Aston Villa · 2023/24
Matthew Cash
Matthew Cash ranks 131st of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 19.7m on average. They carry 6% of Aston Villa’s attacking output, the 6th 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 0.74× the league norm against midfielders. A difficult one.
- Projected shots
- 0.94
- Projected on target
- 0.25
1.39 per 90 × 0.68
0.55 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
29 appearances- Over 0.566%± 9
- Over 1.534%± 9
- Over 2.57%± 5
- Over 3.53%± 3
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 10 of 29 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.
Shots on target
29 appearances- Over 0.528%± 8
- Over 1.514%± 6
- Over 2.53%± 3
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 10 of 29 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
33 shotsMatthew Cash, 2023/24 · final 35m. A further 3% of their shots came from outside this window.
- left
- 1%
- Centre
- 58%
- right
- 41%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.136
- Shots per 90
- 1.39
- Key passes per 90
- 0.55
- Average shot distance
- 19.7m
- From set pieces
- 3%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 23%
- Through balls
- 8%
- Own dribble
- 0%
- Headed
- 4%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- Open-play crosses5 crosses from open play became shots, worth 1.48 xG.
- On the pitch63% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Feeds Ollie Watkins5 shots, 1.67 xG
- Fed by Ollie Watkins3 shots, 1.01 xG
- Fed by John McGinn4 shots, 0.63 xG
- Fed by Pau Torres5 shots, 0.52 xG
A share of the attack says how much runs through Matthew Cash. 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 Watkins1.0 xG3 shots · 1g
- John McGinn0.6 xG4 shots · 0g
- Pau Torres0.5 xG5 shots · 0g
- Moussa Diaby0.4 xG1 shot · 1g
- Lucas Digne0.3 xG4 shots · 0g
Chances created
who they supply- Ollie Watkins1.7 xG5 shots · 1g
- Jhon Durán0.4 xG1 shot · 0g
- Nicolo Zaniolo0.4 xG2 shots · 0g
- Álex Moreno0.2 xG1 shot · 0g
- Leon Bailey0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesMatthew Cash carries 6.2% of Aston Villa’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.37263% of midfielders
- Possession value per 900.59969% of midfielders
Ranked against 128 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.
Match log
most recent first- 1 shot0 OTat Brighton
- 1 shot0 OTvs Bournemouth
- 2 shots0 OTvs Tottenham
- 1 shot0 OTvs Nottingham Forest
- 2 shots1 OTvs Manchester United
- 2 shots2 OTvs Newcastle United
- 1 shot0 OTat Everton
- 1 shot0 OTvs Sheffield United
- 1 shot0 OTat Brentford
- 1 shot0 OTvs Arsenal
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.