
Aston Villa pulled off a spectacular late comeback to defeat Crystal Palace 3-1 and claim their ninth consecutive league home victory.
Join me as I share the player statistics that are related to the roles of the players and our philosophy of play.
If a player’s statistic is highlighted in gold, that player has the top stat for this game.
Words by: Ryan Mckeown – Stats from: FBRef
EMILIANO MARTÍNEZ

Shots on Target Against: 3
Goals Against: 1
Save Percentage: 66.7%
Post-Shot Expected Goals (PSxG is expected goals based on how likely the goalkeeper is to save the shot): 0.7
Number of Defensive Actions Outside Penalty Area: 3
Average Distance of Defensive Actions (Average distance from goal (in yards) of all defensive actions): 29.7
MATTY CASH
Take-On Attempted/Successful Take-On: 2/0
Total Touches/Attacking 3rd Touches: 74/33
Carries – (Number of times the player controlled the ball with their feet): 42
Progressive Distance – (Total distance, in yards, a player moved the ball while controlling it with their feet towards the opponent’s goal): 168
Passes Received/ Progressive Passes Rec: 43/6
Tackles/Tackles Won: 6/2
Percentage of dribblers tackled: 40%
Number of players tackled plus number of interceptions: 7
Percentage of duals aerials won: 0/2 – 0%
Shots/Shots on Target: 2/0
PAU TORRES
Passes Completed/Passes Attempted: 117/125
Pass Completion %; 93.6%
Progressive Passing Distance: 706
Progressive Passes: 21
Tackles/Tackles Won: 3/1
Shots Blocked/Tackles Blocked: 0/0
Clearances: 2
EZRI KONSA
Passes Completed/Passes Attempted: 94.1%
Pass Completion %: 94.1%
Progressive Passing Distance: 485
Tackles/Tackles Won: 3/1
Shots Blocked/Tackles Blocked: 3/1
Clearances: 2
LUCAS DIGNE

Take-On Attempted/Successful Take-On: 0/0
Total Touches/Attacking 3rd Touches: 112/53
Carries – (Number of times the player controlled the ball with their feet): 67
Progressive Distance – (Total distance, in yards, a player moved the ball while controlling it with their feet towards the opponent’s goal): 117
Passes Received/ Progressive Passes Rec: 75/24
Tackles/Tackles Won: 3/1
Percentage of dribblers tackled: 2/2 – 100%
Number of players tackled plus number of interceptions: 4
Percentage of duals aerials won: 4/4 100%
Crosses: 13
Assists: 1
Shot-Creating Actions: 5
Can I ask a quick favour? We love producing content for you on our website, and we want to share it with as many Villa fans as possible. Consider mentioning our website next time you’re talking Villa with your friends, or better still, It’s free to subscribe to our profit-free site; you’ll receive instant email notifications of all released articles. Plus, as with the website, no adverts or spam mail will be delivered to your mailbox; only our content. Thanks.
DOUGLAS LUIZ

Goals: 1 (Penalty)
Shots/Shots On Target: 0
Shot-Creating Actions: 3
Touches: 84
Passes Attempted/Completion %: 69 – 84.1%
Progressive Passes: 263
Tackles/Tackles Won: 6/4
Interceptions: 1
Ball Recoveries (Number of loose balls recovered): 16
BOUBARCAR KAMARA
Shot-Creating Actions: 0
Touches: 48
Passes Attempted/Completion %: 39/89.7
Progressive Passes: 3
Tackles/Tackles Won: 3/1
Interceptions: 0
JOHN MCGINN
Shots/Shots On Target: 0
Shot-Creating Actions: 1
Touches: 39
Passes Attempted/Completion %: 31/87.1%
Progressive Passes: 3
Tackles/Tackles Won: 1/1
Interceptions: 0
Ball Recoveries (Number of loose balls recovered): 5
NICOLO ZANIOLO

Assists/xAG: 0/0.6
Goals/xG: 0/0.0
Take-On Attempted/Successful Take-On: 4/1
Shots/Shots On Target: 1/0
Shot-Creating Actions: 5
Carries into Penalty Area: 3
Touches: 29
Passes Attempted/Completion: 19/73.7
Progressive Passes: 1
Sorry for interrupting the flow of the post; can you help support us? Our non-profit and ad-free website, UTVPODCAST | The Website, is now accepting small donations to help support its continuous evolution and operating costs. We love creating this content for you and want it to be as successful as possible. If you are able to help, please click the “Buy Me A Coffee” button below.
MOUSSA DIABY
Assists/xAG: 1/0.8
Goals/xG: 0/0.1
Take-On Attempted/Successful Take-On: 0/0
Shots/Shots On Target: 2/0
Shot-Creating Actions: 2
Carries into Penalty Area: 3
Touches: 39
Passes Attempted/Completion: 33/69.7%
Progressive Passes: 6
OLLIE WATKINS
Goals/xG: 0/0.6
Assists/xAG: 0/0.1
Penalty Won: 1
Shots/Shots On Target: 4/1
Take-On Attempted/Successful Take-On: 2/0
Shot-Creating Actions: 4
Carries into Penalty Area: 3
SUBS
TIELEMANS; on 58′
Shots/Shots On Target: 1/0
Shot-Creating Actions: 2
Touches: 28
Passes Attempted/Completion: 24/70.8%
Progressive Passes: 3
Tackles: 0
Interceptions: 1
Ball Recoveries (Number of loose balls recovered): 0
DURAN; on 71′

Goals/xG: 1/0.1
Assists/xAG: 0/0.0
Shots/Shots On Target: 2/2
Shot-Creating Actions: 0
BAILEY; on 57′
Goals/xG: 1/0.8
Assists/xAG: 0/0.0
Shots/Shots On Target: 2/1
Shot-Creating Actions: 3
DENDONCKER; on 100′
N/A
MESSAGE FROM THE AUTHOR: RYAN MCKEOWN

“Thank you for reading: any likes, retweets, or shares on the social media post where you found this article would be highly appreciated“.
“Are you on Twitter? Drop me a follow; all released articles will be posted to my feed”.
Click the icon below…
Author’s UTV PODCAST archive Ryan Mckeown – UTV Podcast | An Aston Villa Blog
Thumbnail Media Credit: www.avfc.co.uk
HUGE SAVINGS ON ASTON VILLA MERCHANDISE @ KITBAG
UTVPODCAST | The Website is pleased to partner with Official AVFC Store, Fanatics, and Kitbag. Throughout the season, we will bring you exclusive offers and discount codes.

More Stories
EURO WATCH | GROUP E OPPONENTS
Monday’s Everton News: Dyche talks Dele, Gueye’s AFCON hope, 777 Partners insight
Alexis Mac Allister discusses first Liverpool assist