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Ollie Watkins

Forward30 yrs
Unavailable
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.5816 non-penalty goals from 83 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.093 assists, 23 key passes
Finishing
-0.62goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.135% of Aston Villa’s build-up value

Ollie Watkins ranks 15th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 13.8m 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 17 Oct 2026.

Against their position

109 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.50
Non-penalty goals
0.50
xG
0.58
Non-penalty xG
0.58
Shots
2.57
npxG per shot
0.23
Shot distance
13.8m
Set-piece share
16%
Goals against xG
-2.8

2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.09
Expected assists
0.09
Key passes
0.71
npxG + xA
0.67
xG chain
0.67
xG build-up
0.13
Assists against xA
+0.2

On the ball

per 90

6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Defending

per 90
Recoveries
1.56
Defensive contribution
2.99

7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
4season count
Red cards
0season count

3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.

Ranked against 109 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. Recoveries and defensive contribution come from the FPL feed and are ranked in its own positions.

This week

Gameweek 8

Next fixture

Gameweek 8

vs Manchester City

Sat 24 Oct, 11:30 UTC

Manchester City concede 9.8 shots a match and are 0.86× the league norm against forwards. A difficult one.

Projected shots
2.11

2.57 per 90 × 0.82

Projected on target
0.95

1.18 per 90 × 0.81

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

Shots

37 appearances
  • Over 0.531 of 3784%± 6
  • Over 1.521 of 3757%± 8
  • Over 2.516 of 3743%± 8
  • Over 3.511 of 3730%± 8

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 6 of 37.

Shooting profile

83 shots

Where they shoot

83 shots
Every shotBy zone
6% of shots, 5 shots6% of shots, 5 shots5% of shots, 4 shots11% of shots, 9 shots11% of shots, 9 shots1% of shots, 1 shot2% of shots, 2 shots7% of shots, 6 shots10% of shots, 8 shots6% of shots, 5 shots10% of shots, 8 shots4% of shots, 3 shots4% of shots, 3 shots6% of shots, 5 shots1% of shots, 1 shot2% of shots, 2 shots2% of shots, 2 shots2% of shots, 2 shots1% of shots, 1 shot1% of shots, 1 shot6%6%11%11%7%10%6%10%6%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Ollie Watkins, 2025/26, final 35m. A further 1% of their shots came from outside this window.

left
15%
Centre
63%
right
21%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.227
Shots per 90
2.57
Key passes per 90
0.71
Average shot distance
13.8m
From set pieces
16%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
7%
Through balls
25%
Own dribble
7%
Headed
13%

Club role

Aston Villa

What they are for

  • When it mattered13 of 16 goals came with the game level or Aston Villa behind.
  • On the pitch85% 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. Morgan Rogers4.1 xG23 shots, 3g
  2. Emiliano Buendía2.2 xG8 shots, 0g
  3. John McGinn2.1 xG10 shots, 1g
  4. Matthew Cash1.0 xG7 shots, 0g
  5. Lucas Digne1.0 xG5 shots, 2g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Morgan Rogers1.2 xG8 shots, 2g
  2. Evann Guessand0.5 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Ross Barkley0.3 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Emiliano Buendía0.3 xG4 shots, 0g
  5. Donyell Malen0.2 xG2 shots, 0g

Season record

2025/26

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Ollie Watkins carries 4.5% of Aston Villa’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.134
    41% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.673
    79% of forwards

Ranked against 109 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

v Newcastle1 shot
1 on target

at Brentford4 shots
0 on target

v Palace3 shots
1 on target

1g

v Fulham1 shot
1 on target

v Burnley2 shots
0 on target

at Spurs1 shot
0 on target

v Man City2 shots
0 on target

v Bournemouth3 shots
1 on target

at Leeds3 shots
1 on target

2g

at Brighton4 shots
3 on target

v Arsenal4 shots
2 on target

v Man Utd1 shot
0 on target

2g

at Chelsea4 shots
4 on target

1g

at Arsenal5 shots
1 on target

1g

v Forest2 shots
2 on target

at Palace4 shots
1 on target

v Everton1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Newcastle4 shots
3 on target

at Bournemouth1 shot
1 on target

v Brighton1 shot
0 on target

v Leeds3 shots
1 on target

at Wolves1 shot
0 on target

v Chelsea2 shots
2 on target

1g

v West Ham5 shots
2 on target

at Forest1 shot
0 on target

2g

v Sunderland4 shots
2 on target

at Fulham3 shots
1 on target

v Spurs1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Burnley2 shots
1 on target

2g

v Liverpool6 shots
5 on target

2g

at Man City4 shots
2 on target

6 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 6 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.