Aston Villa 4-2 Liverpool
Key numbers
- Possession 45% – 55%
- Shots 14 (9 on target) – 16 (5)
- Decisive moment: 57' Ollie Watkins, FN xPts +1.0
Morgan Rogers 42'
Ollie Watkins 57'
Ollie Watkins 73'
John McGinn 89'
Ollie Watkins 57'
Ollie Watkins 73'
John McGinn 89'
HT 1:0
Virgil van Dijk 52'
Virgil van Dijk 90'
Virgil van Dijk 90'
Aston Villa 5th → 4th · 62 pts|Liverpool 4th → 5th · 59 pts
Aston Villa won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.91–1.55).
Player of the matchOllie WatkinsDecisive moment57' Ollie Watkins+1.0
Player of the match
Ollie Watkins Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.8 (Dominant)
Game state
Aston Villa ahead 43 min · level 47 min · Liverpool 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.
42'
Morgan Rogers
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Lucas Digne +0.3
+0.9
52'
Virgil van Dijk
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Dominik Szoboszlai +0.2
+0.8
57'
Ollie Watkins
Goal · scorer +0.7 · assist Morgan Rogers +0.3
+1.0
73'
Ollie Watkins
Goal
+0.4
89'
John McGinn
Goal · assist Ollie Watkins
0.0
90'
Virgil van Dijk
Goal · assist Dominik Szoboszlai
0.0
Aston Villa
Expected (last two seasons) 1.4Own moments +2.3Opponent moments −0.9Time effect +0.2→ League points won 3
Liverpool
Expected (last two seasons) 1.3Own moments +0.8Opponent moments −1.8Time effect −0.3→ 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 VillaLiverpool
45%Possession55%
1.91Expected goals (xG)1.55
0.14xG per shot0.1
14Shots16
9Shots on target5
64%Shots on target %31%
9Shots in box10
360Passes430
83%Pass accuracy87%
4Corners9
3Saves5
12Fouls9
3Yellow cards1
2Offsides3
Compared with usual
Aston Villa
53 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 4 | 1.5 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.1 | |
| xG | 1.91 | 1.3 | |
| xG against | 1.55 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 14 | 12.5 | |
| On target | 9 | 4.7 | |
| Shots faced | 16 | 12.2 | |
| xG per shot | 0.14 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 45% | 53.8% | |
| Passes | 360 | 454.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 83% | 84.8% | |
| Corners | 4 | 5.2 | |
| Fouls | 12 | 10.3 |
Liverpool
54 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.8 | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 1.55 | 1.7 | |
| xG against | 1.91 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 16 | 15.9 | |
| On target | 5 | 5.2 | |
| Shots faced | 14 | 11.1 | |
| xG per shot | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 55% | 57.9% | |
| Passes | 430 | 527.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 87% | 85.5% | |
| Corners | 9 | 6 | |
| Fouls | 9 | 10.4 |
Timeline
- 39' Yellow Matty Cash
- 42' Goal Morgan Rogers league goal #10 assist Lucas Digne
- 45+3' Yellow Ollie Watkins
- 46' Sub Victor Lindelöf → Ross Barkley
- 52' Goal Virgil van Dijk league goal #5 assist Dominik Szoboszlai
- 57' Goal Ollie Watkins league goal #13 assist Morgan Rogers
- 62' Yellow Joe Gomez
- 66' Yellow John McGinn
- 66' Sub Joe Gomez → Federico Chiesa
- 66' Sub Ryan Gravenberch → Florian Wirtz
- 73' Goal Ollie Watkins league goal #14
- 74' Sub Cody Gakpo → Mohamed Salah
- 85' Sub Emiliano Buendía → Ian Maatsen
- 89' Goal John McGinn league goal #5 assist Ollie Watkins
- 90' Sub Youri Tielemans → Douglas Luiz
- 90' Sub John McGinn → Jadon Sancho
- 90' Goal Virgil van Dijk league goal #6 assist Dominik Szoboszlai
Category leaders
- Key passesDominik Szoboszlai6
- Duels wonCurtis Jones7/9
- DribblesJohn McGinn2/2
- Defensive actionsCurtis Jones5
- ShotsOllie Watkins6 (on target 5)
- Fouls wonEmiliano Buendía4
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.