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Moussa Diaby

Forward
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.266 non-penalty goals from 54 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.358 assists, 46 key passes
Finishing
-0.16goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.254% of Aston Villa’s build-up value

Moussa Diaby ranks 38th of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 16.3m on average. They carry 11% of Aston Villa’s attacking involvement, the 3rd largest share in the squad.

Against their position

107 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.24
Non-penalty goals
0.24
xG
0.26
Non-penalty xG
0.26
Shots
2.18
npxG per shot
0.12
Shot distance
16.3m
Set-piece share
6%
Goals against xG
-0.5

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.32
Expected assists
0.35
Key passes
1.85
npxG + xA
0.61
xG chain
0.72
xG build-up
0.25
Assists against xA
-0.6

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
1season count
Red cards
0season count

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

Ranked against 107 forwards 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 0.76× the league norm against forwards. A difficult one.

Projected shots
1.44

2.18 per 90 × 0.66

Projected on target
0.53

0.89 per 90 × 0.60

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

Shots

38 appearances
  • Over 0.528 of 3874%± 7
  • Over 1.515 of 3839%± 8
  • Over 2.56 of 3816%± 6
  • Over 3.52 of 385%± 4

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 10 of 38.

Shooting profile

54 shots

Where they shoot

54 shots
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Moussa Diaby, 2023/24, 54 shots in the final 35m, 6 scored.

left
16%
Centre
56%
right
28%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.120
Shots per 90
2.18
Key passes per 90
1.85
Average shot distance
16.3m
From set pieces
6%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
12%
Through balls
20%
Own dribble
3%
Headed
0%

Club role

Aston Villa

What they are for

  • Open-play crosses6 crosses from open play became shots, worth 1.44 xG.
  • When it mattered4 of 6 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 Moussa Diaby’soutput.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Ollie Watkins2.6 xG13 shots, 3g
  2. Leon Bailey1.0 xG6 shots, 1g
  3. Youri Tielemans0.8 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Douglas Luiz0.6 xG7 shots, 0g
  5. Lucas Digne0.3 xG3 shots, 1g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Ollie Watkins3.8 xG19 shots, 2g
  2. Leon Bailey1.6 xG7 shots, 1g
  3. Nicolo Zaniolo0.8 xG4 shots, 1g
  4. Douglas Luiz0.6 xG3 shots, 0g
  5. Lucas Digne0.5 xG2 shots, 1g

Season record

2023/24

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Moussa Diaby carries 4.4% of Aston Villa’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.250
    61% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.724
    64% of forwards

Ranked against 107 forwards 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

38 appearances, oldest first
1g

at Newcastle3 shots
2 on target

v Everton3 shots
2 on target

1g

at Burnley2 shots
1 on target

at Liverpool1 shot
0 on target

v Palace2 shots
0 on target

at Chelsea2 shots
1 on target

v Brighton5 shots
2 on target

v West Ham2 shots
0 on target

1g

v Luton2 shots
1 on target

at Forest1 shot
1 on target

v Fulham2 shots
1 on target

at Spurs1 shot
0 on target

at Brentford2 shots
0 on target

v Sheffield Utd1 shot
1 on target

1g

v Burnley6 shots
2 on target

at Everton1 shot
1 on target

v Newcastle1 shot
0 on target

at Sheffield Utd1 shot
1 on target

v Man Utd2 shots
0 on target

v Spurs1 shot
0 on target

at West Ham1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Wolves1 shot
1 on target

at Man City1 shot
0 on target

at Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Bournemouth3 shots
1 on target

at Brighton1 shot
1 on target

v Liverpool3 shots
1 on target

at Palace2 shots
2 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.