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Premier League · Matchweek 4

Aston Villa

AVL

1–2Full time

Nottingham Forest

NFO

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

44%Possession45%
32%Territory34%
22%From set plays30%
0.10Chance quality0.09
4.8%Directness7.8%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Aston Villa, 3 for Nottm Forest. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 26 of 90 matches, not the full season.