Right, so this morning I thought I’d settle a debate with my mates about who actually dominated that Aston Villa versus Juventus friendly last night. Heard so much chat about it down the pub, half saying Villa bossed it, others swearing Juve still had the class. Needed to get the real story for myself, you know?
Started simple enough. Hopped on Google, fingers crossed for a quick BBC Sport page popping up. Typed “aston villa juventus full stats”. Didn’t get BBC. Got a tonne of other sites instead – some I knew, others looked dodgy as anything. Clicked the first few, felt like wading through mud.
Here’s the mess that happened:
- Site One: Took forever to load, ads popping up everywhere like bloody daisies. Found a little stats box buried under a mountain of pictures. Possession: 58% Villa, 42% Juve. Shots listed Villa 14, Juve 10. Okay… seemed legit? Closed it quick before my phone froze.
- Site Two: Cleaner, but numbers didn’t match! Now it claimed Villa only had 52% possession? Shots were 12 vs 8? Felt confused – what even are these numbers? Was looking for basics like shots on target, fouls, clear chances. Site Two had corners, at least. Villa won 5 to Juve’s 3. Useful, I suppose.
- Site Three (Mobile Hell): Nightmare. Zoomed in, zoomed out trying to find the stats section. Found a bunch of player ratings instead – useless for the team argument! Scrolled for minutes feeling annoyed. Gave up entirely.
Sighed, went back to Google feeling grumpy. Refined the search, added “2024 friendly” and scrolled further down. Found a slightly more reputable looking football news source, finally!
Here’s what they reckon were the key bits:
- Score: Finished 3-1 to Aston Villa. Confirmed that everywhere at least!
- Shots On Target: Villa 8, Juve 4. Ouch, that gap.
- Big Chances Missed: Juve flagged for 3 big ones gone begging. Made sense with the score.
- Pass Accuracy: Villa supposedly way up, 89% vs Juve’s 82%. Bit surprised by that one.
Spent a good half-hour fighting with search results and dodgy websites feeling frustrated. The core numbers seemed to paint a picture – Villa had more of the ball, created more clear chances, got way more shots on target, and yeah, scored more goals. Juve, stats suggested, looked wasteful when they did get a look-in.
Wrote it all down on a scrap of paper:
- Villa Win (3-1)
- Possession: Villa edge it (most places agreed on this)
- Shots/Shots on Target: Villa way clear
- Big Chances: Juve missed theirs badly
- Corners: Villa had more
- Passing: Villa sharper overall
So, the stats win this round? Seems so. They lean pretty heavily towards Villa controlling things and taking their chances better. Told the lads later, felt smug with some actual numbers to chuck about, even if finding them was a proper faff. Waste of time sometimes, but hey, curiosity satisfied! Won’t be trusting the first random site again, that’s for sure.