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Aston Villa

Matthew Cash

Defender29 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.192 non-penalty goals from 33 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.122 assists, 13 key passes
Finishing
-2.28goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.376% of Aston Villa’s build-up value

Matthew Cash ranks 131st of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 19.7m on average. They carry 7% of Aston Villa’s attacking involvement, the 6th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

128 midfielders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.08
Non-penalty goals
0.08
xG
0.19
Non-penalty xG
0.19
Shots
1.39
npxG per shot
0.14
Shot distance
19.7m
Set-piece share
3%
Goals against xG
-2.5

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.08
Expected assists
0.12
Key passes
0.55
npxG + xA
0.31
xG chain
0.60
xG build-up
0.37
Assists against xA
-1.0

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
8season count
Red cards
0season 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
0.76

1.39 per 90 × 0.55

Projected on target
0.33

0.55 per 90 × 0.60

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

Shots

29 appearances
  • Over 0.519 of 2966%± 9
  • Over 1.510 of 2934%± 9
  • Over 2.52 of 297%± 5
  • Over 3.51 of 293%± 3

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 10 of 29.

Shooting profile

33 shots

Where they shoot

33 shots
Every shotBy zone
9% of shots, 3 shots3% of shots, 1 shot12% of shots, 4 shots9% of shots, 3 shots3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot9% of shots, 3 shots12% of shots, 4 shots3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot6% of shots, 2 shots3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 1 shot12% of shots, 4 shots3% of shots, 1 shot9%12%9%9%12%12%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Matthew Cash, 2023/24, final 35m. A further 3% of their shots came from outside this window.

left
1%
Centre
58%
right
41%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.136
Shots per 90
1.39
Key passes per 90
0.55
Average shot distance
19.7m
From set pieces
3%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
23%
Through balls
8%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
4%

Club role

Aston Villa

What they are for

  • Open-play crosses5 crosses from open play became shots, worth 1.48 xG.
  • On the pitch63% 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
  1. Ollie Watkins1.0 xG3 shots, 1g
  2. John McGinn0.6 xG4 shots, 0g
  3. Pau Torres0.5 xG5 shots, 0g
  4. Moussa Diaby0.4 xG1 shot, 1g
  5. Lucas Digne0.3 xG4 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Ollie Watkins1.7 xG5 shots, 1g
  2. Jhon Durán0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Nicolo Zaniolo0.4 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Álex Moreno0.2 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Leon Bailey0.1 xG2 shots, 0g

Season record

2023/24

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Matthew Cash carries 6.2% of Aston Villa’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.372
    63% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.599
    69% 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

29 appearances, oldest first

at Newcastle2 shots
1 on target

2g

at Burnley6 shots
3 on target

at Liverpool2 shots
1 on target

v Palace2 shots
0 on target

at Chelsea3 shots
2 on target

at Wolves2 shots
1 on target

at Forest1 shot
0 on target

v Fulham2 shots
2 on target

at Spurs1 shot
0 on target

v Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

at Brentford1 shot
0 on target

v Sheffield Utd1 shot
0 on target

at Everton1 shot
0 on target

v Newcastle2 shots
2 on target

v Man Utd2 shots
1 on target

v Forest1 shot
0 on target

v Spurs2 shots
0 on target

v Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

at Brighton1 shot
0 on target

10 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 10 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.