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Ollie Watkins

Forward30 yrs
Unavailable
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.5319 non-penalty goals from 106 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.2113 assists, 45 key passes
Finishing
+0.62goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.164% of Aston Villa’s build-up value

Ollie Watkins ranks 17th of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 13.3m on average. They carry 19% of Aston Villa’s attacking involvement, the largest share in the squad.

Unavailable. Has joined Al Hilal permanently. The rates below describe what he did, not what he is about to do. Club status as of 18 Oct 2026.

Against their position

107 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.53
Non-penalty goals
0.53
xG
0.53
Non-penalty xG
0.53
Shots
2.94
npxG per shot
0.18
Shot distance
13.3m
Set-piece share
7%
Goals against xG
-0.3

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.36
Expected assists
0.21
Key passes
1.25
npxG + xA
0.75
xG chain
0.81
xG build-up
0.16
Assists against xA
+5.3

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
4season 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
1.94

2.94 per 90 × 0.66

Projected on target
0.76

1.27 per 90 × 0.60

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

Shots

37 appearances
  • Over 0.535 of 3795%± 4
  • Over 1.532 of 3786%± 6
  • Over 2.520 of 3754%± 8
  • Over 3.512 of 3732%± 8

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 2 of 37.

Shooting profile

106 shots

Where they shoot

106 shots
Every shotBy zone
3% of shots, 3 shots2% of shots, 2 shots7% of shots, 7 shots1% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 3 shots10% of shots, 11 shots15% of shots, 16 shots6% of shots, 6 shots1% of shots, 1 shot2% of shots, 2 shots8% of shots, 8 shots7% of shots, 7 shots4% of shots, 4 shots9% of shots, 10 shots1% of shots, 1 shot1% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 4 shots1% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 9 shots1% of shots, 1 shot1% of shots, 1 shot2% of shots, 2 shots3% of shots, 3 shots1% of shots, 1 shot1% of shots, 1 shot7%10%15%8%7%9%8%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Ollie Watkins, 2023/24, final 35m.

left
21%
Centre
58%
right
21%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.182
Shots per 90
2.94
Key passes per 90
1.25
Average shot distance
13.3m
From set pieces
7%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
13%
Through balls
25%
Own dribble
3%
Headed
15%

Club role

Aston Villa

What they are for

  • When it mattered11 of 19 goals came with the game level or Aston Villa behind.
  • On the pitch95% of available minutes.

What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Ollie Watkins’output.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Moussa Diaby3.8 xG19 shots, 2g
  2. Leon Bailey3.3 xG14 shots, 4g
  3. John McGinn3.1 xG16 shots, 3g
  4. Matthew Cash1.7 xG5 shots, 1g
  5. Douglas Luiz1.5 xG10 shots, 2g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Moussa Diaby2.6 xG13 shots, 3g
  2. Leon Bailey1.3 xG6 shots, 4g
  3. Matthew Cash1.0 xG3 shots, 1g
  4. Nicolo Zaniolo0.8 xG3 shots, 0g
  5. Youri Tielemans0.6 xG4 shots, 1g

Season record

2023/24

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Ollie Watkins carries 4.2% of Aston Villa’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.163
    38% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.809
    75% 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

37 appearances, oldest first

at Newcastle2 shots
1 on target

v Everton1 shot
0 on target

at Burnley5 shots
2 on target

at Liverpool2 shots
0 on target

v Palace4 shots
1 on target

1g

at Chelsea2 shots
1 on target

3g

v Brighton6 shots
4 on target

at Wolves3 shots
1 on target

1g

v West Ham4 shots
2 on target

v Luton2 shots
2 on target

at Forest2 shots
1 on target

1g

v Fulham3 shots
1 on target

1g

at Spurs3 shots
1 on target

1g

at Bournemouth2 shots
1 on target

v Man City4 shots
1 on target

v Arsenal3 shots
1 on target

1g

at Brentford2 shots
1 on target

v Sheffield Utd3 shots
1 on target

v Burnley2 shots
1 on target

at Everton6 shots
1 on target

1g

v Newcastle4 shots
2 on target

1g

at Sheffield Utd3 shots
2 on target

v Man Utd3 shots
3 on target

2g

at Fulham5 shots
2 on target

1g

v Forest4 shots
2 on target

2g

at Luton5 shots
4 on target

v Spurs1 shot
0 on target

at West Ham2 shots
1 on target

v Wolves1 shot
0 on target

2g

v Brentford2 shots
2 on target

1g

at Arsenal4 shots
1 on target

v Bournemouth4 shots
1 on target

v Chelsea3 shots
2 on target

v Liverpool2 shots
0 on target

at Palace2 shots
0 on target

2 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 2 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.