Aston Villa4–0Brentford

Half-time goals: Aston Villa 3, Brentford 0. The score at the break.

xG: Aston Villa 3.46, Brentford 1.00. Chances created, each weighted by how often a shot like it is scored.

Non-penalty xG: Aston Villa 2.69, Brentford 1.00. The same with penalties taken out — open-play threat only.

Shots: Aston Villa 19, Brentford 12. Attempts at goal, on target or not.

On target: Aston Villa 11, Brentford 3. Goals plus saved shots. A shot against the post is not on target.

Big chances: Aston Villa 6, Brentford 2. Shots worth 0.3 expected goals or more — the ones that should be scored.

Corners: Aston Villa 7, Brentford 6. Corners won.

Shots from corners: Aston Villa 4, Brentford 5. How many of those corners actually produced a shot.

Headed shots: Aston Villa 0, Brentford 2. Attempts with the head, a proxy for how much arrives from crosses.

Penalties: Aston Villa 1, Brentford 0. Penalties awarded and taken.

Passes in their third: Aston Villa 162, Brentford 208. Passes completed in the opposition’s defensive third. NOT total passes — no source here publishes those.

Deep completions: Aston Villa 9, Brentford 3. Passes completed within 20 yards of goal.

Fouls: Aston Villa 14, Brentford 11. Fouls conceded.

Yellow cards: Aston Villa 1, Brentford 0. Summed from the players.

PPDA: Aston Villa 7.2, Brentford 7.4. Passes the opposition completes per defensive action. A LOW number means pressing high and often; a high one means sitting off.

Expected points: Aston Villa 2.80, Brentford 0.13. Points these chances were worth on average — 3 for a win, 1 for a draw — whatever the scoreline actually said.