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Emiliano Buendía

Midfielder29 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.196 non-penalty goals from 49 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.182 assists, 30 key passes
Finishing
+2.66goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.194% of Aston Villa’s build-up value

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
0.30
Non-penalty goals
0.30
xG
0.19
Non-penalty xG
0.19
Shots
2.48
npxG per shot
0.08
Shot distance
20.7m
Set-piece share
16%
Goals against xG
+2.2

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.10
Expected assists
0.18
Key passes
1.52
npxG + xA
0.38
xG chain
0.47
xG build-up
0.19
Assists against xA
-1.6

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
5.60
Defensive contribution
10.11

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

vs Manchester 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.

Shooting profile

49 shots

Where they shoot

49 shots
Opponent goalLeftRight
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
  1. Morgan Rogers1.2 xG8 shots, 2g
  2. Ollie Watkins0.3 xG4 shots, 0g
  3. Boubacar Kamara0.2 xG2 shots, 1g
  4. Matthew Cash0.1 xG2 shots, 1g
  5. Ian Maatsen0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Ollie Watkins2.2 xG8 shots, 0g
  2. Morgan Rogers0.7 xG11 shots, 0g
  3. Leon Bailey0.3 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Matthew Cash0.1 xG3 shots, 1g
  5. 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

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.