Aston Villa · 2025/26
Matthew Cash
Matthew Cash ranks 252nd of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 24.5m on average, with 23% of their danger coming from set pieces. 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 8.3 shots a match and are 0.61× the league norm against defenders. A difficult one.
- Projected shots
- 0.56
- Projected on target
- 0.17
0.89 per 90 × 0.64
0.30 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
35 appearances- Over 0.560%± 8
- Over 1.520%± 7
- Over 2.53%± 3
- Over 3.53%± 3
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 14 of 35 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.
Shots on target
35 appearances- Over 0.529%± 8
- Over 1.50%± 0
- Over 2.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 14 of 35 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
30 shotsMatthew Cash, 2025/26 · final 35m.
- left
- 4%
- Centre
- 10%
- right
- 86%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.041
- Shots per 90
- 0.89
- Key passes per 90
- 0.92
- Average shot distance
- 24.5m
- From set pieces
- 23%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 0%
- Through balls
- 8%
- Own dribble
- 0%
- Headed
- 0%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- Open-play crosses8 crosses from open play became shots, worth 0.93 xG.
- Corners and set piecesSupplies 8% of Aston Villa’s dead-ball danger, from 10 deliveries that became shots.
- When it mattered3 of 3 goals came with the game level or Aston Villa behind.
- On the pitch89% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Feeds Ollie Watkins7 shots, 0.98 xG
- Feeds Amadou Onana2 shots, 0.60 xG
- Feeds Douglas Luiz2 shots, 0.34 xG
- Feeds Morgan Rogers5 shots, 0.29 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- Boubacar Kamara0.1 xG5 shots · 1g
- Emiliano Buendía0.1 xG3 shots · 1g
- John McGinn0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
- Jadon Sancho0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
- Ollie Watkins0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
Chances created
who they supply- Ollie Watkins1.0 xG7 shots · 0g
- Amadou Onana0.6 xG2 shots · 1g
- Douglas Luiz0.3 xG2 shots · 0g
- Morgan Rogers0.3 xG5 shots · 0g
- John McGinn0.2 xG3 shots · 1g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesMatthew Cash carries 8.5% of Aston Villa’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.23950% of defenders
- Possession value per 900.30561% of defenders
Ranked against 119 defenders 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 7.9% of their club’s recorded defensive work.
- Tackles1.9770% of DEF
- Blocks, clearances, interceptions3.5811% of DEF
- Recoveries2.6312% of DEF
- Defensive contribution5.5513% of DEF
Rates from 3,016 minutes, ranked against 113 defenders 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
- 1 shot0 OTvs Sunderland
- 1 shot1 OTat Nottingham Forest
- 2 shots0 OTvs West Ham
- 1 shot0 OTvs Leeds
- 2 shots1 OTat Bournemouth
- 4 shots1 OTvs Brentford
- 1 shot0 OTat Newcastle United
- 1 shot0 OTat Crystal Palace
- 1 shot0 OTvs Manchester United
Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 14 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.