Tag Archives: Statshack

Statshack – Aston Villa 2 Arsenal 4

Apologies for the delay on this one, I haven’t had much chance to look at the data and ESPN have introduced significant changes to their match graphics which have made [...]

Statshack – Blackburn 2 Aston Villa 0 – Lopsided approach fails

One of the great things about football (sometimes) is the variety of opinions, some more valid than others. Fans are particularly vociferous in expressing those opinions after a loss. I’ve [...]

Statshack – Aston Villa 2 Man Utd 2 – Efficiency is the name of the game

I’ve taken my sweet time with this one on purpose. I generally have a pretty good idea what the headline numbers look like by the final whistle and I know [...]

Statshack – Aston Villa 3 Blackpool 2

I’m a little short on time right now, so I’m just going to dump the numbers and run. One thing I just want to draw your attention to is the [...]

Statshack – Fulham 1 Aston Villa 1

Fulham weren’t anything close to spectacular, yet the stats show that their point wasn’t undeserved, contrary to what a lot of Villa fans felt at the final whistle, which begs [...]

Statshack – Sunderland 1 Aston Villa 0

It’s not so much a cliché as a truism: goals change games. Sometimes not scoring does too. Had Downing’s early woodwork striking effort gone in and/or had we been awarded [...]

Statshack – Aston Villa – Chelsea 0

Let’s be completely honest here, Chelsea have a considerably better side than we do and we have little practical reason to expect to beat them, yet their record at Villa [...]

Statshack – Tottenham 2 Aston Villa 1

Instead of any tactical analysis in this Statshack, I thought I’d share something I was looking at ahead of this game: our record at White Hart Lane over the last [...]

Statshack – Wolves 1 Aston Villa 2 – Jekyll And Hyde Performance

A tale of two halves, or Jeckyll and Hyde as I sometimes like to think of performances so different either side of the break. That might be overstating things, but [...]