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Aston Villa

John McGinn

Midfielder32 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.146 non-penalty goals from 40 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.174 assists, 45 key passes
Finishing
+1.54goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.4110% of Aston Villa’s build-up value

John McGinn ranks 135th of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 19.4m on average. They carry 11% of Aston Villa’s attacking involvement, the 4th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

128 midfielders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.18
Non-penalty goals
0.18
xG
0.14
Non-penalty xG
0.14
Shots
1.18
npxG per shot
0.12
Shot distance
19.4m
Set-piece share
16%
Goals against xG
+1.3

2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.12
Expected assists
0.17
Key passes
1.33
npxG + xA
0.30
xG chain
0.61
xG build-up
0.41
Assists against xA
-1.6

On the ball

per 90

6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.

Defending

per 90

7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
9season count
Red cards
1season count

3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.

Ranked against 128 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.

This week

Gameweek 8

Next fixture

Gameweek 8

vs Manchester City

Sat 24 Oct, 11:30 UTC

Manchester City concede 7.8 shots a match and are 0.54× the league norm against midfielders. A difficult one.

Projected shots
0.65

1.18 per 90 × 0.55

Projected on target
0.25

0.41 per 90 × 0.60

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

Shots

35 appearances
  • Over 0.522 of 3563%± 8
  • Over 1.512 of 3534%± 8
  • Over 2.54 of 3511%± 5
  • Over 3.52 of 356%± 4

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 13 of 35.

Shooting profile

40 shots

Where they shoot

40 shots
Every shotBy zone
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

John McGinn, 2023/24, 40 shots in the final 35m, 6 scored.

left
12%
Centre
73%
right
16%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.117
Shots per 90
1.18
Key passes per 90
1.33
Average shot distance
19.4m
From set pieces
16%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
5%
Through balls
2%
Own dribble
6%
Headed
2%

Club role

Aston Villa

What they are for

  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 10% of Aston Villa’s dead-ball danger, from 16 deliveries that became shots.
  • When it mattered5 of 6 goals came with the game level or Aston Villa behind.
  • On the pitch89% 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. Leon Bailey1.6 xG7 shots, 2g
  2. Douglas Luiz0.7 xG7 shots, 1g
  3. Álex Moreno0.5 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Moussa Diaby0.3 xG3 shots, 0g
  5. Lucas Digne0.2 xG2 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Ollie Watkins3.1 xG16 shots, 3g
  2. Matthew Cash0.6 xG4 shots, 0g
  3. Douglas Luiz0.5 xG3 shots, 1g
  4. Ezri Konsa Ngoyo0.5 xG5 shots, 0g
  5. Jacob Ramsey0.2 xG2 shots, 0g

Season record

2023/24

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

John McGinn carries 9.7% of Aston Villa’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.408
    70% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.613
    71% of midfielders

Ranked against 128 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

35 appearances, oldest first
1g

v Everton1 shot
1 on target

at Liverpool2 shots
1 on target

v Brighton1 shot
0 on target

at Wolves2 shots
0 on target

v West Ham1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Luton3 shots
2 on target

at Forest1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Fulham1 shot
1 on target

at Spurs1 shot
0 on target

v Man City4 shots
1 on target

1g

v Arsenal2 shots
1 on target

at Brentford1 shot
1 on target

1g

at Man Utd3 shots
1 on target

v Burnley2 shots
1 on target

at Everton2 shots
0 on target

v Newcastle2 shots
1 on target

1g

at Sheffield Utd2 shots
1 on target

v Man Utd4 shots
2 on target

at Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

v Bournemouth2 shots
0 on target

v Chelsea1 shot
0 on target

v Liverpool1 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.