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Aston Villa

John McGinn

Midfielder32 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.125 non-penalty goals from 28 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.204 assists, 39 key passes
Finishing
+2.35goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.246% of Aston Villa’s build-up value

John McGinn ranks 118th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 19.7m on average. They carry 8% of Aston Villa’s attacking involvement, the 3rd largest share in the squad.

Against their position

142 midfielders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.20
Non-penalty goals
0.20
xG
0.12
Non-penalty xG
0.12
Shots
1.13
npxG per shot
0.11
Shot distance
19.7m
Set-piece share
10%
Goals against xG
+2.0

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.16
Expected assists
0.20
Key passes
1.58
npxG + xA
0.32
xG chain
0.44
xG build-up
0.24
Assists against xA
-0.9

On the ball

per 90

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

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
3.75
Defensive contribution
6.32

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

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
5season 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
0.94

1.13 per 90 × 0.83

Projected on target
0.39

0.49 per 90 × 0.81

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

Shots

30 appearances
  • Over 0.519 of 3063%± 9
  • Over 1.56 of 3020%± 7
  • Over 2.52 of 307%± 5
  • Over 3.51 of 303%± 3

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 11 of 30.

Shooting profile

28 shots

Where they shoot

28 shots
Every shotBy zone
4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot11% of shots, 3 shots4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot14% of shots, 4 shots4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot14% of shots, 4 shots11% of shots, 3 shots4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot11%14%14%11%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

John McGinn, 2025/26, final 35m.

left
4%
Centre
52%
right
44%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.107
Shots per 90
1.13
Key passes per 90
1.58
Average shot distance
19.7m
From set pieces
10%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
12%
Through balls
11%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
9%

Club role

Aston Villa

What they are for

  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 8% of Aston Villa’s dead-ball danger, from 7 deliveries that became shots.
  • When it mattered2 of 5 goals came with the game level or Aston Villa behind.
  • On the pitch65% of available minutes.

What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of John McGinn’soutput.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Youri Tielemans0.4 xG3 shots, 1g
  2. Amadou Onana0.3 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Lucas Digne0.3 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Morgan Rogers0.3 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Matthew Cash0.2 xG3 shots, 1g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Ollie Watkins2.1 xG10 shots, 1g
  2. Ross Barkley0.6 xG2 shots, 1g
  3. Amadou Onana0.5 xG4 shots, 0g
  4. Tyrone Mings0.5 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Morgan Rogers0.4 xG7 shots, 1g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

John McGinn carries 6.2% of Aston Villa’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.239
    37% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.443
    61% 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

30 appearances, oldest first

at Brentford1 shot
1 on target

at Sunderland2 shots
0 on target

1g

v Fulham3 shots
1 on target

v Burnley1 shot
0 on target

at Spurs1 shot
0 on target

v Man City2 shots
0 on target

v Bournemouth1 shot
1 on target

at Leeds1 shot
0 on target

v Wolves1 shot
0 on target

at Brighton1 shot
0 on target

v Man Utd1 shot
1 on target

at Arsenal1 shot
1 on target

2g

v Forest2 shots
2 on target

at Man Utd1 shot
0 on target

1g

v West Ham1 shot
1 on target

at Forest2 shots
1 on target

at Burnley4 shots
1 on target

1g

v Liverpool1 shot
1 on target

at Man City1 shot
1 on target

11 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 11 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.