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Aston Villa · 2025/26

Ian Maatsen

npxG per 90
0.07
0 non-penalty goals
xA per 90
0.17
1 assists · 25 key passes
Finishing
-1.1
vs league conversion rate
Build-up per 90
0.21
1587 minutes · 30 games

Ian Maatsen ranks 151st of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 18.3m on average, with 29% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 4% of Aston Villa’s attacking output, the 8th largest share in the squad.

This week

Next fixture

Gameweek 2

vs Arsenal

Mon 31 Aug, 19:00 UTC

Arsenal concede 8.3 shots a match and are 0.61× the league norm against defenders. A difficult one.

Projected shots
0.72

1.13 per 90 × 0.64

Projected on target
0.16

0.28 per 90 × 0.57

Season rate multiplied by what this opponent concedes relative to the league. It assumes a full ninety minutes and takes no account of rotation, so check availability before reading anything into it.

Shots

30 appearances
  • Over 0.557%± 9
  • Over 1.510%± 5
  • Over 2.50%± 0
  • Over 3.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 13 of 30 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.

Shots on target

30 appearances
  • Over 0.517%± 7
  • Over 1.50%± 0
  • Over 2.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 13 of 30 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.

Where the shots come from

Where they shoot

20 shots
Every shotBy zone
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Ian Maatsen, 2025/26 · 20 shots in the final 35m, 0 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.

left
86%
Centre
14%
right
0%

share of their shooting xG

Chance quality

xG per shot, distance, how they arrive
xG per shot
0.065
Shots per 90
1.13
Key passes per 90
1.42
Average shot distance
18.3m
From set pieces
29%

How their chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
30%
Headed
0%

What they are for

Roles

penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships
  • Open-play crosses5 crosses from open play became shots, worth 0.76 xG.
  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 9% of Aston Villa’s dead-ball danger, from 7 deliveries that became shots.
  • On the pitch46% of the minutes available to them.

Partnerships

  • Feeds Morgan Rogers9 shots, 1.21 xG
  • Feeds Ollie Watkins4 shots, 0.73 xG
  • Feeds Pau Torres1 shot, 0.41 xG
  • Fed by Morgan Rogers2 shots, 0.28 xG

A share of the attack says how much runs through Ian Maatsen. These say what would have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker or the corner deliverer is not the same as losing a proportional slice of output, and a partnership cuts both ways: the supplier being absent damages the finisher’s numbers too.

Who they play with

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Morgan Rogers0.3 xG2 shots · 0g
  2. Emiliano Buendía0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
  3. Ollie Watkins0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
  4. Ross Barkley0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
  5. Matthew Cash0.0 xG1 shot · 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Morgan Rogers1.2 xG9 shots · 0g
  2. Ollie Watkins0.7 xG4 shots · 1g
  3. Pau Torres0.4 xG1 shot · 0g
  4. Emiliano Buendía0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
  5. Youri Tielemans0.1 xG4 shots · 0g

Season record

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Ian Maatsen carries 3.9% of Aston Villa’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.211
    40% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.288
    53% of defenders

Ranked against 119 defenders with a comparable sample. Build-up is the value of possessions a player was involved in with their own shots and final passes removed, so it credits the work before the chance. It is a possession-value measure rather than a passing one: it cannot tell a forty-yard carry from two sideways balls, because no pass or carry record exists in this data.

Tackles, blocks and recoveries

per 90 · 2025/26

They account for 5.4% of their club’s recorded defensive work.

  • Tackles2.43
    86% of DEF
  • Blocks, clearances, interceptions4.81
    32% of DEF
  • Recoveries4.64
    84% of DEF
  • Defensive contribution7.25
    43% of DEF

Rates from 1,590 minutes, ranked against 113 defenders with a comparable sample. The feed publishes season totals rather than a match-by-match record, so there is no hit rate against a line here. That needs the distribution, which no arithmetic on a total can recover. This statistic begins in 2025/26, so there is no earlier season to compare against.

Match log

most recent first
  • at Manchester City
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Burnley
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Nottingham Forest
    1 shot1 OT
  • at Wolverhampton Wanderers
    2 shots1 OT
  • vs Brighton
    1 shot0 OT
  • vs Brentford
    2 shots0 OT
  • vs Everton
    1 shot1 OT
  • at Crystal Palace
    1 shot0 OT
  • vs Nottingham Forest
    2 shots0 OT
  • at Chelsea
    1 shot1 OT

Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 13 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.

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