Aston Villa vs Preston stats and head-to-head

2017-18. Tue, 20 Feb 2018

Aston VillaHome

11Full time, half-time 0–1

PrestonAway

Draw. Goal margin: 0.

WWWDLLeague form, oldest to newestWWDWW

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Villa Park. Photo: Arne Müseler / arne-mueseler.com / Original source, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Aston Villa have 16 scored home results and Preston 16 scored away results stored in 2017-18. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Aston Villa at home: 2.19 points per match (16 measured matches); Preston away: 1.56 points per match (16 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Aston Villa scored 1.88 per home match (16 measured matches); Preston scored 1.25 away (16). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.24 per club appearance across 764 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 18 of 32 pooled club appearances (56.3%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 1. Aston Villa: 1 wins; Preston: 0 wins; draws: 0.

This fixture has no recorded kickoff time. All results on its calendar date are excluded from this statistical brief.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half01

Second half10

The match in numbers

Aston VillaPreston

12Shots21
6Shots on target7
3Corners7
18Fouls9
3Yellow cards3
0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Aston Villa

Shots12
On target6
Goals1

50% of shots on target, 17% of those scored.

Preston

Shots21
On target7
Goals1

33% of shots on target, 14% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start. This match has no recorded kickoff time, so meetings on its date are excluded.

1 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Too few to read much into. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

Aston Villa wins

Draws

Preston wins

Goals / meeting

2.00

2 goals in 1 meeting · small sample

Both scored

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Over 1.5

100%

1 of 1 meeting · small sample

Over 2.5

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Over 3.5

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Aston Villa clean sheets

100%

1 of 1 meeting · small sample

Preston clean sheets

0 of 1 meeting · small sample

Corners / meeting

4.00

1 with corner data · small sample

Cards / meeting

2.00

1 with card data · small sample

Preston v Aston VillaWed, 1 Nov 2017 · EFL Championship 2017-180–2HT 0–2

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Home and away All matches

Aston Villa at homeWLWLLD

Sat, 10 Octv Brentford2–2C ––– · Y –––
Sat, 12 Septv Nott'm Forest1–2C 6–1 · Y 2–5
Mon, 31 Augv Arsenal0–1C 2–4 · Y 3–1
Fri, 15 Mayv Liverpool4–2C 4–9 · Y 3–1
Sun, 3 Mayv Tottenham1–2C 5–5 · Y 2–5
Sun, 19 Aprv Sunderland4–3C 4–5 · Y 1–3

Preston awayLWLLLD

Sat, 19 Sept@ QPR2–2C 3–9 · Y 2–3
Tue, 8 Sept@ Watford1–2C 4–2 · Y 2–0
Sat, 29 Aug@ Charlton0–1C 4–7 · Y 1–1
Sat, 15 Aug@ Bolton1–2C 2–5 · Y 3–2
Sat, 25 Apr@ Sheffield United3–2C 5–10 · Y 3–0
Wed, 22 Apr@ Birmingham1–2C 3–3 · Y 2–0

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Home and away Overall

Both clubs, all matches this season

49%
Both teams scored
League 50%
46 + 46 matches
88%
Over 0.5 goals
League 91%
46 + 46 matches
68%
Over 1.5 goals
League 73%
46 + 46 matches
46%
Over 2.5 goals
League 48%
46 + 46 matches
22%
Over 3.5 goals
League 25%
46 + 46 matches
10%
Over 4.5 goals
League 11%
46 + 46 matches
2.4
Avg total goals
League 2.55
46 + 46 matches
63%
1st half over 0.5
League 70%
46 + 46 matches
24%
1st half over 1.5
League 32%
46 + 46 matches
9.9
Corners per match
League 10.29
46 + 46 matches
66%
Corners over 8.5
League 70%
46 + 46 matches
50%
Corners over 9.5
League 57%
46 + 46 matches
41%
Corners over 10.5
League 45%
46 + 46 matches
3.8
Cards per match
League 3.63
46 + 46 matches
52%
Cards over 3.5
League 49%
46 + 46 matches
35%
Cards over 4.5
League 33%
46 + 46 matches

Stored season context, 2017-18

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2017-18

Home and away Overall

Both clubs, all matches this season

Aston Villa		Preston
4	Position	7
WWWDL	Last 5, oldest to newest	WWDWW
46	Played	46
1.80	Points per match	1.59
52%	Win %	41%
1.57	Scored / match	1.24
0.91	Conceded / match	1.00
2.48	Avg total goals	2.24
44%	Both scored	54%
44%	Clean sheets	33%
24%	Failed to score	26%
–	xG for	–
–	xG against	–

Half by half

Aston VillaPreston

0.701st half scored / match0.39
0.461st half conceded / match0.37
0.872nd half scored / match0.85
0.462nd half conceded / match0.63
35%Leading at half-time26%
70%1st half over 0.557%
33%1st half over 1.515%
72%2nd half over 0.574%
37%2nd half over 1.548%
30%Scored in both halves17%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Both clubs, every match this season.

Goals

Aston VillaPreston

1.57Scored / match1.24
0.91Conceded / match1.00
2.48Match total / match2.24
76%Scored 1+74%
41%Scored 2+39%
57%Conceded 1+67%
28%Conceded 2+20%
72%Match over 1.565%
48%Match over 2.544%
24%Match over 3.520%

Shots and xG

Aston VillaPreston

13.00Shots for13.35
11.37Shots against10.30
4.46On target for4.20
3.87On target against3.22
12%Shot conversion9%

Corners

Aston VillaPreston

5.17Corners for5.28
4.59Corners against4.74
9.76Match total10.02
72%Over 7.580%
59%Over 8.574%
50%Over 9.550%
41%Over 10.541%
30%Over 11.533%

Cards

Aston VillaPreston

1.26Cards for2.39
1.83Cards against2.15
3.09Match total4.54
57%Over 2.589%
35%Over 3.570%
24%Over 4.546%
13%Over 5.530%
11.09Fouls committed12.87

Referee this season

D England

Matches

Cards / match

3.90

29 matches

Over 3.5 cards

48%

29 matches

Over 4.5 cards

35%

29 matches

Fouls / match

25.10

29 matches

The table, 2017-18

#	Club	P	GD	Pts
2	Cardiff	46	30	90
3	Fulham	46	33	88
4	Aston Villa	46	30	83
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	76
6	Derby	46	22	75
7	Preston	46	11	73
8	Millwall	46	11	72
9	Brentford	46	10	69

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