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Aston Villa

Nicolo Zaniolo

Forward
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.412 non-penalty goals from 27 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.070 assists, 10 key passes
Finishing
-1.53goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.191% of Aston Villa’s build-up value

Nicolo Zaniolo ranks 72nd of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 14.8m on average. They carry 3% of Aston Villa’s attacking involvement, the 9th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

107 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.22
Non-penalty goals
0.22
xG
0.41
Non-penalty xG
0.41
Shots
2.96
npxG per shot
0.14
Shot distance
14.8m
Set-piece share
18%
Goals against xG
-1.7

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.00
Expected assists
0.07
Key passes
1.10
npxG + xA
0.48
xG chain
0.58
xG build-up
0.19
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
7season 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
1.96

2.96 per 90 × 0.66

Projected on target
0.66

1.10 per 90 × 0.60

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

Shots

25 appearances
  • Over 0.516 of 2564%± 10
  • Over 1.56 of 2524%± 9
  • Over 2.52 of 258%± 5
  • Over 3.51 of 254%± 4

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 9 of 25.

Shooting profile

27 shots

Where they shoot

27 shots
Every shotBy zone
7% of shots, 2 shots11% of shots, 3 shots4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot7% of shots, 2 shots4% of shots, 1 shot11% of shots, 3 shots4% of shots, 1 shot7% of shots, 2 shots7% of shots, 2 shots4% of shots, 1 shot7% of shots, 2 shots4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot7%11%7%11%7%7%7%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Nicolo Zaniolo, 2023/24, final 35m.

left
41%
Centre
54%
right
5%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.137
Shots per 90
2.96
Key passes per 90
1.10
Average shot distance
14.8m
From set pieces
18%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
10%
Through balls
10%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
23%

Club role

Aston Villa

What they are for

  • On the pitch24% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Moussa Diaby0.8 xG4 shots, 1g
  2. Ollie Watkins0.8 xG3 shots, 0g
  3. Douglas Luiz0.6 xG6 shots, 1g
  4. Matthew Cash0.4 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Boubacar Kamara0.3 xG3 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Matthew Cash0.2 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Morgan Rogers0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  3. Moussa Diaby0.1 xG3 shots, 0g
  4. Ezri Konsa Ngoyo0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Douglas Luiz0.1 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2023/24

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Nicolo Zaniolo carries 1.2% of Aston Villa’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.189
    47% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.577
    48% 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

25 appearances, oldest first

at Burnley2 shots
0 on target

v Palace1 shot
0 on target

at Chelsea2 shots
1 on target

v Brighton2 shots
1 on target

at Wolves1 shot
0 on target

v West Ham1 shot
0 on target

v Luton6 shots
1 on target

at Forest2 shots
1 on target

at Bournemouth1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Sheffield Utd1 shot
1 on target

v Spurs1 shot
1 on target

1g

at West Ham1 shot
1 on target

v Wolves3 shots
2 on target

at Man City1 shot
0 on target

at Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

v Liverpool1 shot
1 on target

9 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 9 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.