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Aston Villa 2024/2025 – Set-Piece Analysis & Finding Similar Attacking Full-Backs To Nuno Mendes
Today, we have a set-piece analysis focusing on Aston Villa's tactics in 2024/25 along with a data analysis piece finding similar attacking full-backs to PSG's Nuno Mendes.
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The competition intensifies on all fronts in the Premier League over time as we gradually approach the finish line.
The competition we’re referring to is not only for the title or relegation but also for qualification to European competitions.
It’s enough to know that the gap between fourth place and eleventh place is only 10 points.
At this stage of the season, the importance of details becomes clear, with each team striving to outsmart their opponents by any means necessary.
One of the most notable details is set pieces.
Aston Villa occupies eighth place with 45 points, just four points behind Chelsea, who are fourth.
The Villans are one of the most impressive teams in the Premier League when it comes to set-pieces.
They sit in first place for the most goals scored from set-pieces this season, with 13 so far.
They hope to continue this approach as it could help them in the UEFA Champions League qualification battle.
You might say that this could be luck, but the statistics also confirm this excellence.
Aston Villa has the second-highest xG (expected goals) from set-pieces in the league, with 13.1 goals, just behind Arsenal, who have 13.24.
In addition, Aston Villa heavily rely on set-pieces in their attack, having scored 13 goals from a total of 41 from set-pieces, which accounts for nearly 32%.
This is unsurprising, as Aston Villa have a specialist in set-pieces in their coaching team, Austin MacPhee—one of the most renowned in his field, whose presence in Unai Emery‘s coaching team is highly evident during set-pieces.
In Karim El-shesheiny’s tactical analysis, we will discuss Aston Villa’s tactics under Austin MacPhee for corners, which are one of their key strengths.
In the first two installments of this series, we have looked at central defenders, taking a close look at the roles of ‘Dominant Defender‘ and ‘Ball-Playing Defender‘.
This time around, it is time to turn our attention to full-backs.
The structure of this article will follow the other two that have already been posted.
First, we will identify a prototype profile in the top five European Leagues.
Then, we will identify two players in the next strongest leagues with interesting profiles who are ready to move to a top-five league.
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Before Arsenal face PSV Eindhoven in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League clash tonight, check out our analysis of how Mikel Arteta’s side neutralise counterattack threats from corner kicks!
Before Atlético Madrid face Real Madrid in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League clash tonight, read our analysis of Diego Simeone’s low block tactics versus their city rivals in La Liga earlier this year.
With Aston Villa on the verge of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, learn about Villa’s homegrown midfield maestro, Jacob Ramsey!
