+2.66goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.194% of Aston Villa’s build-up value
league 0.24
Emiliano Buendía ranks 90th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 20.7m on average. They carry 7% of Aston Villa’s attacking involvement, the 4th largest share in the squad.
Against their position
142 midfielders
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.3095th
Non-penalty goals
0.3096th
xG
0.1985th
Non-penalty xG
0.1987th
Shots
2.4896th
npxG per shot
0.0844th
Shot distance
20.7m38th
Set-piece share
16%41st
Goals against xG
+2.296th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.1050th
Expected assists
0.1876th
Key passes
1.5277th
npxG + xA
0.3886th
xG chain
0.4765th
xG build-up
0.1925th
Assists against xA
-1.620th
On the ball
per 90
6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Defending
per 90
Recoveries
5.6087th
Defensive contribution
10.1174th
7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Discipline
per 90
Yellow cards
6season count
Red cards
0season count
3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Ranked against 142 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. Recoveries and defensive contribution come from the FPL feed and are ranked in its own positions.
This week
Gameweek 8
Next fixture
Gameweek 8
vsManchester City
Sat 24 Oct, 11:30 UTC
Manchester City concede 9.8 shots a match and are 0.88× the league norm against midfielders. A difficult one.
Projected shots
2.06
2.48 per 90 × 0.83
Projected on target
0.53
0.66 per 90 × 0.81
Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.
Shots
36 appearances
Over 0.526 of 3672%± 7
Over 1.514 of 3639%± 8
Over 2.57 of 3619%± 7
Over 3.52 of 366%± 4
The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 10 of 36.
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals
Emiliano Buendía, 2025/26, 47 shots in the final 35m, 6 scored.
left
19%
Centre
64%
right
17%
share of their shooting xG
Chance profile
quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.077
Shots per 90
2.48
Key passes per 90
1.52
Average shot distance
20.7m
From set pieces
16%
How the chances arrive
Crosses
6%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
1%
Headed
7%
Club role
Aston Villa
What they are for
When it mattered5 of 6 goals came with the game level or Aston Villa behind.
On the pitch52% of available minutes.
What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Emiliano Buendía’soutput.
Chances received
who supplies them
Morgan Rogers1.2 xG8 shots, 2g
Ollie Watkins0.3 xG4 shots, 0g
Boubacar Kamara0.2 xG2 shots, 1g
Matthew Cash0.1 xG2 shots, 1g
Ian Maatsen0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Chances created
who they supply
Ollie Watkins2.2 xG8 shots, 0g
Morgan Rogers0.7 xG11 shots, 0g
Leon Bailey0.3 xG1 shot, 0g
Matthew Cash0.1 xG3 shots, 1g
Boubacar Kamara0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Season record
2025/26
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
Emiliano Buendía carries 3.9%of Aston Villa’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.187
25% of midfielders
Possession value per 900.466
65% of midfielders
Ranked against 142 midfielders 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
36 appearances, oldest first
over 1.5
at Brentford2 shots 0 on target
v Palace1 shot 0 on target
at Everton3 shots 0 on target
at Sunderland2 shots 0 on target
1g
v Fulham2 shots 1 on target
1g
at Spurs1 shot 1 on target
v Man City1 shot 0 on target
1g
v Bournemouth3 shots 1 on target
at Leeds1 shot 0 on target
1g
v Arsenal3 shots 1 on target
at Chelsea1 shot 0 on target
v Forest2 shots 0 on target
at Palace1 shot 0 on target
v Everton2 shots 0 on target
1g
at Newcastle4 shots 3 on target
v Brentford4 shots 1 on target
at Bournemouth1 shot 1 on target
v Brighton1 shot 0 on target
v Leeds3 shots 0 on target
at Man Utd2 shots 0 on target
v Sunderland3 shots 1 on target
at Fulham1 shot 0 on target
1g
v Spurs1 shot 1 on target
at Burnley1 shot 1 on target
v Liverpool1 shot 0 on target
at Man City2 shots 1 on target
10 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 10 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.