Aston Villa 2-0 West Ham
Key numbers
- Possession 59% – 41%
- Shots 23 (7 on target) – 9 (1)
- Decisive moment: 15' John McGinn, FN xPts +0.6
John McGinn 15'
Ollie Watkins 68'
Ollie Watkins 68'
HT 1:0
Aston Villa 4th · 54 pts|West Ham 18th · 29 pts
Aston Villa won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.69–0.85).
Player of the matchAmadou OnanaDecisive moment15' John McGinn+0.6
Player of the match
Amadou Onana Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.1 (Dominant)
Game state
Aston Villa ahead 75 min · level 15 min · West Ham 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.
15'
John McGinn
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Jadon Sancho +0.2
+0.6
68'
Ollie Watkins
Goal
+0.3
Aston Villa
Expected (last two seasons) 2.0Own moments +0.9Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.1→ League points won 3
West Ham
Expected (last two seasons) 0.8Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.7Time 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 VillaWest Ham
59%Possession41%
1.69Expected goals (xG)0.85
0.07xG per shot0.09
23Shots9
7Shots on target1
30%Shots on target %11%
12Shots in box8
507Passes342
89%Pass accuracy83%
6Corners6
1Saves4
3Fouls7
0Yellow cards1
0Offsides4
Compared with usual
Aston Villa
43 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.4 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.1 | |
| xG | 1.69 | 1.3 | |
| xG against | 0.85 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 23 | 12.3 | |
| On target | 7 | 4.5 | |
| Shots faced | 9 | 12.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.07 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 59% | 54% | |
| Passes | 507 | 461.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 89% | 84.9% | |
| Corners | 6 | 5.2 | |
| Fouls | 3 | 10.1 |
West Ham
34 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.3 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.8 | |
| xG | 0.85 | 1.2 | |
| xG against | 1.69 | 1.6 | |
| Shots | 9 | 10.8 | |
| On target | 1 | 3.6 | |
| Shots faced | 23 | 15.2 | |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 41% | 44% | |
| Passes | 342 | 400.1 | |
| Pass accuracy | 83% | 78.5% | |
| Corners | 6 | 5.4 | |
| Fouls | 7 | 11.4 |
Timeline
- 15' Goal John McGinn league goal #4 assist Jadon Sancho
- 27' VAR Ollie Watkins
- 45' Yellow Aaron Wan-Bissaka
- 46' Sub Freddie Potts → Adama Traoré
- 46' Sub Valentín Castellanos → Callum Wilson
- 67' Sub John McGinn → Youri Tielemans
- 67' Sub Jadon Sancho → Leon Bailey
- 67' Sub Ross Barkley → Douglas Luiz
- 68' Goal Ollie Watkins league goal #9
- 77' Sub Morgan Rogers → Emiliano Buendía
- 83' Sub Aaron Wan-Bissaka → Soungoutou Magassa
- 83' Sub Tomáš Souček → Mohamadou Kanté
- 87' Sub Ollie Watkins → Tammy Abraham
Category leaders
- Key passesMorgan Rogers4
- Duels wonLucas Digne8/10
- DribblesAdama Traoré4/6
- Defensive actionsAmadou Onana11
- ShotsMorgan Rogers3 (on target 3)
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.