Aston Villa
AVL · finished 4th in 2025-26 on 65 points · Elo 1,921
Squad
28
xG/match
1.48
xGA/match
1.49
Clean sheets
24%
PPDA
13.1
How they play
2025-26, from Understat. Ranks are out of the 17 clubs with a top-flight record — the three promoted sides have none.
Attack rank
12th
Defence rank
8th
Press rank
12th
Goals
56
Conceded
49
xG diff
-0.0
npxG/match
1.48
Deep passes
7.7
xPts
51.1
Set-piece threat
What decides whether this club's defenders and target men are worth owning. Shots from corners, not corners won — Understat records the shot, and the shot is what scores points.
Corner xG
10.85
Corner goals
13
Corner shots
97
Header xG
9.10
Header goals
8
Headed shots
70
Last ten
Points against expected points: the gap is where a season was luckier or unluckier than it played.
| Opponent | Score | xG | xGA | PPDA | Pts | xPts | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | mci | 2–1 | 2.44 | 1.38 | 20.7 | 3 | 2.14 | +0.86 |
| W | LIV | 4–2 | 2.52 | 1.55 | 13.1 | 3 | 2.08 | +0.92 |
| D | 2–2 | 1.75 | 1.71 | 7.9 | 1 | 1.39 | -0.39 | |
| L | TOT | 1–2 | 0.61 | 1.12 | 9.5 | 0 | 0.84 | -0.84 |
| L | ful | 0–1 | 0.91 | 1.24 | 8.9 | 0 | 1.05 | -1.05 |
| W | SUN | 4–3 | 3.90 | 1.56 | 13.5 | 3 | 2.68 | +0.32 |
| D | nfo | 1–1 | 1.36 | 0.85 | 10.4 | 1 | 1.79 | -0.79 |
| W | 2–0 | 2.48 | 0.76 | 14.7 | 3 | 2.57 | +0.43 | |
| L | mun | 1–3 | 1.21 | 1.68 | 17.3 | 0 | 1.02 | -1.02 |
| L | CHE | 1–4 | 1.07 | 3.39 | 22.9 | 0 | 0.19 | -0.19 |
Squad
28 players. Rates from 2025-26 — a summer signing's numbers describe his previous club.
Goalkeepers2
Defenders9
| Player | Price | Owned | Min % | Pts | Pts/90 | xGI/90 | DC/90 | BPS/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cash | £4.5 | 8.1% | 88% | 117 | 3.49 | 0.122 | 5.5 | 13.4 |
 Konsa | £4.5 | 19.1% | 89% | 100 | 2.97 | 0.055 | 5.8 | 14.7 |
 Digne | £4.5 | 1.4% | 54% | 97 | 4.74 | 0.193 | 5.5 | 18.6 |
 Pau | £4.5 | 0.2% | 49% | 64 | 3.44 | 0.093 | 6.0 | 15.1 |
 Maatsen | £4.5 | 0.6% | 47% | 54 | 3.06 | 0.207 | 7.3 | 13.7 |
 Mings | £4.5 | 0.2% | 39% | 50 | 3.40 | 0.117 | 7.3 | 11.5 |
 Lindelöf | £4.5 | 0.2% | 28% | 29 | 2.77 | 0.036 | 5.2 | 11.8 |
 A.García | £4.0 | 1.5% | 2% | 5 | — | — | — | — |
 Nedeljkovic | £4.0 | 0.4% | 0% | — | — | — | — | — |
Midfielders15
| Player | Price | Owned | Min % | Pts | Pts/90 | xGI/90 | DC/90 | BPS/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gomes | £5.5 | 0.3% | 83% | 107 | 3.40 | 0.108 | 12.3 | 16.8 |
 McGinn | £5.5 | 2.7% | 63% | 103 | 4.34 | 0.300 | 6.3 | 18.7 |
 Buendía | £6.0 | 0.8% | 51% | 102 | 5.24 | 0.288 | 10.1 | 19.6 |
 Onana⚠ | £5.0 | 0.0% | 51% | 76 | 3.90 | 0.122 | 11.2 | 18.1 |
 Kamara⚠ | £5.0 | 0.1% | 41% | 61 | 3.89 | 0.087 | 9.5 | 18.0 |
 Barkley | £5.0 | 0.2% | 25% | 56 | 5.97 | 0.303 | 7.9 | 23.6 |
 Garnacho | £6.0 | 1.1% | 37% | 56 | 4.00 | 0.508 | 5.1 | 15.8 |
 Guessand | £5.5 | 0.0% | 27% | 44 | 4.36 | 0.239 | 8.2 | 14.2 |
 Bogarde | £5.0 | 0.1% | 31% | 40 | 3.45 | 0.017 | 5.2 | 10.4 |
 Bailey | £5.5 | 0.1% | 13% | 21 | 4.20 | 0.392 | 9.6 | 13.8 |
 Alysson | £5.0 | 0.0% | 1% | 3 | — | — | — | — |
 George Hemmings | £4.5 | 0.2% | 1% | 2 | — | — | — | — |
 Burrowes | £4.5 | 1.1% | 1% | 1 | — | — | — | — |
 Iling Jr | £5.0 | 0.0% | 0% | 0 | — | — | — | — |
 Manzambi | £6.0 | 3.1% | 0% | — | — | — | — | — |
