Aston Villa v Forest Preview

This chart shows the difference in results between Forest & the opposition against the other Premier League sides so far. It's shown as PPM to account for the different number of games played.

Green bars show where Forest's record is better, red bars show where the opposition's record is better.

Season Form Charts

The lines represent the 6-game rolling average for the team across this season. The dashed line represents their average form for the same metric last season to show the difference in performance.

Form / PPM

Goals Scored

Goals Against

(Lower is better)

Goal Difference

Actual Goal Difference less Expected Goal Difference

Villa have been underperfoming on their xGD for most of the season until their most recent games.

Chance Quality Created

Shot Conversion

Opposition Chance Quality Created

Despite Villa's form they have been giving away good opportunities to the opposition.

Chance Shot Conversion

Goalkeeper Save %

Goalkeeper PSxG +/-

Recent Form Tables

Form & Fixture Difficulty

Goals For & Against

Shots Balance & Quality of Chances Created

The shots balance is the number of shots for that team less the number of opposition shots.

Goals Per Shot & Chance Quality Balance

Chance quality balance is the teams chance quality, less their opponents.

Opponent Chance Quality & Number of Shots On Target Allowed

Defensive Actions Balance & Last Ditch Defending Actions

Defensive balance is how much defending the team has to do, v how much their opponent has to do. A negative number means more defending than the opposition.

Last ditch defending is shots blocked, saves, tackles in final third etc.

Clean Sheets & % Games Scored In

% of games scored in is the opposite of clean sheets, how often you get at least 1 goal a game.

Set Piece Threat For & Against

Box Penetration & Box Prevention

Box penetration is how well teams convert possession in the final 3rd, into touches in the box. Box prevention is how well the team stops that.

Final Third Possession & Penalty Box Possession

The Danger Men

Rashford & Asensio have started life at Villa at full speed, dominating the charts for creating chances & taking chances in their short stint so far. Stopping these two will be key for Forest to keep Villa quiet.