Man City

Man City's chances have been 0.51 goals a match better than its opponents' this season, 3rd in the league; results have put it 1st in the table.

+0.51
expected-goals difference a match, 3rd in the league
18
points from 6 matches, 1st in the table
10.3
points the chances deserved
1.83 / 1.01
rating now: creates / allows, expected goals a match as the rating counts them

Man City has 18 points from chances that deserved 10.3: 7.7 ahead of its performance. The rating, which remembers past seasons, puts it at +0.82 expected goals a match as the rating counts them, against an average opponent; it is +0.51 from this season's chances in full.

Performance match by match

-2.0-1.00+1.0+2.0Match 1, v Bournemouth: +1.16 expected goalsMatch 2, at Crystal Palace: +2.05 expected goalsMatch 3, v Coventry: +0.68 expected goalsMatch 4, at Man Utd: -0.09 expected goalsMatch 5, v Sunderland: -0.49 expected goalsMatch 6, at Liverpool: -0.26 expected goalsMatch of the season; above the line the team created more than it allowed

Points and the points the chances deserved

0510150123456Match of the seasonAfter match 1: 3 pointsAfter match 2: 6 pointsAfter match 3: 9 pointsAfter match 4: 12 pointsAfter match 5: 15 pointsAfter match 6: 18 pointsAfter match 1: the chances deserved 2.3After match 2: the chances deserved 5.0After match 3: the chances deserved 6.8After match 4: the chances deserved 8.1After match 5: the chances deserved 9.2After match 6: the chances deserved 10.3PointsPoints the chances deserved

The rating through the season

Before each match: the expected goals a match as the rating counts them that the rating says the team creates and allows against an average opponent. It remembers past seasons with the recent matches counting most, and leans on what the squad is worth while the record is short.

0.000.501.001.500123456Match of the seasonBefore match 1: creates 1.81 a matchBefore match 2: creates 1.81 a matchBefore match 3: creates 1.83 a matchBefore match 4: creates 1.82 a matchBefore match 5: creates 1.80 a matchBefore match 6: creates 1.83 a matchBefore match 1: allows 1.01 a matchBefore match 2: allows 1.01 a matchBefore match 3: allows 1.00 a matchBefore match 4: allows 1.00 a matchBefore match 5: allows 0.99 a matchBefore match 6: allows 1.02 a matchAttack: expected goals created a matchDefence: allowed a match

How Man City creates and concedes

Share of expected goalscreatedleagueallowedleague
Open play78%73% 51%73%
of which counter-attacks6%10% 4%10%
Set pieces22%22% 49%22%
Penalties0%5% 0%5%
Headers11%16% 13%16%
Inside the box90%82% 84%82%
Expected goals a shot0.120.110.100.11

Matches

DateOpponentResultxG forxG againstDiffPtsDeserved
2026-08-23v Bournemouth 2–1 1.620.46+1.1632.3
2026-08-28at Crystal Palace 4–1 2.510.46+2.0532.7
2026-09-05v Coventry 1–0 1.711.03+0.6831.9
2026-09-13at Man Utd 1–0 0.600.69-0.0931.2
2026-09-20v Sunderland 5–3 2.372.86-0.4931.1
2026-10-11at Liverpool 3–0 1.231.49-0.2631.1

Expected goals here leave penalties out, as the rating does; the match pages count them. The squad the rating reads is worth about 1435 million euros at its latest match.