GW41d 8h 55m 55s
DEF · Aston Villa

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On a pace of 2.3 pts/gameweek, ownership down 0.3pp this week.

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Muscular injury - 75% chance of playing

GW4 projection
3.2
32nd of 107 projected defenders
Pace
2.3
points per gameweek
Minutes
100%
reached 60' · 3 of 3 starts
Fixtures
9th
of 20 clubs, next five
Market
−0.3pp
being sold

How he ranks

3 games · 103 defenders · Early sample — these ranks will move a lot.

Points
36th2.51
xGI
45th0.07
xGC
35th1.8
DefCon
22nd5
BPS
31st8.2
Minutes
52nd251
Final price£4.5m
Form (10 GW)2.3
Pts / Match2.3
GW3 Pts6
Total Pts72.5 per 90
Total Bonus00.0 per 90
ICT Index6.5
Selected by %6.7%
xGI0.20.1 per 90
G+A − xGI−0.2small sample
On dutyCorners#1DefCon bonus0/3 apps

AVL fixtures2026/27

average difficulty 3.0 of 5
GW1BHA (A)
GW2ARS (H)
GW3HUL (A)
GW4NFO (H)
GW5TOT (A)
GW6BRE (H)
GW7NEW (A)
GW8MCI (H)
GW9FUL (H)
GW10MUN (A)
GW11SUN (H)
GW12IPS (A)
GW13EVE (H)
GW14CRY (H)
GW15COV (A)
GW16CHE (A)
GW17LEE (H)
GW18LIV (H)
GW19BOU (A)
GW20EVE (A)
GW21MUN (H)
GW22FUL (A)
GW23IPS (H)
GW24SUN (A)
GW25BOU (H)
GW26LEE (A)
GW27CHE (H)
GW28LIV (A)
GW29HUL (H)
GW30NFO (A)
GW31BHA (H)
GW32ARS (A)
GW33COV (H)
GW34CRY (A)
GW35BRE (A)
GW36NEW (H)
GW37MCI (A)
GW38TOT (H)

Faded fixtures have been played.

Minutes and bonus

Started
3/3
100% of appearances
Reached 60'
100%
3 of 3 games
Bonus won
0
in 0 of 3 games
BPS per game
7.7
0% bonus strike rate

Where the points come from

Appearance660%
Clean sheets440%
Goals conceded-2
Cards-1

60% of his points earned came from appearance. That is a narrow base — if it stops, most of the return stops with it. 10 earned, 7 net

Are the returns real?

Too few minutes this season to say whether his returns are backed by the chances — 251 played, and a gap needs about 900 before it means anything.

Across 6 full seasons on record he has finished above expectation 5 times and below it 1.

Full seasons on record
2025/26 +1.9
2024/25 +0.3
2023/24 2.9
2022/23 +0.8
2021/22 +7.0
2020/21 +2.0

Goals and assists minus xGI, per season. Positive means he finished above the chances he had.

Defensive Contribution

He averages 4.7 against a line of 10, so DefCon is not a realistic source of points for him.

0
2
4
6
8
10
12
Cleared
0/3
0% of games
Average
4.7
line is 10
Versus the line
-5.3
short on average
Action mix
43% tackles · 57% CBI

Gameweek log

Opponent
1BHA (A)90-10004070-80.00.00.03.810£4.5m
2ARS (H)772000106080.10.00.21.000£4.5m
3HUL (A)8460010010230.00.00.00.200£4.5m

Early trend

Not the model — that needs a longer form window and opens once he has 8 gameweeks behind him. This is simply what he has actually scored so far.

Pace
2.3
points per gameweek
Appearances
3
this season

Too early for the full model — opens at Gameweek 8.

A score-probability curve is available for the ~40 players in this snapshot; his isn’t yet.

Points by gameweek · with model expectation

0246510152025303540GAMEWEEKPOINTS
Points scoredModel expectation, set before kick-off

GW311: model expected 25 pts · he scored 6 (−19 vs expectation)

Market

Price History

£5.7m£4.5m£3.3m5101520253035GAMEWEEK
Selected by %
6.7%−0.3pp this GW
Net transfers, latest GW
−35679

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Ranks are against the same pool of 103, so the two sets of bars mean the same thing.

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