Tag Archives: Statshack

Statshack – Hull 0 Aston Villa 2

First things first; CT scans have revealed that Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink has suffered no long-term damage following his nasty clash of heads with Richard Dunne. That’s good news indeed, [...]

Statshack – Chelsea 7 Aston Villa 1

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No narrative from me this time, what can you really say to provide any kind of worthwhile analysis? It was a freak result that doesn’t reflect our part in proceedings? [...]

Statshack – Aston Villa 1 Sunderland 1

My personal feeling about this game is that MON gambled. He rolled the dice on Richard Dunne and James Milner’s fitness and neither looked like they should have started this [...]

Statshack Aston Villa 2 Wolves 2

Aston Villa vs Wolves formations

I think we’ve touched on this in the past, but one of the weaknesses of our current system when we play two strikers is that it can leave Petrov a [...]

Statshack – Wigan 1 Aston Villa 2

I sometimes struggle to enjoy a game now and again, even ones we win, because the nervous energy doesn’t allow me to relax and be entertained. Maybe you’re the same. [...]

Statshack – Aston Villa 5 Burnley 2

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One of the things that I enjoy about pulling the Statshacks together is that the statistics often don’t reflect my perception of the game, which really challenges what I think [...]

Statshack – Aston Villa 1 Man Utd 1

The first thing I notice when I create the average position maps is whether our players were deeper or more advanced in comparison to the previous match; in this case [...]

Statshack – Tottenham 0 Aston Villa 0

This might seem like an odd question to introduce the statistics from Saturday’s 0-0 draw with Tottenham, but do you remember the 4-4 draw we had at White Hart Lane [...]

Statshack – Fulham 0 Aston Villa 2

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If you hadn’t seen this game and just saw the statistics below, you might think that Fulham had a good chance in this game and were unlucky not to get [...]