Aston Villa 6-0 Fenerbahçe: less ball, far more bite
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- 11 shots on target, a season high in eight matches
- xG 3.11 v 1.92, scoreline 6-0
- Villa ahead for 78 of 90 minutes
Villa had it settled by the interval
Aston Villa beat Fenerbahçe 6-0 in a match that was settled before the interval. Three goals by the 39th minute put Unai Emery's side in front for 78 of the 90 minutes, and the second half brought three more.
Possession brought Fenerbahçe little
Fenerbahçe had the larger share of the ball, but it brought them little. Villa put 11 of their shots on target, the most in any of their eight matches this season, and their six goals were also a season high. Control of possession never turned into control of the scoreline.
Villa's finishing outran their xG
Fenerbahçe's xG of 1.92 produced no goals, while Villa outperformed theirs by 2.89, which is finishing, not volume. Among the players brought into Villa's side, Ross Barkley scored twice and set up another, while Ibrahim Mbaye created four chances.
Manzambi's opener set the tone
The opening goal carried the most weight. Johan Manzambi's strike in the 12th minute was worth +0.6 FN xPts to Villa, while Fenerbahçe's FN xPts fell by 0.5, the largest combined change of any moment. The three second-half goals arrived once the match was well beyond doubt and moved the FN xPts figures very little.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Ross Barkley 8.9Dominant
Two goals and an assist, with two of his three shots on target.
Barkley's FN MOM display was built mainly on attacking output: the assist for Nicolas Jackson's second goal in the 39th minute, then a penalty in the 68th and an open-play finish in the 72nd. Those two goals after the break stretched a 3-0 lead to 5-0. He also won three fouls and completed 39 of his 44 passes.
Game state
1-02-03-04-05-06-0
Aston Villa ahead 78 min · level 12 min · Fenerbahçe 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. The value next to a team code is what the same moment did to the other side's expected points; the decisive moment is the one with the largest combined change for both teams.
12'
Johan Manzambi
Goal · FEN −0.5
+0.6
31'
Nicolas Jackson
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Boubacar Kamara +0.1 · FEN −0.2
+0.3
39'
Nicolas Jackson
Goal · assist Ross Barkley · FEN −0.1
+0.1
68'
Ross Barkley
Pen goal · FEN 0.0
0.0
72'
Ross Barkley
Goal · assist Ibrahim Mbaye · FEN 0.0
0.0
90'
Tammy Abraham
Goal · assist Alysson Edward · FEN 0.0
0.0
Aston Villa
Expected (last two seasons) 2.0Own moments +1.0Opponent moments 0.0Time effect 0.0→ League points won 3
Fenerbahçe
Expected (no record yet, starting estimate) 0.8Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.8Time effect 0.0→ 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.
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Match stats
Aston VillaFenerbahçe
3.11Expected goals (xG)1.92
Compared with usual
Aston Villa
8 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 6 | 1.5 | high |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.8 | |
| xG | 3.11 | 1.4 | |
| xG against | 1.92 | 1.7 | |
| Shots | 20 | 13.4 | |
| On target | 11 | 4.6 | high |
| Shots faced | 15 | 15.5 | |
| xG per shot | 0.16 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 45% | 47% | |
| Passes | 389 | 411.1 | |
| Corners | 9 | 3.9 | |
| Fouls | 12 | 11.3 | |
Timeline
- 12'
Goal
Johan Manzambi competition goal #1
- 31'
Goal
Nicolas Jackson competition goal #2 assist Boubacar Kamara
- 39'
Goal
Nicolas Jackson competition goal #3 assist Ross Barkley
- 42'
Yellow
Mattéo Guendouzi
- 68'
Goal
Ross Barkley (pen) competition goal #1
- 69'
Sub
İ. Yüksek → Bartuğ Elmaz
- 69'
Sub
Vedat Muriqi → Romelu Lukaku
- 69'
Sub
Mason Greenwood → Nene Dorgeles
- 72'
Goal
Ross Barkley competition goal #2 assist Ibrahim Mbaye
- 73'
Sub
Boubacar Kamara → Alysson Edward
- 73'
Sub
Johan Manzambi → João Gomes
- 78'
Yellow
Oğuz Aydın
- 78'
Sub
Nicolas Jackson → Tammy Abraham
- 79'
Sub
Ibrahim Mbaye → Alejandro Garnacho
- 83'
Sub
Ross Barkley → Leon Goretzka
- 90'
Goal
Tammy Abraham competition goal #1 assist Alysson Edward
Category leaders
- Key passesIbrahim Mbaye4
- Duels wonMatty Cash7/10
- DribblesNicolas Jackson4/5
- Defensive actionsİ. Yüksek8
- ShotsNicolas Jackson5 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonRoss Barkley3
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This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.