-1.43goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.113% of Aston Villa’s build-up value
league 0.27
Ollie Watkins ranks 17th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 12.4m on average, with 30% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 15% 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
104 forwards
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.5492nd
Non-penalty goals
0.4787th
xG
0.6391st
Non-penalty xG
0.5891st
Shots
2.8475th
npxG per shot
0.2092nd
Shot distance
12.4m88th
Set-piece share
30%84th
Goals against xG
-3.114th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.2780th
Expected assists
0.1341st
Key passes
0.8427th
npxG + xA
0.7184th
xG chain
0.6457th
xG build-up
0.1113th
Assists against xA
+4.199th
On the ball
per 90
6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.
Defending
per 90
7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.
Discipline
per 90
Yellow cards
2season count
Red cards
0season count
3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.
Ranked against 104 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
vsManchester City
Sat 24 Oct, 11:30 UTC
Manchester City concede 9.3 shots a match and are 0.75× the league norm against forwards. A difficult one.
Projected shots
2.09
2.84 per 90 × 0.74
Projected on target
0.98
1.28 per 90 × 0.76
Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.
Shots
38 appearances
Over 0.529 of 3876%± 7
Over 1.524 of 3863%± 8
Over 2.514 of 3837%± 8
Over 3.59 of 3824%± 7
The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 9 of 38.
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals
Ollie Watkins, 2024/25, 84 shots in the final 35m, 16 scored.
left
24%
Centre
60%
right
15%
share of their shooting xG
Chance profile
quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.222
Shots per 90
2.84
Key passes per 90
0.84
Average shot distance
12.4m
From set pieces
30%
How the chances arrive
Crosses
22%
Through balls
10%
Own dribble
7%
Headed
23%
Club role
Aston Villa
What they are for
PenaltiesTakes them: 2 of 6 Aston Villa were awarded.
When it mattered15 of 16 goals came with the game level or Aston Villa behind.
On the pitch78% 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
Morgan Rogers3.6 xG19 shots, 3g
Lucas Digne2.7 xG12 shots, 2g
Youri Tielemans1.6 xG8 shots, 3g
John McGinn1.3 xG5 shots, 1g
Leon Bailey1.0 xG4 shots, 1g
Chances created
who they supply
Morgan Rogers1.1 xG9 shots, 4g
Ross Barkley0.7 xG1 shot, 0g
Amadou Onana0.6 xG1 shot, 1g
Ian Maatsen0.3 xG1 shot, 1g
Jacob Ramsey0.2 xG2 shots, 1g
Season record
2024/25
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
Ollie Watkins carries 2.6%of Aston Villa’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.111
13% of forwards
Possession value per 900.638
57% of forwards
Ranked against 104 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
over 1.5
v Arsenal2 shots 1 on target
at Leicester2 shots 1 on target
2g
v Everton6 shots 3 on target
1g
v Wolves3 shots 1 on target
1g
at Ipswich1 shot 1 on target
v Man Utd2 shots 0 on target
1g
at Fulham2 shots 2 on target
v Bournemouth3 shots 2 on target
at Spurs2 shots 0 on target
at Liverpool3 shots 0 on target
1g
v Palace5 shots 2 on target
at Chelsea2 shots 2 on target
1g
v Brentford6 shots 4 on target
v Southampton4 shots 0 on target
v Man City1 shot 1 on target
1g
v Brighton6 shots 3 on target
v Leicester2 shots 0 on target
1g
at Everton2 shots 1 on target
1g
at Arsenal3 shots 1 on target
v West Ham2 shots 1 on target
1g
v Ipswich4 shots 1 on target
1g
v Liverpool1 shot 1 on target
v Chelsea4 shots 2 on target
1g
at Brentford4 shots 2 on target
1g
at Southampton1 shot 1 on target
1g
v Newcastle5 shots 1 on target
v Fulham2 shots 1 on target
1g
at Bournemouth1 shot 1 on target
v Spurs3 shots 2 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.
