-1.40goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.245% of Aston Villa’s build-up value
league 0.24
Pau Torres ranks 307th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 17.1m on average, with 96% of their danger coming from set pieces.
Against their position
119 defenders
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.0026th
Non-penalty goals
0.0026th
xG
0.0876th
Non-penalty xG
0.0876th
Shots
0.4851st
npxG per shot
–not ranked
Shot distance
17.1m38th
Set-piece share
96%84th
Goals against xG
-1.611th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.0025th
Expected assists
0.005th
Key passes
0.055th
npxG + xA
0.0943rd
xG chain
0.2434th
xG build-up
0.2449th
Assists against xA
-0.063rd
On the ball
per 90
6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Defending
per 90
Recoveries
4.2573rd
Defensive contribution
6.0319th
7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Discipline
per 90
Yellow cards
1season count
Red cards
0season count
3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Ranked against 119 defenders 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
vsManchester City
Sat 24 Oct, 11:30 UTC
Manchester City concede 9.8 shots a match and are 0.76× the league norm against defenders. A difficult one.
Projected shots
0.37
0.48 per 90 × 0.77
Projected on target
0.04
0.05 per 90 × 0.81
Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.
Shots
21 appearances
Over 0.59 of 2143%± 11
Over 1.51 of 215%± 5
Over 2.50 of 210%± 0
Over 3.50 of 210%± 0
The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 12 of 21.
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals
Pau Torres, 2025/26, 9 shots in the final 35m, 0 scored.
left
2%
Centre
36%
right
62%
share of their shooting xG
Chance profile
quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.176
Shots per 90
0.48
Key passes per 90
0.05
Average shot distance
17.1m
From set pieces
96%
How the chances arrive
Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
0%
Club role
Aston Villa
What they are for
On the pitch49% of available minutes.
What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Pau Torres’output.
Chances received
who supplies them
Ian Maatsen0.4 xG1 shot, 0g
Youri Tielemans0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Matthew Cash0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Douglas Luiz0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Lucas Digne0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Chances created
who they supply
Evann Guessand0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Season record
2025/26
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
Pau Torres carries 4.6%of Aston Villa’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.237
49% of defenders
Possession value per 900.241
34% of defenders
Ranked against 119 defenders 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
21 appearances, oldest first
over 1.5
at Brentford1 shot 0 on target
v Burnley1 shot 0 on target
v Wolves1 shot 0 on target
at Brighton1 shot 0 on target
at Newcastle2 shots 0 on target
v Brentford1 shot 0 on target
at Wolves1 shot 0 on target
v Liverpool1 shot 1 on target
at Man City1 shot 0 on target
12 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 12 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.