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Manchester City · 2023/24

Kevin De Bruyne

npxG per 90
0.19
4 non-penalty goals
xA per 90
0.87
10 assists · 58 key passes
Finishing
+1.5
vs league conversion rate
Build-up per 90
0.57
1233 minutes · 18 games

Kevin De Bruyne ranks 2nd of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 21.8m on average, with 20% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 10% of Manchester City’s attacking output, the 4th largest share in the squad.

This week

Next fixture

Gameweek 2

away 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
2.88

3.21 per 90 × 0.90

Projected on target
1.03

1.24 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

18 appearances
  • Over 0.589%± 7
  • Over 1.561%± 11
  • Over 2.544%± 12
  • Over 3.522%± 10

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 2 of 18 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.

Shots on target

18 appearances
  • Over 0.556%± 12
  • Over 1.528%± 11
  • Over 2.511%± 7

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 2 of 18 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

44 shots
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Kevin De Bruyne, 2023/24 · final 35m.

left
36%
Centre
30%
right
34%

share of their shooting xG

Chance quality

xG per shot, distance, how they arrive
xG per shot
0.059
Shots per 90
3.21
Key passes per 90
4.23
Average shot distance
21.8m
From set pieces
20%

How their chances arrive

Crosses
7%
Through balls
14%
Own dribble
2%
Headed
2%

What they are for

Roles

penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships
  • Open-play crosses5 crosses from open play became shots, worth 1.42 xG.
  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 23% of Manchester City’s dead-ball danger, from 16 deliveries that became shots.
  • When it mattered3 of 4 goals came with the game level or Manchester City behind.
  • On the pitch36% of the minutes available to them.

Partnerships

  • Feeds Erling Haaland17 shots, 5.22 xG
  • Feeds Phil Foden12 shots, 1.46 xG
  • Feeds Oscar Bobb1 shot, 0.91 xG
  • Feeds Julián Álvarez4 shots, 0.80 xG

A share of the attack says how much runs through Kevin De Bruyne. 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
  1. Jéremy Doku0.4 xG6 shots · 0g
  2. Kyle Walker0.3 xG2 shots · 1g
  3. Rodri0.2 xG5 shots · 2g
  4. Phil Foden0.2 xG5 shots · 0g
  5. Bernardo Silva0.1 xG2 shots · 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Erling Haaland5.2 xG17 shots · 4g
  2. Phil Foden1.5 xG12 shots · 1g
  3. Oscar Bobb0.9 xG1 shot · 1g
  4. Julián Álvarez0.8 xG4 shots · 1g
  5. Nathan Aké0.7 xG1 shot · 0g

Season record

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Kevin De Bruyne carries 3.6% of Manchester City’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.568
    90% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 901.141
    99% 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
  • vs West Ham
    6 shots3 OT
  • at Tottenham
    1 shot1 OT
  • at Fulham
    2 shots1 OT
  • vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Nottingham Forest
    5 shots2 OT
  • at Brighton1g
    3 shots1 OT
  • vs Luton
    5 shots3 OT
  • at Crystal Palace2g
    3 shots2 OT
  • at Liverpool
    2 shots1 OT
  • vs Manchester United
    5 shots0 OT

Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 2 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.