Aston Villa · 2025/26
Donyell Malen
Donyell Malen ranks 6th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 15.7m on average. They carry 5% of Aston Villa’s attacking output, the 5th 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 0.70× the league norm against forwards. A difficult one.
- Projected shots
- 2.66
- Projected on target
- 0.76
3.90 per 90 × 0.68
1.35 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 0.562%± 11
- Over 1.533%± 10
- Over 2.519%± 9
- Over 3.55%± 5
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 8 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 1.510%± 6
- Over 2.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 8 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
26 shotsDonyell Malen, 2025/26 · final 35m.
- left
- 38%
- Centre
- 28%
- right
- 35%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.182
- Shots per 90
- 3.90
- Key passes per 90
- 1.05
- Average shot distance
- 15.7m
- From set pieces
- 13%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 3%
- Through balls
- 5%
- Own dribble
- 8%
- Headed
- 0%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- When it mattered1 of 4 goals came with the game level or Aston Villa behind.
- On the pitch18% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Fed by Youri Tielemans6 shots, 0.65 xG
- Fed by Lucas Digne1 shot, 0.38 xG
- Fed by Ross Barkley2 shots, 0.36 xG
- Fed by Morgan Rogers1 shot, 0.31 xG
A share of the attack says how much runs through Donyell Malen. 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- Youri Tielemans0.7 xG6 shots · 1g
- Lucas Digne0.4 xG1 shot · 0g
- Ross Barkley0.4 xG2 shots · 0g
- Morgan Rogers0.3 xG1 shot · 1g
- John McGinn0.3 xG3 shots · 0g
Chances created
who they supply- Morgan Rogers0.2 xG3 shots · 1g
- John McGinn0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
- Harvey Elliott0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
- Lucas Digne0.0 xG1 shot · 0g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesDonyell Malen carries 2.0% of Aston Villa’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.28883% of forwards
- Possession value per 900.95895% of forwards
Ranked against 109 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- 3 shots1 OTat Arsenal
- 1 shot1 OTat West Ham
- 1 shot0 OTvs Arsenal
- 2 shots2 OTat Brighton1g
- 5 shots1 OTvs Wolverhampton Wanderers
- 2 shots0 OTat Leeds
- 3 shots1 OTvs Bournemouth1g
- 1 shot0 OTat Liverpool
- 1 shot0 OTat Tottenham
- 3 shots2 OTvs Burnley2g
Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 8 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.