Manchester City · 2023/24
Mateo Kovacic
Mateo Kovacic ranks 198th of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 19.9m on average, with 24% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 2% of Manchester City’s attacking output, the 12th largest share in the squad.
This week
Next fixture
Gameweek 2away to Crystal Palace
Fri 28 Aug, 19:00 UTC
Crystal Palace concede 12.1 shots a match and are 0.92× the league norm against midfielders. A difficult one.
- Projected shots
- 1.15
- Projected on target
- 0.24
1.29 per 90 × 0.90
0.29 per 90 × 0.83
Season rate multiplied by what this opponent concedes relative to the league. It assumes a full ninety minutes and takes no account of rotation, so check availability before reading anything into it.
Shots
30 appearances- Over 0.543%± 9
- Over 1.520%± 7
- Over 2.53%± 3
- Over 3.53%± 3
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 17 of 30 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.
Shots on target
30 appearances- Over 0.517%± 7
- Over 1.50%± 0
- Over 2.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 17 of 30 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.
Where the shots come from
Where they shoot
22 shotsMateo Kovacic, 2023/24 · 22 shots in the final 35m, 1 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.
- left
- 13%
- Centre
- 86%
- right
- 1%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.065
- Shots per 90
- 1.29
- Key passes per 90
- 1.23
- Average shot distance
- 19.9m
- From set pieces
- 24%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 0%
- Through balls
- 0%
- Own dribble
- 47%
- Headed
- 0%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- On the pitch45% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Feeds Erling Haaland3 shots, 0.75 xG
- Feeds Phil Foden2 shots, 0.20 xG
- Feeds Bernardo Silva2 shots, 0.15 xG
- Fed by Oscar Bobb1 shot, 0.51 xG
A share of the attack says how much runs through Mateo Kovacic. These say what would have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker or the corner deliverer is not the same as losing a proportional slice of output, and a partnership cuts both ways: the supplier being absent damages the finisher’s numbers too.
Who they play with
Chances received
who supplies them- Oscar Bobb0.5 xG1 shot · 0g
- Manuel Akanji0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
- Rodri0.1 xG3 shots · 0g
- Jack Grealish0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
- Phil Foden0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
Chances created
who they supply- Erling Haaland0.8 xG3 shots · 0g
- Phil Foden0.2 xG2 shots · 0g
- Bernardo Silva0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
- Kevin De Bruyne0.1 xG2 shots · 0g
- Rúben Dias0.1 xG3 shots · 0g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesMateo Kovacic carries 5.6% of Manchester City’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.71597% of midfielders
- Possession value per 900.79091% of midfielders
Ranked against 128 midfielders with a comparable sample. Build-up is the value of possessions a player was involved in with their own shots and final passes removed, so it credits the work before the chance. It is a possession-value measure rather than a passing one: it cannot tell a forty-yard carry from two sideways balls, because no pass or carry record exists in this data.
Match log
most recent first- 2 shots0 OTat Tottenham
- 1 shot1 OTvs Wolverhampton Wanderers
- 5 shots1 OTvs Luton1g
- 1 shot0 OTvs Arsenal
- 1 shot0 OTat Bournemouth
- 2 shots1 OTat Newcastle United
- 1 shot0 OTat Luton
- 1 shot0 OTat Chelsea
- 2 shots1 OTvs Bournemouth
- 1 shot0 OTat Manchester United
Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 17 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.