Aston Villa · 2025/26
Ross Barkley
Ross Barkley ranks 67th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 18.6m on average, with 39% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 4% of Aston Villa’s attacking output, the 9th 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 0.69× the league norm against midfielders. A difficult one.
- Projected shots
- 1.34
- Projected on target
- 0.50
1.98 per 90 × 0.67
0.88 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
21 appearances- Over 0.557%± 11
- Over 1.519%± 9
- Over 2.55%± 5
- Over 3.55%± 5
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 9 of 21 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.
Shots on target
21 appearances- Over 0.533%± 10
- Over 1.55%± 5
- Over 2.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 9 of 21 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
18 shotsRoss Barkley, 2025/26 · 18 shots in the final 35m, 3 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.
- left
- 31%
- Centre
- 32%
- right
- 37%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.106
- Shots per 90
- 1.98
- Key passes per 90
- 1.10
- Average shot distance
- 18.6m
- From set pieces
- 39%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 0%
- Through balls
- 0%
- Own dribble
- 0%
- Headed
- 0%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- When it mattered2 of 3 goals came with the game level or Aston Villa behind.
- On the pitch24% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Feeds Ollie Watkins2 shots, 0.63 xG
- Feeds Morgan Rogers2 shots, 0.59 xG
- Feeds Donyell Malen2 shots, 0.36 xG
- Fed by John McGinn2 shots, 0.61 xG
A share of the attack says how much runs through Ross Barkley. 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- John McGinn0.6 xG2 shots · 1g
- Ollie Watkins0.3 xG1 shot · 0g
- Lucas Digne0.3 xG4 shots · 1g
- Jadon Sancho0.1 xG3 shots · 0g
- Matthew Cash0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
Chances created
who they supply- Ollie Watkins0.6 xG2 shots · 1g
- Morgan Rogers0.6 xG2 shots · 0g
- Donyell Malen0.4 xG2 shots · 0g
- Tammy Abraham0.3 xG1 shot · 0g
- Ian Maatsen0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesRoss Barkley carries 4.2% of Aston Villa’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.44089% of midfielders
- Possession value per 900.68891% of midfielders
Ranked against 142 midfielders 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 3.1% of their club’s recorded defensive work.
- Tackles1.4939% of MID
- Blocks, clearances, interceptions1.6038% of MID
- Recoveries4.8064% of MID
- Defensive contribution7.8950% of MID
Rates from 844 minutes, ranked against 149 midfielders 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 OTvs Liverpool
- 4 shots2 OTat Burnley1g
- 1 shot1 OTvs Sunderland
- 1 shot1 OTat Nottingham Forest
- 2 shots1 OTvs West Ham
- 1 shot1 OTat Manchester United1g
- 1 shot0 OTvs Chelsea
- 2 shots0 OTvs Leeds
- 1 shot0 OTvs Brighton
- 1 shot1 OTvs Bournemouth1g
Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 9 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.