Aston Villa · 2024/25
Ollie Watkins
Ollie Watkins ranks 17th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 12.4m on average, with 30% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 18% of Aston Villa’s attacking output, the largest share in the squad.
This week
Next fixture
Gameweek 2vs Arsenal
Mon 31 Aug, 19:00 UTC
Arsenal concede 9.6 shots a match and are 0.67× the league norm against forwards. A difficult one.
- Projected shots
- 2.00
- Projected on target
- 0.91
2.84 per 90 × 0.71
1.28 per 90 × 0.71
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 0.576%± 7
- Over 1.563%± 8
- Over 2.537%± 8
- Over 3.524%± 7
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 9 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 0.563%± 8
- Over 1.526%± 7
- Over 2.58%± 4
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 9 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
84 shotsOllie Watkins, 2024/25 · 84 shots in the final 35m, 16 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.
- left
- 24%
- Centre
- 60%
- right
- 15%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.222
- Shots per 90
- 2.84
- Key passes per 90
- 0.84
- Average shot distance
- 12.4m
- From set pieces
- 30%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 22%
- Through balls
- 10%
- Own dribble
- 7%
- Headed
- 23%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- PenaltiesTakes them: 2 of 6 Aston Villa were awarded.
- When it mattered15 of 16 goals came with the game level or Aston Villa behind.
- On the pitch78% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Fed by Morgan Rogers19 shots, 3.56 xG
- Fed by Lucas Digne12 shots, 2.69 xG
- Fed by Youri Tielemans8 shots, 1.59 xG
- Fed by John McGinn5 shots, 1.29 xG
A share of the attack says how much runs through Ollie Watkins. 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- Morgan Rogers3.6 xG19 shots · 3g
- Lucas Digne2.7 xG12 shots · 2g
- Youri Tielemans1.6 xG8 shots · 3g
- John McGinn1.3 xG5 shots · 1g
- Leon Bailey1.0 xG4 shots · 1g
Chances created
who they supply- Morgan Rogers1.1 xG9 shots · 4g
- Ross Barkley0.7 xG1 shot · 0g
- Amadou Onana0.6 xG1 shot · 1g
- Ian Maatsen0.3 xG1 shot · 1g
- Jacob Ramsey0.2 xG2 shots · 1g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesOllie Watkins carries 2.6% of Aston Villa’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.11113% of forwards
- Possession value per 900.63857% of forwards
Ranked against 104 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 shots2 OTvs Tottenham
- 1 shot1 OTat Bournemouth1g
- 2 shots1 OTvs Fulham
- 5 shots1 OTvs Newcastle United1g
- 1 shot1 OTat Southampton1g
- 4 shots2 OTat Brentford1g
- 4 shots2 OTvs Chelsea
- 1 shot1 OTvs Liverpool1g
- 4 shots1 OTvs Ipswich1g
- 2 shots1 OTvs West Ham
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.