Aston Villa · 2023/24
Moussa Diaby
Moussa Diaby ranks 38th of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 16.3m on average. They carry 13% of Aston Villa’s attacking output, the 3rd largest share in the squad.
This week
Next fixture
Gameweek 2vs Arsenal
Mon 31 Aug, 19:00 UTC
Arsenal concede 8.6 shots a match and are 0.63× the league norm against forwards. A difficult one.
- Projected shots
- 1.37
- Projected on target
- 0.40
2.18 per 90 × 0.63
0.89 per 90 × 0.46
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
38 appearances- Over 0.574%± 7
- Over 1.539%± 8
- Over 2.516%± 6
- Over 3.55%± 4
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 10 of 38 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.
Shots on target
38 appearances- Over 0.545%± 8
- Over 1.513%± 5
- Over 2.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 10 of 38 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
54 shotsMoussa Diaby, 2023/24 · final 35m.
- left
- 16%
- Centre
- 56%
- right
- 28%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.120
- Shots per 90
- 2.18
- Key passes per 90
- 1.85
- Average shot distance
- 16.3m
- From set pieces
- 6%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 12%
- Through balls
- 20%
- Own dribble
- 3%
- Headed
- 0%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- Open-play crosses6 crosses from open play became shots, worth 1.44 xG.
- When it mattered4 of 6 goals came with the game level or Aston Villa behind.
- On the pitch65% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Feeds Ollie Watkins19 shots, 3.80 xG
- Feeds Leon Bailey7 shots, 1.58 xG
- Fed by Ollie Watkins13 shots, 2.56 xG
- Fed by Leon Bailey6 shots, 0.95 xG
A share of the attack says how much runs through Moussa Diaby. 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- Ollie Watkins2.6 xG13 shots · 3g
- Leon Bailey1.0 xG6 shots · 1g
- Youri Tielemans0.8 xG2 shots · 0g
- Douglas Luiz0.6 xG7 shots · 0g
- Lucas Digne0.3 xG3 shots · 1g
Chances created
who they supply- Ollie Watkins3.8 xG19 shots · 2g
- Leon Bailey1.6 xG7 shots · 1g
- Nicolo Zaniolo0.8 xG4 shots · 1g
- Douglas Luiz0.6 xG3 shots · 0g
- Lucas Digne0.5 xG2 shots · 1g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesMoussa Diaby carries 4.4% of Aston Villa’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.25061% of forwards
- Possession value per 900.72464% of forwards
Ranked against 107 forwards 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.
Match log
most recent first- 2 shots2 OTat Crystal Palace
- 3 shots1 OTvs Liverpool
- 1 shot1 OTat Brighton
- 3 shots1 OTvs Bournemouth1g
- 1 shot0 OTat Arsenal
- 1 shot0 OTat Manchester City
- 1 shot1 OTvs Wolverhampton Wanderers1g
- 1 shot0 OTat West Ham
- 1 shot0 OTvs Tottenham
- 2 shots0 OTvs Manchester United
Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 10 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.