Small sample. Only 265 minutes this season, so the rates below swing heavily on a handful of moments. Read them as description, not as form.
Non-penalty xG per 90
1.033 non-penalty goals from 15 shots
league 0.14
Expected assists per 90
0.060 assists, 3 key passes
league 0.11
Finishing
+0.28goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.040% of Aston Villa’s build-up value
league 0.27
Donyell Malen has not reached the 450-minute floor this season, so they are not ranked against the league yet. They shoot from 16.7m on average. They carry 2% of Aston Villa’s attacking involvement, the 16th largest share in the squad.
Against their position
137 midfielders
Shooting
per 90
Goals
1.02100th
Non-penalty goals
1.02100th
xG
1.03100th
Non-penalty xG
1.03100th
Shots
5.09100th
npxG per shot
0.2099th
Shot distance
16.7m82nd
Set-piece share
1%3rd
Goals against xG
-0.061st
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.0012th
Expected assists
0.0628th
Key passes
1.0253rd
npxG + xA
1.09100th
xG chain
1.11100th
xG build-up
0.041st
Assists against xA
-0.255th
On the ball
per 90
6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.
Defending
per 90
7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.
Discipline
per 90
Yellow cards
0season count
Red cards
0season count
3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.
Ranked against 137 midfielders 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
vsManchester City
Sat 24 Oct, 11:30 UTC
Manchester City concede 9.3 shots a match and are 0.68× the league norm against midfielders. A difficult one.
Projected shots
3.56
5.09 per 90 × 0.70
Projected on target
2.33
3.06 per 90 × 0.76
Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.
Shots
14 appearances
Over 0.511 of 1479%± 11
Over 1.53 of 1421%± 11
Over 2.51 of 147%± 7
Over 3.50 of 140%± 0
The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 3 of 14.
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals
Donyell Malen, 2024/25, 15 shots in the final 35m, 3 scored.
left
33%
Centre
40%
right
27%
share of their shooting xG
Chance profile
quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.201
Shots per 90
5.09
Key passes per 90
1.02
Average shot distance
16.7m
From set pieces
1%
How the chances arrive
Crosses
21%
Through balls
33%
Own dribble
2%
Headed
0%
Club role
Aston Villa
What they are for
When it mattered0 of 3 goals came with the game level or Aston Villa behind.
On the pitch8% 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
Morgan Rogers1.0 xG4 shots, 1g
Ian Maatsen0.7 xG2 shots, 1g
Marcus Rashford0.6 xG1 shot, 0g
Youri Tielemans0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
Marco Asensio0.1 xG1 shot, 1g
Chances created
who they supply
Youri Tielemans0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Marco Asensio0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Lucas Digne0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Season record
2024/25
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
Donyell Malen carries 0.1%of Aston Villa’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.041
1% of midfielders
Possession value per 901.109
100% of midfielders
Thin sample. Only 265 minutes, so this describes a cameo. 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
14 appearances, oldest first
over 1.5
v West Ham1 shot 1 on target
at Wolves2 shots 2 on target
v Ipswich1 shot 0 on target
v Liverpool2 shots 0 on target
v Chelsea1 shot 1 on target
1g
at Brighton1 shot 1 on target
1g
v Forest1 shot 1 on target
1g
at Southampton1 shot 1 on target
v Newcastle1 shot 0 on target
at Man City1 shot 1 on target
v Fulham3 shots 1 on target
3 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 3 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. 265 minutes leaves every tie here broken.
