The Sport Analytic
Twitter Email
The content on this site is created by the automated analysis of data from FBREF. This data is then passed through open-source large language models available from the Hugging Face library. The project is in an early stage of development and may contain errors. Please verify accuracy with FBREF, the original data source, before sharing content.

Latest Manchester City
match report

Mancehster City managed to create chances worth an impressive 2.5 xG, significantly more than the Premier League average of 1.2 xG per game. Crystal Palace only created 0.1 xG, considerably less than their average this season of 1.1 xG.

Manchester City dominated possession, completing 734 passes - vastly more than the Premier League average of 349 passes.

Manchester City completing 15 key passes, while limiting Crystal Palace to two. Key passes are defined as any pass that leads to a teammate's shot.

Manchester City carried the ball into the Palace penalty area eight times, while Palace only did so once. This season Crystal Palace have averaged 4.6 carries into the opponent's box.

Manchester City succesffuly played an impressive 77 passes into the final third, up massively from 42 in their preivous match (against Newcastle). Crystal Palace only managed 9 passes into the attacking third, while the Premier League average is 27 per 90 minutes.

Manchester City were adventurous in possession, taking only 14% of their touches in the defensive third. Around 55% of Crystal Palace's touches were in the defensive third, while the average across the division is 33%.

Manchester City carried the ball a combined 1,835 yards towards the opponent's goal. The Premier League average is 858 yards.

Goal scorer Bernardo Silva was our man of the match.

Bernardo Silva created some of the best chances of the game - tallying an xA of 0.5 (more than any other player on the pitch).

Bernado Silva also made more key passes (four) than any other player on the pitch.

Bernardo Silva also made the most carries into the opponent's boc (five).

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

Kyle Walker completed 109 passes (out of 117) - more than any other player on the pitch.

Walker also played more successful passes into the final third than anyone else - 30.

Walker also recoreded the greatest distance in combined progressive passes (632 yards).