Aston Villa’s first Champions League recreation since 1982/83 noticed them put in a really dominant efficiency away to Swiss champions Younger Boys. The Villans earned a commanding 3-0 victory in Switzerland, because of targets from Youri Tielemans, Jacob Ramsey and Amadou Onana.
Statistically, the Villans dominated the sport, too. In line with Sofascore, they’d much more possession in comparison with the Swiss outfit after weathering an early storm and adapting to the plastic pitch, a tricky floor to play on.
In complete, Unai Emery’s facet had 53% of the ball, in comparison with Younger Boys’ 47%. Not solely that, they’d 20 photographs to the Swiss champions’ 12 and registered seven on course, two greater than their opponent.
Younger Boys vs Villa match stats | ||
|---|---|---|
Stat | Younger Boys | Villa |
Passes | 363 | 405 |
Possession | 47% | 53% |
Pictures | 12 | 20 |
Pictures on course | 5 | 7 |
Anticipated targets (xG) | 0.59 | 2.13 |
Stats from Sofascore | ||
It was unsurprisingly a dominant efficiency from the previous European Cup winners, as they slotted seamlessly again into the most important membership competitors within the continent.
The guests can actually be pleased with their night time’s work, though there was nonetheless lots to do for goalkeeper, Emiliano Martinez, who put in a formidable exhibiting in opposition to the Swiss outfit.
Emi Martinez’s stats vs Younger Boys
Regardless of a very good night time’s work from his teammates, notably the three goalscorers, Martinez was examined pretty usually and needed to put in some essential saves, significantly within the first half, so as to maintain the rating at 0-0. There have been actually some furry moments for the Villans.
The Argentine World Cup winner had 54 touches of the ball and was compelled into making 5 saves. Three of these stops got here from photographs contained in the penalty field. The goalkeeper additionally accomplished 28 from 41 tried passes.
It was a efficiency that earned Martinez a deserved 8/10 rating from Aim journalist Richard Mills. The journalist was complimentary of his efficiency, explaining that the Villa quantity 23 was available to get “his staff out of a few harmful conditions”.
The floor didn’t make it a straightforward pitch to play on for any goalkeeper, however Martinez made mild worm of it. He negated a ball that might skid on unpredictably and in the end managed to maintain a clear sheet in Switzerland.
While the previous Arsenal goalkeeper had a very good night time, the identical can’t be mentioned for one Villa participant, Lamar Bogarde, who had a tricky night and was substituted at half-time.
Lamar Bogarde’s stats vs Younger Boys
After making two consecutive Premier League begins at right-back within the absence of the injured Matty Money, it was a baptism of fireplace for 20-year-old Bogarde on Tuesday night.
While he didn’t make any calamitous errors, the teenager struggled to make an impression on the sport and was subsequently changed on the break by the extra skilled Diego Carlos.
He had simply 18 touches of the ball, 39 fewer than Martinez, accomplished eight from 9 passes, and misplaced the ball thrice. Boagrde additionally received simply 50% of his floor duels in Switzerland, three from six in complete.
His efficiency earned him a 6/10 score from the aforementioned Mills, who famous that, while the teenager didn’t essentially do something unsuitable, “a few threatening Younger Boys assaults occurred on his facet of the pitch”, suggesting they exploited his facet.
Certainly, if Emery was to drop the teenager this weekend for the sport in opposition to Wolves at Villa Park, there are two choices as to who may exchange him. The obvious choice is Carlos, who got here on to switch him on Tuesday, however he may additionally flip to 18-year-old Serbian defender Kosta Nedeljkovic, who featured of their first three Premier League video games of the season and stood out in opposition to Arsenal.
It stays to be seen which route the Spaniard chooses to go down, together with exhibiting religion in Bogarde and protecting him within the facet. Nevertheless, he will definitely be hoping his facet can proceed to construct on a formidable win of their first Champions League recreation since 1982/83.
