game state
Aston Villa ahead 40 min · level 50 min · Club Brugge KV ahead 0 min
- Club Brugge KV: Red card 16' → ~74 min a player down
- Leon Bailey — off the bench 45 min · 0G 1A
- Marco Asensio — off the bench 45 min · 2G 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.
16'
Kyriani Sabbe
Red card
−0.3
50'
Marco Asensio
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Leon Bailey +0.2
+0.7
57'
Ian Maatsen
Goal · assist Morgan Rogers
+0.2
61'
Marco Asensio
Goal · assist Marcus Rashford
0.0
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Club Brugge KV 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 VillaClub Brugge KV
53%Possession47%
2.45Expected goals (xG)0.12
0.18xG per shot0.03
14Shots4
10Shots on target1
71%Shots on target %25%
8Shots in box2
543Passes470
93%Pass accuracy90%
3Corners1
1Saves7
7Fouls8
0Yellow cards1
1Offsides0
Compared with usual
Aston Villa
43 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 1.5 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 2.45 | 1.3 | |
| xG against | 0.12 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 14 | 13.1 | |
| On target | 10 | 4.7 | |
| Shots faced | 4 | 11.9 | |
| xG per shot | 0.18 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 53% | 52.6% | |
| Passes | 543 | 454.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 93% | 85.4% | |
| Corners | 3 | 6 | |
| Fouls | 7 | 11.1 |
Club Brugge KV
11 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.2 | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1.5 | |
| xG | 0.12 | 1 | low |
| xG against | 2.45 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 4 | 10.8 | low |
| On target | 1 | 4 | |
| Shots faced | 14 | 12.2 | |
| xG per shot | 0.03 | 0.1 | low |
| Possession | 47% | 43.5% | |
| Passes | 470 | 457.4 | |
| Pass accuracy | 90% | 85.6% | |
| Corners | 1 | 3.1 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 8.7 |
Timeline
- 16' Red Kyriani Sabbe
- 46' Sub Ollie Watkins → Marco Asensio
- 46' Sub Boubacar Kamara → Leon Bailey
- 50' Goal Marco Asensio competition goal #2 assist Leon Bailey
- 57' Goal Ian Maatsen competition goal #1 assist Morgan Rogers
- 58' Sub Ardon Jashari → Casper Nielsen
- 58' Sub Chemsdine Talbi → Michał Skóraś
- 58' Sub Ferran Jutglà → Gustaf Nilsson
- 58' Sub Joel Ordóñez → Zaid Romero
- 61' Goal Marco Asensio competition goal #3 assist Marcus Rashford
- 66' Sub Tyrone Mings → Pau Torres
- 66' Sub Morgan Rogers → Jacob Ramsey
- 66' Sub Christos Tzolis → Hugo Siquet
- 69' Yellow Hans Vanaken
- 73' Sub Matty Cash → Axel Disasi
Category leaders
- Key passesIan Maatsen3
- Duels wonJohn McGinn6/10
- DribblesJohn McGinn2/4
- Defensive actionsBrandon Mechele5
- ShotsYouri Tielemans3 (on target 2)
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.