Dan Bardell is joined by The Athletic’s data analyst Mark Carey to go INSIDE Aston Villa’s 3–1 win over Nottingham Forest 🔍🦁
Together, they break down the numbers behind the performance, including:
📊 Villa’s field tilt and territorial control
🧠 Midfield dominance and how Forest were boxed in
🔁 Why Villa’s press and structure made the breakthrough inevitable
A proper data-led look at how Unai Emery’s side dismantled a low block at Villa Park.
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21 Comments
Morning Dan, hope you have warmed up…..
the athletic put a blues fan on villa duty whilst sneaky contract boy is on annual leave
Great to see Mark on the pod! UTV
Tielemans was class, but Kamara was absolutely immense. What a player!
We've conceded 7 goals this season due to player mistakes
McGinn last got 2 in the Championship
Id love to draw Arsenal in the FACup away and go there with a full side
The worst news we could have is Amorim sacked, because they might get a decent manager now, and put a new manager bounce going.???latest news man united are after Emery everyone will say no chance but i seriously dont know HELP.??
Left sided C😢B an option. Mings is almost 33 and injury prone
Great episode – nice perspective from Mark
Such a great debut from Mark! Will Tanswell get straight back into the starting lineup when he's finished mucking about with his ski's? 😂
UTV 💜💙
Re: Villa’s 3rd goal, clearly a mistake by the goalie but look at the play just before Tielemans plays his quarter-back style pass … Watkins makes a wide run to the left taking a central defender with him and Rogers makes a run towards his own goal pulling the other central defender forward. Consequently when the pass comes through the goalie is justified, in that instant, in thinking he is on his own trying to defend it. So it’s not a rush of blood as much as it’s fantastic movement from the Villa to make him feel he has to do something.
When he is beaten to the ball by McGinn and the defenders move back into position he looks like an idiot – but Villa’s movement caused that to happen. (Credit to Luke Robinson for spotting that)
Fantastic episode Dan, many many thanks!
Is anyone scared with the news out of man u?
Good debut from Mark Carey
If tanswell dares to have another holiday 😂 then mark is a very good replacement (permanently 😂
Forest after 20 games last season were on 40 points and 3rd .. 6 points behind 1st placed Liverpool.
Importantly they were only 5 points clear of 5th
Are there two teams in Birmingham? (confused) 😄
Great to see Mark Carey from the scattergram here! 👏🏼
Hopefully, with Ollie scoring now we won't go behind as often for the rest of the season. Utv.
I like this guy
Great update today, whilst we missed Jacob, Mark spoke really well and was extremely complementary of the Villa.
On another note, if Watkins has a knee problem, why does he celebrate with a knee slide, Emery needs to have a word with him 😂