Aston Villa · 2023/24
Ollie Watkins
Ollie Watkins ranks 17th of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 13.3m on average. They carry 22% 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 8.6 shots a match and are 0.63× the league norm against forwards. A difficult one.
- Projected shots
- 1.85
- Projected on target
- 0.58
2.94 per 90 × 0.63
1.27 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
37 appearances- Over 0.595%± 4
- Over 1.586%± 6
- Over 2.554%± 8
- Over 3.532%± 8
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 2 of 37 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.
Shots on target
37 appearances- Over 0.578%± 7
- Over 1.532%± 8
- Over 2.58%± 4
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 2 of 37 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
106 shotsOllie Watkins, 2023/24 · final 35m.
- left
- 21%
- Centre
- 58%
- right
- 21%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.182
- Shots per 90
- 2.94
- Key passes per 90
- 1.25
- Average shot distance
- 13.3m
- From set pieces
- 7%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 13%
- Through balls
- 25%
- Own dribble
- 3%
- Headed
- 15%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- When it mattered11 of 19 goals came with the game level or Aston Villa behind.
- On the pitch95% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Feeds Moussa Diaby13 shots, 2.56 xG
- Fed by Moussa Diaby19 shots, 3.80 xG
- Fed by Leon Bailey14 shots, 3.30 xG
- Fed by John McGinn16 shots, 3.13 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- Moussa Diaby3.8 xG19 shots · 2g
- Leon Bailey3.3 xG14 shots · 4g
- John McGinn3.1 xG16 shots · 3g
- Matthew Cash1.7 xG5 shots · 1g
- Douglas Luiz1.5 xG10 shots · 2g
Chances created
who they supply- Moussa Diaby2.6 xG13 shots · 3g
- Leon Bailey1.3 xG6 shots · 4g
- Matthew Cash1.0 xG3 shots · 1g
- Nicolo Zaniolo0.8 xG3 shots · 0g
- Youri Tielemans0.6 xG4 shots · 1g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesOllie Watkins carries 4.2% of Aston Villa’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.16338% of forwards
- Possession value per 900.80975% 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- 2 shots0 OTat Crystal Palace
- 2 shots0 OTvs Liverpool
- 3 shots2 OTvs Chelsea
- 4 shots1 OTvs Bournemouth
- 4 shots1 OTat Arsenal1g
- 2 shots2 OTvs Brentford2g
- 1 shot0 OTvs Wolverhampton Wanderers
- 2 shots1 OTat West Ham
- 1 shot0 OTvs Tottenham
- 5 shots4 OTat Luton2g
Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 2 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.