Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester City
Key numbers
- Possession 47% – 53%
- Shots 9 (3 on target) – 18 (4)
- Decisive moment: 19' Matty Cash, FN xPts +0.8
Matty Cash 19'
HT 1:0
Aston Villa 12th → 7th · 15 pts|Manchester City 3rd · 16 pts
Manchester City edged xG (0.81–1.18) but Aston Villa took the win.
Player of the matchMatty CashDecisive moment19' Matty Cash+0.8
Player of the match
Matty Cash Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.3 (Dominant)
Game state
Aston Villa ahead 71 min · level 19 min · Manchester City 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.
19'
Matty Cash
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Emiliano Buendía +0.2
+0.8
Aston Villa
Expected (last two seasons) 1.0Own moments +0.8Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +1.2→ League points won 3
Manchester City
Expected (last two seasons) 1.7Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.7Time effect −1.0→ 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 VillaManchester City
47%Possession53%
0.81Expected goals (xG)1.18
0.09xG per shot0.07
9Shots18
3Shots on target4
33%Shots on target %22%
8Shots in box14
449Passes504
86%Pass accuracy90%
5Corners6
3Saves2
8Fouls16
1Yellow cards4
1Offsides3
Compared with usual
Aston Villa
12 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.1 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0.92 | |
| xG | 0.81 | 0.93 | |
| xG against | 1.18 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 9 | 11 | |
| On target | 3 | 3.8 | |
| Shots faced | 18 | 11.8 | |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.08 | |
| Possession | 47% | 56.4% | |
| Passes | 449 | 457.7 | |
| Pass accuracy | 86% | 85.3% | |
| Corners | 5 | 5.5 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 9.5 |
Manchester City
12 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 2.1 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0.67 | |
| xG | 1.18 | 1.6 | |
| xG against | 0.81 | 0.93 | |
| Shots | 18 | 14.4 | |
| On target | 4 | 5.5 | |
| Shots faced | 9 | 8.5 | |
| xG per shot | 0.07 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 53% | 63% | |
| Passes | 504 | 630.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 90% | 88.9% | |
| Corners | 6 | 5 | |
| Fouls | 16 | 8.7 | high |
Timeline
- 19' Goal Matty Cash league goal #2 assist Emiliano Buendía
- 29' Sub Emiliano Buendía → Jadon Sancho
- 40' Yellow Savinho
- 54' Yellow Tijjani Reijnders
- 61' Sub Oscar Bobb → Jérémy Doku
- 61' Sub John Stones → Nico O'Reilly
- 61' Sub Bernardo Silva → Nico González
- 64' Yellow Nico González
- 74' Sub John McGinn → Ross Barkley
- 74' Sub → Evann Guessand
- 76' Sub Tijjani Reijnders → Rayan Cherki
- 80' Yellow Phil Foden
- 81' Yellow Boubacar Kamara
- 84' Sub Savinho → Omar Marmoush
- 86' Sub Ollie Watkins → Donyell Malen
- 86' Sub Lucas Digne → Ian Maatsen
Category leaders
- Key passesPhil Foden7
- Duels wonRúben Dias7/9
- DribblesPhil Foden2/2
- Defensive actionsAmadou Onana8
- ShotsErling Haaland3 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonJohn McGinn4
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.