West Brom vs Aston Villa

20 December 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Martin Atkinson

Full time 0 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

  • Anwar El Ghazi 5’, 88’ (pen)
  • Bertrand Traoré 84’

Match summary

Aston Villa won comfortably, 3-0 away at West Brom. Aston Villa led 1-0 at half-time.

Anwar El Ghazi put Aston Villa ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Bertrand Traoré, Bertrand Traoré made it 0-2 in the 84th minute, set up by Jack Grealish, and El Ghazi made it 0-3 from the penalty spot in the 88th minute.

The chances backed that up: Aston Villa created 2.62 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to West Brom's 0.04 from 1. West Brom had a player sent off.

Match stats

West Brom Aston Villa
1 Shots 19
1 Shots on Target 10
1 Corners 7
1 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
0.04 xG 2.62
0.04 Non-penalty xG 1.86
1 Deep Completions 12

Key events

West Brom Aston Villa
Kick-off
5’
Anwar El Ghazi
Assist: Bertrand Traoré
0-1 (Aston Villa)
Half-time0-1
84’
Bertrand Traoré
Assist: Jack Grealish
0-2 (Aston Villa)
88’
Anwar El Ghazi
Penalty
0-3 (Aston Villa)
Full-time0-3

Bookings

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

West Brom
  • Jake Livermore
  • Karlan Grant
Aston Villa
  • Kortney Hause
  • Tyrone Mings

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.04 2.62 5’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), 0-1 5’ 84’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), 0-2 84’ 88’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), 0-3 88’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.04 2.62 5’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), 0-1 El Ghazi 5’ 84’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), 0-2 Traoré 84’ 88’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), 0-3 El Ghazi 88’
West Brom 0.04 xGAston Villa 2.62 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking West Brom attacking 
88’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 5’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.66 xG, goal 51’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 71’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 75’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 90’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 84’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 61’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 47’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 48’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 24’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 40’ Matt Phillips (West Brom), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 90+4’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 55’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 15’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 59’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 90+3’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 21’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 88’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 5’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.66 xG, goal 51’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.34 xG, off target 71’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 75’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 90’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 84’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 61’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 47’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 48’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 24’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 40’ Matt Phillips (West Brom), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 90+4’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 55’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 15’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 47’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 90+3’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 59’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 21’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Sam Johnstone GK900 0.000.000
Darnell Furlong DEF900 0.000.000
Dara O'Shea DEF900 0.000.000
Semi Ajayi DEF900 0.000.000
Kieran Gibbs DEF900 0.000.000
Romaine Sawyers MID900 0.000.000
Matt Phillips MID791 0.040.000
Conor Gallagher MID900 0.000.000
Jake Livermore MID360 0.000.000
Grady Diangana MID800 0.000.000
Karlan Grant FWD850 0.000.000
Charlie Austin Sub110 0.000.000
Branislav Ivanovic Sub100 0.000.000
Callum Robinson Sub50 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

West Brom win 21% Avg odds 4.64
Draw 24% Avg odds 4.02
Aston Villa win 55% Avg odds 1.73

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

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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.