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In a very successful season, the squad led by coach Unay Emery earned the seventh spot that grants access to the European Competitions. With an interesting squad, a few Aston Villa players stood out after the change of manager that allowed a huge comeback in the Premier League. To understand their impact to the team, we present the average ratings of the players in a Back 4, the type of defense used for almost the whole season. In addition, this players must meet the necessary minutes requirement to be considered (minimum 450 minutes played in the season in a type of predefined defense: Back 4 or Back 5).

Aston Villa’s eleven with the most minutes played this season (Premier League).

Star Player:

E. Martínez (GK) – 7.26

With the clear highest average rating in this squad, Aston Villa’s GK – Emi Martínez – was one of the main reasons for the positive season achieved. The enormous consistency between the posts allowed Aston Villa to obtain points in quite difficult games.

Other Key Players:

D. Luiz (M&W) – 7.24
E. Buendía (CF) – 7.12

With this team, we need to emphasise the average rating obtained by D. Luiz and E. Buendía, players with great performances in the 2022-2023 Season.

Additional information regarding the team (Premier League).

With a lot more positive results at home than away (12 Home Wins & 6 Away Wins), it is possible to say that Aston Villa was a stronger team at home. The positive goal difference highlights the good defense showned by this team (1,21 goals per game) with a solid offensive setup (1,34 goals per game).

Positions most in need of strengthening:

Looking at the most used players, we can see that Aston Villa should buy solid players for the Full-Back positions. In the second plan, Aston Villa need to reinforce the squad with quality backups in Midfield and at Centre-Back to be able to compete in Europe.

Meaning of the used abbreviations:

G – Games
W – Wins
D – Draws
L – Loses
P – Points
GS – Goals Scored
GA – Goals Against
GD – Goal Diference
HW – Home Wins
AW – Away Wins

Data from FBref.

After a really good personal season in Empoli, Vicario signed with Tottenham. Being one of the key pieces in the Empoli squad, we can see that Empoli was one of the top performing players outside of the teams that qualified to European Competitions (TRANSFER TARGETS: SERIE A 22-23). Being a great Goalkeeper (GK), it was expected that Vicario could have the opportunity to move to a bigger club. It is expected that the Italian player will have the opportunity to play a lot of minutes at Tottenham.