+1.92goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.248% of Aston Villa’s build-up value
league 0.24
Matthew Cash ranks 252nd of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 24.5m on average, with 23% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 3% of Aston Villa’s attacking involvement, the 9th largest share in the squad.
Against their position
119 defenders
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.0984th
Non-penalty goals
0.0984th
xG
0.0437th
Non-penalty xG
0.0437th
Shots
0.8987th
npxG per shot
0.044th
Shot distance
24.5m7th
Set-piece share
23%15th
Goals against xG
+1.899th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.0977th
Expected assists
0.1081st
Key passes
0.9287th
npxG + xA
0.1368th
xG chain
0.3062nd
xG build-up
0.2450th
Assists against xA
-0.245th
On the ball
per 90
6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Defending
per 90
Recoveries
2.6312th
Defensive contribution
5.5513th
7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Discipline
per 90
Yellow cards
9season 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
0.69
0.89 per 90 × 0.77
Projected on target
0.24
0.30 per 90 × 0.81
Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.
Shots
35 appearances
Over 0.521 of 3560%± 8
Over 1.57 of 3520%± 7
Over 2.51 of 353%± 3
Over 3.51 of 353%± 3
The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 14 of 35.
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals
Matthew Cash, 2025/26, 30 shots in the final 35m, 3 scored.
left
4%
Centre
10%
right
86%
share of their shooting xG
Chance profile
quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.041
Shots per 90
0.89
Key passes per 90
0.92
Average shot distance
24.5m
From set pieces
23%
How the chances arrive
Crosses
0%
Through balls
8%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
0%
Club role
Aston Villa
What they are for
Open-play crosses8 crosses from open play became shots, worth 0.93 xG.
Corners and set piecesSupplies 8% of Aston Villa’s dead-ball danger, from 10 deliveries that became shots.
When it mattered3 of 3 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 Matthew Cash’soutput.
Chances received
who supplies them
Boubacar Kamara0.1 xG5 shots, 1g
Emiliano Buendía0.1 xG3 shots, 1g
John McGinn0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Jadon Sancho0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Ollie Watkins0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Chances created
who they supply
Ollie Watkins1.0 xG7 shots, 0g
Amadou Onana0.6 xG2 shots, 1g
Douglas Luiz0.3 xG2 shots, 0g
Morgan Rogers0.3 xG5 shots, 0g
John McGinn0.2 xG3 shots, 1g
Season record
2025/26
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
Matthew Cash carries 8.5%of Aston Villa’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.239
50% of defenders
Possession value per 900.305
61% 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
35 appearances, oldest first
over 1.5
v Palace1 shot 0 on target
1g
at Sunderland2 shots 1 on target
v Fulham1 shot 0 on target
v Burnley1 shot 1 on target
at Spurs2 shots 0 on target
1g
v Man City1 shot 1 on target
at Liverpool2 shots 1 on target
v Bournemouth1 shot 1 on target
at Leeds1 shot 0 on target
v Wolves1 shot 1 on target
1g
v Arsenal2 shots 1 on target
v Man Utd1 shot 0 on target
at Palace1 shot 0 on target
at Newcastle1 shot 0 on target
v Brentford4 shots 1 on target
at Bournemouth2 shots 1 on target
v Leeds1 shot 0 on target
v West Ham2 shots 0 on target
at Forest1 shot 1 on target
v Sunderland1 shot 0 on target
v Liverpool1 shot 0 on target
14 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 14 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.
