-1.15goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.214% of Aston Villa’s build-up value
league 0.24
Ian Maatsen ranks 151st of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 18.3m on average, with 29% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 3% of Aston Villa’s attacking involvement, the 11th largest share in the squad.
Injured. Ankle injury - Unknown return date. The rates below describe what he did, not what he is about to do. Club status as of 18 Oct 2026.
Against their position
119 defenders
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.0026th
Non-penalty goals
0.0026th
xG
0.0768th
Non-penalty xG
0.0768th
Shots
1.1396th
npxG per shot
0.0630th
Shot distance
18.3m27th
Set-piece share
29%23rd
Goals against xG
-1.313th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.0667th
Expected assists
0.1797th
Key passes
1.4298th
npxG + xA
0.2499th
xG chain
0.2953rd
xG build-up
0.2141st
Assists against xA
-2.02nd
On the ball
per 90
6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Defending
per 90
Recoveries
4.6484th
Defensive contribution
7.2543rd
7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Discipline
per 90
Yellow cards
2season count
Red cards
0season count
3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Ranked against 119 defenders 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 0.76× the league norm against defenders. A difficult one.
Projected shots
0.88
1.13 per 90 × 0.77
Projected on target
0.23
0.28 per 90 × 0.81
Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.
Shots
30 appearances
Over 0.517 of 3057%± 9
Over 1.53 of 3010%± 5
Over 2.50 of 300%± 0
Over 3.50 of 300%± 0
The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 13 of 30.
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals
Ian Maatsen, 2025/26, 20 shots in the final 35m, 0 scored.
left
86%
Centre
14%
right
0%
share of their shooting xG
Chance profile
quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.065
Shots per 90
1.13
Key passes per 90
1.42
Average shot distance
18.3m
From set pieces
29%
How the chances arrive
Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
30%
Headed
0%
Club role
Aston Villa
What they are for
Open-play crosses5 crosses from open play became shots, worth 0.76 xG.
Corners and set piecesSupplies 9% of Aston Villa’s dead-ball danger, from 7 deliveries that became shots.
On the pitch46% of available minutes.
What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Ian Maatsen’soutput.
Chances received
who supplies them
Morgan Rogers0.3 xG2 shots, 0g
Emiliano Buendía0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Ollie Watkins0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Ross Barkley0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Matthew Cash0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Chances created
who they supply
Morgan Rogers1.2 xG9 shots, 0g
Ollie Watkins0.7 xG4 shots, 1g
Pau Torres0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
Emiliano Buendía0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Youri Tielemans0.1 xG4 shots, 0g
Season record
2025/26
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
Ian Maatsen carries 3.9%of Aston Villa’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.211
40% of defenders
Possession value per 900.288
53% of defenders
Ranked against 119 defenders 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
30 appearances, oldest first
over 1.5
at Brentford1 shot 0 on target
v Palace1 shot 0 on target
at Spurs1 shot 0 on target
at Leeds1 shot 0 on target
at Brighton1 shot 1 on target
v Arsenal1 shot 0 on target
v Man Utd1 shot 0 on target
at Chelsea1 shot 1 on target
v Forest2 shots 0 on target
at Palace1 shot 0 on target
v Everton1 shot 1 on target
v Brentford2 shots 0 on target
v Brighton1 shot 0 on target
at Wolves2 shots 1 on target
at Forest1 shot 1 on target
at Burnley1 shot 0 on target
at Man City1 shot 0 on target
13 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 13 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.
