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See the numbers behind Man City's 4 - 0 thrashing of Southampton

Manchester City created an impressive 2.4 xG worth of chances while limiting Southampton to 0.1 xG. City hit eight shots on target, while Southampton didn't manage a single shot.

Manchester City carried the ball into the opponent's box 16 times (Southampton didn't do so once) and played 13 successful balls into the opponent's box (Southampton managed only one).

Manchester City played 13 successful balls into the Southampton box, while Southampton managed only one. This season Southampton have averaged 7.9 balls into each opponent's box per 90 minutes.

Manchester City attempted 17 challenges in this game, up from nine in their last game (against FC Copenhagen).

Phil Foden, our man of the match, tallied 0.9 non-penalty xG (the highest of any player on the pitch), while Erling Haaland tallied 0.6 np-xG.

Erling Haaland has a total of 8.2 expected goals this season - the highest of any player in the Premier League.

Kevin De Bruyne provided some of the best chances of the game - tallying an xA of 0.4 (joint most of anyone on the pitch, alongside Phil Foden).

Kevin De Bruyne has contributed 4.0 expected assists this season - the most of any player in the Premier League.

Phil Foden and Joao Cancelo each played three key passes and both completed two crosses (joint-most of any player on the pitch for both stats). Foden also took the most shots on target (three).

Joao Cancelo carried the ball into the opponent's box four times (more than any other player on the pitch) and carried the ball a total of 269 yards towards the opponent's goal (farther than any other player on the pitch)

Cancelo has carried the ball a total of 1,764 yards towards the opponent's goal this season - farther than any other player in the Premier League.

Cancelo successfully dribbled past an opponent on three occasions (more than any other player on the pitch).

Joao Cancelo and Arsenal's Martinelli have both completed 20 successful dribbles this season - the joint-most of any player in the league.