Manchester City · 2024/25
Kevin De Bruyne
Kevin De Bruyne ranks 9th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 21.2m on average. They carry 11% of Manchester City’s attacking output, the 2nd largest share in the squad.
This week
Next fixture
Gameweek 2away to Crystal Palace
Fri 28 Aug, 19:00 UTC
Crystal Palace concede 12.8 shots a match and are 1.09× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.
- Projected shots
- 3.11
- Projected on target
- 0.71
3.01 per 90 × 1.04
0.79 per 90 × 0.89
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
28 appearances- Over 0.582%± 7
- Over 1.557%± 9
- Over 2.525%± 8
- Over 3.518%± 7
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 5 of 28 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.
Shots on target
28 appearances- Over 0.543%± 9
- Over 1.511%± 6
- Over 2.50%± 0
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 5 of 28 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
57 shotsKevin De Bruyne, 2024/25 · final 35m.
- left
- 21%
- Centre
- 54%
- right
- 25%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.097
- Shots per 90
- 3.01
- Key passes per 90
- 3.01
- Average shot distance
- 21.2m
- From set pieces
- 12%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 2%
- Through balls
- 1%
- Own dribble
- 4%
- Headed
- 2%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- Open-play crosses5 crosses from open play became shots, worth 1.32 xG.
- Corners and set piecesSupplies 16% of Manchester City’s dead-ball danger, from 23 deliveries that became shots.
- When it mattered3 of 4 goals came with the game level or Manchester City behind.
- On the pitch50% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Feeds Erling Haaland12 shots, 2.42 xG
- Feeds Phil Foden4 shots, 1.56 xG
- Feeds Bernardo Silva4 shots, 1.07 xG
- Feeds Omar Marmoush3 shots, 1.03 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- Jéremy Doku1.0 xG4 shots · 2g
- Omar Marmoush0.7 xG2 shots · 0g
- Sávio0.5 xG4 shots · 1g
- James McAtee0.4 xG1 shot · 0g
- Bernardo Silva0.3 xG8 shots · 0g
Chances created
who they supply- Erling Haaland2.4 xG12 shots · 1g
- Phil Foden1.6 xG4 shots · 3g
- Bernardo Silva1.1 xG4 shots · 1g
- Omar Marmoush1.0 xG3 shots · 0g
- Rúben Dias0.6 xG4 shots · 0g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesKevin De Bruyne carries 4.9% of Manchester City’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.45998% of forwards
- Possession value per 900.99295% of forwards
Ranked against 104 forwards 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- 3 shots0 OTvs Bournemouth
- 5 shots1 OTat Southampton
- 1 shot1 OTvs Wolverhampton Wanderers1g
- 1 shot1 OTvs Aston Villa
- 2 shots0 OTat Everton
- 6 shots1 OTvs Crystal Palace1g
- 2 shots2 OTat Manchester United
- 2 shots1 OTat Nottingham Forest
- 2 shots0 OTvs Liverpool
- 2 shots0 OTat Ipswich
Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 5 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.
