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Aston Villa

Ian Maatsen

Defender24 yrs
Injured
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.081 non-penalty goals from 19 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.252 assists, 19 key passes
Finishing
+0.12goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.707% of Aston Villa’s build-up value

Ian Maatsen ranks 122nd of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 22.8m on average. They carry 3% of Aston Villa’s attacking involvement, the 15th 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

123 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.08
Non-penalty goals
0.08
xG
0.08
Non-penalty xG
0.08
Shots
1.59
npxG per shot
0.05
Shot distance
22.8m
Set-piece share
18%
Goals against xG
+0.0

2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.17
Expected assists
0.25
Key passes
1.59
npxG + xA
0.34
xG chain
0.81
xG build-up
0.70
Assists against xA
-1.0

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
2season count
Red cards
0season count

3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Ranked against 123 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.

This week

Gameweek 8

Next fixture

Gameweek 8

vs Manchester City

Sat 24 Oct, 11:30 UTC

Manchester City concede 9.3 shots a match and are 0.91× the league norm against defenders. A difficult one.

Projected shots
1.30

1.59 per 90 × 0.82

Projected on target
0.32

0.42 per 90 × 0.76

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

Shots

29 appearances
  • Over 0.511 of 2938%± 9
  • Over 1.56 of 2921%± 8
  • Over 2.52 of 297%± 5
  • Over 3.50 of 290%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 18 of 29.

Shooting profile

19 shots

Where they shoot

19 shots
Every shotBy zone
5% of shots, 1 shot11% of shots, 2 shots16% of shots, 3 shots5% of shots, 1 shot26% of shots, 5 shots5% of shots, 1 shot11% of shots, 2 shots5% of shots, 1 shot11% of shots, 2 shots11%16%26%11%11%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Ian Maatsen, 2024/25, final 35m. A further 5% of their shots came from outside this window.

left
94%
Centre
6%
right
0%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.052
Shots per 90
1.59
Key passes per 90
1.59
Average shot distance
22.8m
From set pieces
18%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
0%

Club role

Aston Villa

What they are for

  • On the pitch31% 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
  1. Ollie Watkins0.3 xG1 shot, 1g
  2. Morgan Rogers0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Leon Bailey0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. John McGinn0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Jacob Ramsey0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Leon Bailey0.7 xG2 shots, 1g
  2. Donyell Malen0.7 xG2 shots, 1g
  3. Jhon Durán0.5 xG5 shots, 0g
  4. Marco Asensio0.4 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Ollie Watkins0.2 xG2 shots, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Ian Maatsen carries 6.6% of Aston Villa’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.702
    98% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.813
    98% of defenders

Ranked against 123 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

29 appearances, oldest first

at Leicester1 shot
0 on target

v Palace2 shots
1 on target

v Southampton1 shot
0 on target

at Arsenal1 shot
1 on target

v West Ham1 shot
0 on target

v Ipswich2 shots
1 on target

v Forest2 shots
1 on target

at Southampton3 shots
0 on target

1g

v Newcastle3 shots
1 on target

v Fulham1 shot
0 on target

v Spurs2 shots
0 on target

18 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 18 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.