Manchester City released Premier League data: the most goals, lower expected goals than Manchester United, fifth in possession rate

After 7 rounds, the Premier League entered a short intermission period during international matches. Manchester City is temporarily ranked fifth with 13 points and 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. The club's official website has released a series of data summary of the league so far.

In terms of offense,

Manchester City has scored 15 goals and is the team with the most goals in the league. Among them, Harland has performed well and has scored 9 goals, leading the scorer list. Haaland's individual goals even exceed the team goals of nine Premier League teams.

In addition, 11 of Manchester City's goals were completed through player assists, of which Doku contributed 3 assists, Reinders twice, and 8 other players each had 1 assist.

However, Manchester City's expected goals xG is 12.21, which is lower than Manchester United and Crystal Palace, but they scored 6 fewer goals than Manchester City respectively. Manchester City took 68 shots, ranking fourth in the Premier League, while Manchester United had 82 shots.

In terms of defense,

Manchester City only conceded 6 goals. Only 4 Premier League teams have conceded fewer goals than Manchester City (Arsenal, Tottenham, Crystal Palace, Newcastle), and Manchester City has only conceded two goals in the past 4 rounds. Donnarumma has two clean sheets, and Trafford also kept a clean sheet in the first game. Manchester City's expected goals against is 7.1, which shows that the goalkeeper is exceeding expectations.

Since Manchester City is often the side that possesses more of the ball, the team often does not have an advantage in indicators such as interception, blocking, and winning confrontations. Despite the adjustment in style, Manchester City is still in the bottom half of the Premier League in these statistics, completing 47 interceptions, 18 blocks and 350 confrontation wins respectively.

In terms of discipline, Manchester City received 10 yellow cards, and only 3 teams had fewer than Manchester City. And Manchester City is one of the 12 Premier League teams that has not yet received a red card.

In terms of passing and controlling the ball,

Despite changes in style, Manchester City is still the team with the most passes in the Premier League, with a total of 3,785 passes in 7 rounds, an average of 540 times per game, slightly higher than Chelsea's 3,737 times.

But Manchester City’s average ball possession rate per game is 57%, lagging behind the four teams of Villa, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool. In terms of individual successful passes, no Manchester City player ranks in the top 15 of the list, with Ruben Dias ranking 16th with 404 times. This is different from the situation in recent years where he, Rodri and Gvardiol have often been at the top.