Sheffield United vs Aston Villa

3 February 2024 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Paul Tierney

Full time 0 – 5

Half-time: 0–4

John McGinn 12’
Ollie Watkins 16’
Leon Bailey 20’
Youri Tielemans 30’
Álex Moreno 47’

Match summary

Aston Villa won comfortably, 5-0 away at Sheffield United. Aston Villa led 4-0 at half-time.

In the first half, John McGinn put Aston Villa ahead in the 12th minute, Ollie Watkins made it 0-2 in the 16th minute, set up by Douglas Luiz, Leon Bailey made it 0-3 in the 20th minute, set up by Ollie Watkins, and Youri Tielemans made it 0-4 from a corner in the 30th minute. In the second half, Álex Moreno made it 0-5 in the 47th minute, set up by Ollie Watkins.

The chances backed that up: Aston Villa created 3.21 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Sheffield United's 1.89 from 10.

Match stats

10 Shots 14

5 Shots on Target 10

3 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.53 xG 2.99

1.53 Non-penalty xG 2.99

7 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Sheffield United Aston Villa

Kick-off

12’

John McGinn

0-1

16’

Ollie Watkins
Assist: Douglas Luiz

0-2

20’

Leon Bailey
Assist: Ollie Watkins

0-3

30’

Youri Tielemans

0-4

Half-time0-4

47’

Álex Moreno
Assist: Ollie Watkins

0-5

Full-time0-5

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Sheffield United

Jayden Bogle

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Sheffield United 1.89 xGAston Villa 3.21 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Aston Villa attacking Sheffield United attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Wes Foderingham	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Jayden Bogle	DEF	90	1	0.03	0.00	0
Anel Ahmedhodzic	DEF	90	1	0.57	0.00	0
Auston Trusty	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.06	1
Mason Holgate	DEF	90	2	0.54	0.00	0
Rhys Norrington-Davies	DEF	54	0	0.00	0.00	0
James McAtee	MID	76	0	0.00	0.40	1
Vinicius Souza	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Andre Brooks	MID	54	0	0.00	0.00	0
Ben Brereton Díaz	MID	69	1	0.06	0.00	0
William Osula	FWD	50	0	0.00	0.00	0
Gustavo Hamer	Sub	40	1	0.06	0.19	3
Jack Robinson	Sub	36	2	0.50	0.00	0
Ben Osborn	Sub	36	0	0.00	0.06	1
Cameron Archer	Sub	21	1	0.07	0.00	0
Tom Davies	Sub	14	1	0.05	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	63			1	0.53	0.00	0
Diego Carlos	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Clement Lenglet	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Álex Moreno	DEF	90	1		1	0.45	0.01	1
Boubacar Kamara	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Douglas Luiz	MID	50		1	1	0.01	0.82	4
Leon Bailey	MID	64	1		2	0.11	0.66	2
Youri Tielemans	MID	85	1		2	0.10	0.19	2
John McGinn	MID	75	1		2	0.80	0.00	0
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90	1	2	3	0.92	0.53	2
Jacob Ramsey	Sub	40			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthew Cash	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.00	0
Moussa Diaby	Sub	26			1	0.17	0.13	1
Tim Iroegbunam	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Morgan Rogers	Sub	5			1	0.13	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sheffield United win 19% Avg odds 5.17

Draw 22% Avg odds 4.27

Aston Villa win 59% Avg odds 1.64

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Sheffield United D L L D L

Aston Villa D L W D L

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Previous and next meeting

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.