Aston Villa · 2023/24
Nicolo Zaniolo
Nicolo Zaniolo ranks 72nd of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 14.8m on average. They carry 4% of Aston Villa’s attacking output, the 7th 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
- 1.86
- Projected on target
- 0.50
2.96 per 90 × 0.63
1.10 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
25 appearances- Over 0.564%± 10
- Over 1.524%± 9
- Over 2.58%± 5
- Over 3.54%± 4
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 9 of 25 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.
Shots on target
25 appearances- Over 0.536%± 10
- Over 1.54%± 4
- Over 2.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 9 of 25 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
27 shotsNicolo Zaniolo, 2023/24 · final 35m.
- left
- 41%
- Centre
- 54%
- right
- 5%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.137
- Shots per 90
- 2.96
- Key passes per 90
- 1.10
- Average shot distance
- 14.8m
- From set pieces
- 18%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 10%
- Through balls
- 10%
- Own dribble
- 0%
- Headed
- 23%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- On the pitch24% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Fed by Moussa Diaby4 shots, 0.78 xG
- Fed by Ollie Watkins3 shots, 0.77 xG
- Fed by Douglas Luiz6 shots, 0.65 xG
- Fed by Matthew Cash2 shots, 0.36 xG
A share of the attack says how much runs through Nicolo Zaniolo. 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- Moussa Diaby0.8 xG4 shots · 1g
- Ollie Watkins0.8 xG3 shots · 0g
- Douglas Luiz0.6 xG6 shots · 1g
- Matthew Cash0.4 xG2 shots · 0g
- Boubacar Kamara0.3 xG3 shots · 0g
Chances created
who they supply- Matthew Cash0.2 xG2 shots · 0g
- Morgan Rogers0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
- Moussa Diaby0.1 xG3 shots · 0g
- Ezri Konsa Ngoyo0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
- Douglas Luiz0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesNicolo Zaniolo carries 1.2% of Aston Villa’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.18947% of forwards
- Possession value per 900.57748% 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- 1 shot1 OTvs Liverpool
- 1 shot0 OTat Arsenal
- 1 shot0 OTat Manchester City
- 3 shots2 OTvs Wolverhampton Wanderers
- 1 shot1 OTat West Ham1g
- 1 shot1 OTvs Tottenham
- 1 shot1 OTvs Sheffield United1g
- 1 shot0 OTat Bournemouth
- 2 shots1 OTat Nottingham Forest
- 6 shots1 OTvs Luton
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.