Aston Villa · 2025/26
Ian Maatsen
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 2vs 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
- Projected on target
- 0.16
1.13 per 90 × 0.64
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 shotsIan 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- Morgan Rogers0.3 xG2 shots · 0g
- Emiliano Buendía0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
- Ollie Watkins0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
- Ross Barkley0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
- Matthew Cash0.0 xG1 shot · 0g
Chances created
who they supply- Morgan Rogers1.2 xG9 shots · 0g
- Ollie Watkins0.7 xG4 shots · 1g
- Pau Torres0.4 xG1 shot · 0g
- Emiliano Buendía0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
- Youri Tielemans0.1 xG4 shots · 0g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesIan Maatsen carries 3.9% of Aston Villa’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.21140% of defenders
- Possession value per 900.28853% 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 · 2025/26They account for 5.4% of their club’s recorded defensive work.
- Tackles2.4386% of DEF
- Blocks, clearances, interceptions4.8132% of DEF
- Recoveries4.6484% of DEF
- Defensive contribution7.2543% 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- 1 shot0 OTat Manchester City
- 1 shot0 OTat Burnley
- 1 shot1 OTat Nottingham Forest
- 2 shots1 OTat Wolverhampton Wanderers
- 1 shot0 OTvs Brighton
- 2 shots0 OTvs Brentford
- 1 shot1 OTvs Everton
- 1 shot0 OTat Crystal Palace
- 2 shots0 OTvs Nottingham Forest
- 1 shot1 OTat Chelsea
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.