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Aston Villa

Donyell Malen

Forward
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.714 non-penalty goals from 26 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.061 assists, 7 key passes
Finishing
-0.18goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.292% of Aston Villa’s build-up value

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 involvement, the 6th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

109 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.60
Non-penalty goals
0.60
xG
0.71
Non-penalty xG
0.71
Shots
3.90
npxG per shot
0.18
Shot distance
15.7m
Set-piece share
13%
Goals against xG
-0.7

2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.15
Expected assists
0.06
Key passes
1.05
npxG + xA
0.77
xG chain
0.96
xG build-up
0.29
Assists against xA
+0.6

On the ball

per 90

6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Defending

per 90

7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
0season count
Red cards
0season count

3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Ranked against 109 forwards with half a match a round or more, the same comparison the compare page makes. Where less is better, such as being dispossessed, the order is turned round, so a high percentile is always the good end.

This week

Gameweek 8

Next fixture

Gameweek 8

vs Manchester City

Sat 24 Oct, 11:30 UTC

Manchester City concede 9.8 shots a match and are 0.86× the league norm against forwards. A difficult one.

Projected shots
3.20

3.90 per 90 × 0.82

Projected on target
1.09

1.35 per 90 × 0.81

Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.

Shots

21 appearances
  • Over 0.513 of 2162%± 11
  • Over 1.57 of 2133%± 10
  • Over 2.54 of 2119%± 9
  • Over 3.51 of 215%± 5

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 8 of 21.

Shooting profile

26 shots

Where they shoot

26 shots
Every shotBy zone
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Donyell Malen, 2025/26, 26 shots in the final 35m, 4 scored.

left
38%
Centre
28%
right
35%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
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 the chances arrive

Crosses
3%
Through balls
5%
Own dribble
8%
Headed
0%

Club role

Aston Villa

What they are for

  • When it mattered1 of 4 goals came with the game level or Aston Villa behind.
  • On the pitch18% of available minutes.

What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Donyell Malen’soutput.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Youri Tielemans0.7 xG6 shots, 1g
  2. Lucas Digne0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Ross Barkley0.4 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Morgan Rogers0.3 xG1 shot, 1g
  5. John McGinn0.3 xG3 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Morgan Rogers0.2 xG3 shots, 1g
  2. John McGinn0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Harvey Elliott0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Lucas Digne0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Donyell Malen carries 2.0% of Aston Villa’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.288
    83% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.958
    95% 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 rather than the chance.

Match by match

Match log

21 appearances, oldest first

v Newcastle1 shot
1 on target

v Palace2 shots
0 on target

at Sunderland1 shot
0 on target

2g

v Burnley3 shots
2 on target

at Spurs1 shot
0 on target

at Liverpool1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Bournemouth3 shots
1 on target

at Leeds2 shots
0 on target

v Wolves5 shots
1 on target

1g

at Brighton2 shots
2 on target

v Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

at West Ham1 shot
1 on target

at Arsenal3 shots
1 on target

8 blanksno shot
not placed

Height is shots, solid is on target, and the dashed rule is the 1.5 line. The feed cannot date an appearance with no shot in it, so 8 sits at the end, counted but unplaced.

How to read the ties. Each rate ties back to the league average: solid where the sample is settled, broken where it is still being shrunk toward the league, an open circle where there is no cohort to rank against.