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Why are Aston Villa scoring so many Premier League goals from outside the box?


Nine of Villa’s 16 Premier League goals this season have come from outside the box – the most of any side in 2025-26.

Kamara’s blockbuster, which found the top corner, was the latest in a line of long-range strikes.

Matty Cash, Emi Buendia and Morgan Rogers have found the net from distance to aid Villa’s rise into the top three.

Bournemouth have scored seven from outside the box, leaders Arsenal just two, while Wolves are yet to score.

For Emery, someone who plans for every detail and demands perfection, Villa’s success is no coincidence.

“The players are very comfortable shooting, and they are being clinical, but of course our demand is going more options to try to get goals,” he said.

“We need to add goals in different ways.”

He added to Sky Sports: “They are practising a lot every training session and shooting like that.”

Villa are the only team to have scored more than half their goals from outside the box at this stage of the season in Premier League history.


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