Right-Back · Defender

#2 Matty Cash

Aston Villa Premier League · England

Date of birth / Age: 7 Aug 1997 (29)
Height · Weight: 1.85 m · 74 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Right-Back
Citizenship: Poland, England
Joined club: 3 Sept 2020
Contract until: 2029
International: Poland · 25 caps, 4 goals

Date of birth / Age: 7 Aug 1997 (29)
Height · Weight: 1.85 m · 74 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Right-Back
Citizenship: Poland, England
Joined club: 3 Sept 2020
Contract until: 2029
International: Poland · 25 caps, 4 goals

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 48
Starting eleven: 45
Goals: 3
Assists: 3
Yellow cards: 12
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 4,005

Starting eleven94%

45 of 48 appearances

Minutes played4,005

83 per appearance

Goal involvement6

3 goals · 3 assists

Positions played

339 matches · since 2016/17

DMLWCMRWAMRB

Position	Apps	G	A
Right-Back	250	13	14
Attacking Midfield	35	3	0
Right Winger	31	5	1
Central Midfield	11	0	1
Other · LW, DM	12	2	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · full-backs with 900+ minutes

World rank: #504; full-back in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #191; among full-backs aged 26–29
In his league: 29%; of Premier League full-backs rank below him
Finishing: −0.7; goals below expected · better than 43% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

6 Expected

6.7

73 shots. He scores about what the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

5 Expected

6.8

Teammates converted fewer of his chances than expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	Premier League	Aston Villa	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	266
2025/26	Premier League	Aston Villa	34	34	3	3	9	0	0	2,976
2025/26	UEFA Europa League	Aston Villa	12	9	0	–	3	–	0	830
2025/26	Carabao Cup	Aston Villa	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	120
2025/26	FA Cup	Aston Villa	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	79
2024/25	Premier League	Aston Villa	27	24	1	1	7	0	0	2,069
2024/25	UEFA Champions League	Aston Villa	8	7	0	–	1	–	0	514
2024/25	FA Cup	Aston Villa	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	170
2026	UEFA World Cup Qualifiers	Poland	9	8	2	–	0	–	0	664
2023/24	Premier League	Aston Villa	29	23	2	1	8	0	0	2,155
2023/24	UEFA Europa Conference League	Aston Villa	13	7	2	–	2	–	0	822
2023/24	FA Cup	Aston Villa	3	3	1	–	1	–	0	262
2023/24	Carabao Cup	Aston Villa	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2022/23	Premier League	Aston Villa	26	20	0	0	4	0	0	1,817
2022/23	Carabao Cup	Aston Villa	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	16
2022/23	FA Cup	Aston Villa	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	72
2022	FIFA World Cup	Poland	4	4	0	–	2	–	0	360
2024	UEFA European Championship Qualifiers	Poland	4	3	0	–	1	–	0	168
2022/23	UEFA Nations League - League A	Poland	3	2	1	–	0	–	0	204
2021/22	Premier League	Aston Villa	38	38	4	3	8	0	0	3,380
2021/22	Carabao Cup	Aston Villa	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	76
2021/22	FA Cup	Aston Villa	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2020/21	Premier League	Aston Villa	28	28	0	1	7	1	0	2,381
2022	UEFA World Cup Qualifiers	Poland	3	2	0	–	1	–	0	162
2019/20	Championship	Nottingham Forest	42	40	3	5	7	0	0	3,613
2019/20	Carabao Cup	Nottingham Forest	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	194
2018/19	Championship	Nottingham Forest	36	27	6	1	4	0	0	2,423
2018/19	Carabao Cup	Nottingham Forest	4	2	2	–	1	–	0	236
2018/19	FA Cup	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	56
2017/18	Championship	Nottingham Forest	23	14	2	1	1	0	0	1,457
2017/18	FA Cup	Nottingham Forest	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	176
2016/17	Championship	Nottingham Forest	28	18	0	1	4	0	0	1,671
2016/17	FA Cup	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2016/17	Carabao Cup	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	1
2015/16	League Two	Dagenham & Redbridge	12	12	3	–	1	–	0	1,014

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			406	342	32	17^*	73	1^*	0	30,674

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Premier League	185	10	9
Championship	129	11	8
Poland	23	3	–
UEFA Europa Conference League	13	2	–
Carabao Cup	12	2	–
FA Cup	12	1	–
League Two	12	3	–
UEFA Europa League	12	0	–
UEFA Champions League	8	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Sept 2020 Sept 2020 · Transfer Nottingham Forest Aston Villa Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
May 2016 May 2016 · Back from Loan Dagenham & Redbridge Nottingham Forest Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Mar 2016 Mar 2016 · Loan Nottingham Forest Dagenham & Redbridge Loan Fee in TSH subscription

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