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Ashley Westwood covers more blades of grass per game than his other Aston Villa team-mates.

On average Westwood runs 11.42 kilometres a match in the Premier League.

Captain Micah Richards is the outfield Villa player who covers the least distance per match - 8.71km.

The figures have been provided by the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index, the Official Player Rating Index of the Barclays Premier League.

Jordan Ayew (11.27 km), Carles Gil (11.26 km). Jack Grealish (11.11 km) and Jordan Veretout (10.87 km) complete the top 5 of Villa’s hardest workers based on an average of 90 minutes.

In the bottom five of Villa’s outfield players, along with Richards, are Jores Okore (9.03 km), Gabby Agbonlahor (9.18 km), Ciaran Clark (9.54 km) and Rudy Gestede (9.47 km).

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The list includes players who have played more than 500 minutes in the Premier League for Villa this season. Distances are in kilometres

Player Over 90 minutes Minutes played Distance covered this season Ashley Westwood 11.42 2090 265.11 Jordan Ayew 11.27 1765 221.02 Carles Gil 11.26 1376 172.21 Jack Grealish 11.11 765 94.39 Jordan Veretout 10.87 1825 220.38 Scott Sinclair 10.80 1165 139.79 Carlos Sánchez 10.53 1045 122.31 Idrissa Gueye 10.52 2456 287.18 Alan Hutton 10.38 1885 217.50 Jordan Amavi 10.30 836 95.67 Kieran Richardson 10.28 557 63.62 Aly Cissokho 10.00 1080 120.01 Leandro Bacuna 9.93 1855 204.75 Joleon Lescott 9.90 2026 222.80 Rudy Gestede 9.47 1395 146.80 Ciaran Clark 9.45 1082 113.58 Gabriel Agbonlahor 9.18 1037 105.79 Jores Okore 9.03 1080 108.37 Micah Richards 8.71 1885 182.34 Brad Guzan 4.36 2160 104.54 Mark Bunn 3.64 630 25.46

Goalkeepers Brad Guzan (4.36 km) and Mark Bunn (3.64 km) have obviously covered the fewest kilometres per game.

Over the course of the season Guzan has almost run as far as Agbonlahor. The American stopper has run 104.54 km this term, compared to the Brummie striker’s 105.79 km, although the No.1 has had more than twice as many minutes on the pitch.

Here are the running stats for the players who have had bit part roles because of form or fitness this season.

Jordan Lyden 13.20 24 3.52 Charles N'Zogbia 12.52 41 5.70 Andre Green 12.14 57 7.69 Libor Kozák 11.54 258 33.08 José Ángel Crespo 9.70 90 9.70 Adama Traoré 9.60 165 17.61

Looking at Villa's running stats overall, Remi Garde has actually got the claret and blues climbing this particular table.

When Garde arrived in November the club's players had covered less ground than all of their Premier League peers.

By January they had at least run further than Stoke. Now they have clocked up more kilometres than four clubs. Everton, Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool.

Villa have run 3292.7 km.

Premier League team running stats

Bournemouth 3629.1 Tottenham Hotspur 3600.1 Leicester City 3420.6 Southampton 3418.4 Swansea City 3371.9 Norwich City 3366.3 West Bromwich Albion 3365.2 Stoke City 3344.4 Manchester United 3339.8 West Ham United 3330.1 Arsenal 3310.6 Newcastle United 3302.9 Crystal Palace 3301.3 Sunderland 3293.4 Watford 3292.9 Aston Villa 3292.7 Liverpool 3256.1 Chelsea 3242.8 Manchester City 3222.3 Everton 3160.3

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