Villa are averaging 5.7 shots on target per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 10.2 total SOT on average. That puts them 10th of 18 for team SOT per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player SOT-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Brighton, and a full match-by-match log.
Ollie Watkins leads with 16 shots on target across 10 qualifying appearances (1.6/g, 80% hit rate). The SOT-rate table below ranks every Villa player by SOT per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ SOT price.
Villa are averaging 5.7 shots on target per game over 10 games and concede 4.5 for a match-total of 10.2. That ranks 10th of 18 for team SOT in their primary competition. They take 13.2 shots per game and create 10.4 key passes per game.
SOT matchup blends our attackers' on-target rate (50%) with the opposition's SOT conceded per game (50%). For the upcoming fixture against Brighton, the page weights each Villa attacker against the opposition's last-season SOT-conceded rate.
Villa take 13.2 shots per game and put 5.7 on target. Players who shoot speculatively often have a low SOT-per-shot ratio; the context panel surfaces the shots/g funnel so you can see the conversion rate.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz — 10 Villa fixtures in the active window for 2026/2027. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced.
Villa are currently converting 42% of their shots on target into goals. A high conversion rate means finishing well; a low one means SOT volume but not yet goals. Pair this with the shots/g funnel to read how the goals number is built.
| Player | Position | Apps | Shots on target | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Watkins | attacker | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 80% |
| Morgan Rogers | midfielder | 9 | 9 | 1 | 67% |
| Emiliano Buendía | midfielder | 8 | 7 | 0.88 | 63% |
| John McGinn | midfielder | 8 | 6 | 0.75 | 50% |
| Youri Tielemans | midfielder | 9 | 4 | 0.44 | 44% |
| Ross Barkley | midfielder | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 40% |
| Pau Torres | defender | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Tyrone Mings | defender | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Lucas Digne | defender | 7 | 1 | 0.14 | 14% |
| Ezri Konsa | defender | 8 | 1 | 0.13 | 13% |
| Matty Cash | defender | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Emiliano Martínez | goalkeeper | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Victor Lindelöf | defender | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Lamare Bogarde | midfielder | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ian Maatsen | defender | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Amadou Onana | midfielder | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Tammy Abraham | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Leon Bailey | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jadon Sancho | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Andrés García | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Douglas Luiz | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Marco Bizot | goalkeeper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team shots on target | Opposition shots on target | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 May 2026 | Manchester City | Away | 1-2 | 5 | 3 | 8 | Ollie Watkins (2) |
| 20 May 2026 | SC Freiburg | Away | 0-3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | Emiliano Buendía (2) |
| 15 May 2026 | Liverpool | Home | 4-2 | 9 | 5 | 14 | Ollie Watkins (5) |
| 10 May 2026 | Burnley | Away | 2-2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | Ross Barkley (2) |
| 7 May 2026 | Nottingham Forest | Home | 4-0 | 10 | 2 | 12 | John McGinn (3) |
| 3 May 2026 | Tottenham Hotspur | Home | 1-2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | Emiliano Buendía (1) |
| 30 Apr 2026 | Nottingham Forest | Away | 1-0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | Youri Tielemans (1) |
| 25 Apr 2026 | Fulham | Away | 1-0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | Ollie Watkins (1) |
| 19 Apr 2026 | Sunderland | Home | 4-3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | Ollie Watkins (2) |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Bologna | Home | 4-0 | 7 | 4 | 11 | Morgan Rogers (3) |