Premier League

Aston Villa 0-1 Stoke

Aston Villa vs Stoke finished 0-1 in Premier League. Key event: 3' Mame Biram Diouf (assist Jonathan Walters · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88%, 34.2%). Head to head: H2H last 2: 1-0-1. Home form: L L L D L; Away form: W D L L D. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

AST 0 - 1 Finished STO Stoke

Competition Premier League Season 2015/2016 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 03 Oct 2015, 18:00 Venue time 03 Oct 2015, 19:00 BST

Match context 4 facts

Home form L L L D L 1 pts, goals 7-11, 1.40 scored/match, 2.20 conceded/match

Away form W D L L D 5 pts, goals 5-7, 1.00 scored/match, 1.40 conceded/match

Aston Villa · season record 1 W · 1 D · 5 L 2015/2016: 7 recorded matches, goals 8–12; before 03 Oct 2015 UTC. Not official standings.

Stoke · season record 1 W · 3 D · 3 L 2015/2016: 7 recorded matches, goals 7–10; before 03 Oct 2015 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 25 shots · 1 goal

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Aston Villa 13 shots · 0.85 xG · 0 goals

Full pitch shown to keep both teams on the same scale.

Stoke 12 shots · 1.03 xG · 1 goal

Full pitch retained for 1 location outside the attacking half.

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Pass map directional passes

Solid arrows are completed passes; dashed arrows are incomplete.

Aston Villa160 plotted of 388 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Stoke160 plotted of 360 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Passing networkexact player links onlyfull match

Node position is the player's full-match average pass location. Thicker connections represent more completed passes.

Aston Villa208 exact passer-recipient links

AYE GRE HUT LES RIC WES GES VER SIN AMA

AYEJordan Ayew7 passes
GREJack Grealish21 passes
HUTAlan Hutton18 passes
LESJoleon Lescott11 passes
RICMicah Richards25 passes
WESAshley Westwood37 passes
GESRudy Gestede14 passes
VERJordan Veretout38 passes
SINScott Sinclair5 passes
AMAJordan Amavi32 passes

Stoke235 exact passer-recipient links

WOL CAM WHE WAL AFE ARN DIO ADA PIE JOH GIN

WOLPhilipp Wollscheid26 passes
CAMGeoff Cameron20 passes
WHEGlenn Whelan33 passes
WALJonathan Walters17 passes
AFEIbrahim Afellay6 passes
ARNMarko Arnautović19 passes
DIOMame Biram Diouf16 passes
ADACharlie Adam28 passes
PIEErik Pieters32 passes
JOHGlen Johnson34 passes
GINMarco van Ginkel4 passes

Pass-location heatmapevent density, not tracking datafull match

Density is calculated from pass start locations in the accepted event feed.

Aston Villa388 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Stoke360 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Possession flow 39 recorded possessions

Share of recorded possession time in each five-minute interval. Official full-match possession is shown above.

Aston VillaStoke

0–5′0–100
5–10′0–100
10–15′33–67
15–20′62–38
20–25′61–39
25–30′32–68
30–35′14–86
35–40′100–0
40–45′100–0
45–50′9–91
50–55′58–42
55–60′25–75
60–65′0–100
65–70′0–100
70–75′0–100
75–80′0–100
80–85′0–100
85–90′86–14
90–95′100–0

Timeline 38 events

3' shot Mame Biram Diouf Stoke assist Jonathan Walters · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88%, 34.2%

4' shot Geoff Cameron Stoke assist Bojan · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 92%, 42.1%

6' shot Marko Arnautovic Stoke assist Charlie Adam · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82.3%, 69%

16' shot Charlie Adam Stoke assist Geoff Cameron · xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 38%, 48.2%

22' shot Mame Biram Diouf Stoke assist Erik Pieters · xG 0.07 · Open Play · location 92.7%, 53.3%

35' shot Bojan Stoke assist Jonathan Walters · xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.6%, 63.1%

35' shot Bojan Krkíc Pérez Stoke Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.09

36' shot Jonathan Walters Stoke assist Glenn Whelan · xG 0.01 · From Corner · location 89.2%, 60.8%

38' shot Idrissa Gueye AST assist Ashley Westwood · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 77.1%, 66.9%

38' shot Idrissa Gana Gueye AST Open Play · Off T · xG 0.03

43' Yellow Ashley Westwood AST Yellow Card

45' shot Rudy Gestede AST assist Ashley Westwood · xG 0.01 · Set Piece · location 90.3%, 62.5%

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45' Sub Jack Grealish AST on for Joleon Lescott · Tactical

54' shot Marko Arnautovic Stoke assist Glen Johnson · xG 0.43 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.5%, 43.1%

55' shot Micah Richards AST assist Ashley Westwood · xG 0.43 · Set Piece · location 92.6%, 46.4%

57' Sub Ibrahim Afellay Stoke on for Bojan Krkíc Pérez · Tactical

58' Sub Jordan Ayew AST on for Scott Sinclair · Tactical

62' shot Jordan Veretout AST xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 76.6%, 67%

63' shot Jordan Ayew AST assist Jordan Veretout · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.9%, 60.4%

65' shot Marko Arnautovic Stoke assist Glen Johnson · xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.3%, 57.9%

66' shot Rudy Gestede AST assist Jordan Veretout · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 83.3%, 28.3%

68' Sub Marco van Ginkel Stoke on for Marko Arnautović · Tactical

70' shot Ibrahim Afellay Stoke assist Glenn Whelan · xG 0.12 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.3%, 59.8%

74' Sub Carles Gil de Pareja Vicent AST on for Ashley Westwood · Tactical

76' shot Jordan Ayew AST assist Micah Richards · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.8%, 34.9%

76' shot Jordan Veretout AST xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90%, 62.3%

76' shot Jordan Veretout AST xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.8%, 69%

85' shot Joselu Stoke assist Glen Johnson · xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 79.3%, 31.7%

85' Sub José Luis Sanmartín Mato Stoke on for Mame Biram Diouf · Tactical

85' shot José Luis Sanmartín Mato Stoke Open Play · Saved · xG 0.01

87' shot Jordan Ayew AST assist Carles Gil · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.7%, 72.5%

90+1' shot Jack Grealish AST Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.03

90+2' shot Jordan Ayew AST Free Kick · Blocked · xG 0.06

90+2' shot Jordan Amavi AST Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.03

90' shot Ibrahim Afellay Stoke assist Charlie Adam · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.8%, 58.5%

91' shot Jack Grealish AST assist Carles Gil · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 78.6%, 28.5%

92' shot Jordan Ayew AST xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 74.2%, 49.9%

92' shot Jordan Amavi AST xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 74.5%, 49.8%

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Team statistics 2 metrics

0.84 Expected Goals 1.03

44% 55%

13 Total Shots 12

52% 48%

Lineups

Aston Villa

8 I Idrissa Gana Gueye LEFT CENTER MIDFIELD

15 A Ashley Westwood CENTER DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

23 J Jordan Amavi LEFT WING BACK

17 J Jordan Veretout RIGHT CENTER MIDFIELD

21 A Alan Hutton RIGHT WING BACK

9 S Scott Sinclair RIGHT CENTER FORWARD

1 B Bradley Guzan GK

33 J José Ángel Crespo Rincón RIGHT CENTER BACK

39 R Rudy Gestede LEFT CENTER FORWARD

16 J Joleon Lescott LEFT CENTER BACK

4 M Micah Richards CENTER BACK

Stoke

10 M Marko Arnautović LEFT WING

3 E Erik Pieters LEFT BACK

20 G Geoff Cameron RIGHT CENTER BACK

1 J Jack Butland GK

18 M Mame Biram Diouf RIGHT WING

16 C Charlie Adam RIGHT DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

19 J Jonathan Walters CENTER FORWARD

8 G Glen Johnson RIGHT BACK

27 B Bojan Krkíc Pérez CENTER ATTACKING MIDFIELD

6 G Glenn Whelan LEFT DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

26 P Philipp Wollscheid LEFT CENTER BACK