Manchester City · 2025/26
Erling Haaland
Erling Haaland ranks 2nd of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 12.5m on average. They carry 21% of Manchester City’s attacking output, the largest share in the squad.
This week
Next fixture
Gameweek 2away to Crystal Palace
Fri 28 Aug, 19:00 UTC
Crystal Palace concede 11.7 shots a match and are 0.95× the league norm against forwards. Roughly an average matchup.
- Projected shots
- 3.55
- Projected on target
- 1.75
3.78 per 90 × 0.94
1.72 per 90 × 1.02
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
35 appearances- Over 0.597%± 3
- Over 1.586%± 6
- Over 2.554%± 8
- Over 3.549%± 8
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 1 of 35 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.
Shots on target
35 appearances- Over 0.580%± 7
- Over 1.546%± 8
- Over 2.529%± 8
Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 1 of 35 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
125 shotsErling Haaland, 2025/26 · final 35m.
- left
- 22%
- Centre
- 64%
- right
- 14%
share of their shooting xG
Chance quality
xG per shot, distance, how they arrive- xG per shot
- 0.230
- Shots per 90
- 3.78
- Key passes per 90
- 0.76
- Average shot distance
- 12.5m
- From set pieces
- 20%
How their chances arrive
- Crosses
- 11%
- Through balls
- 27%
- Own dribble
- 3%
- Headed
- 16%
What they are for
Roles
penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships- PenaltiesTakes them: 4 of 4 Manchester City were awarded.
- When it mattered17 of 27 goals came with the game level or Manchester City behind.
- On the pitch87% of the minutes available to them.
Partnerships
- Fed by Mathis Cherki18 shots, 4.01 xG
- Fed by Jéremy Doku17 shots, 3.22 xG
- Fed by Phil Foden14 shots, 2.80 xG
- Fed by Bernardo Silva11 shots, 2.50 xG
A share of the attack says how much runs through Erling Haaland. 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- Mathis Cherki4.0 xG18 shots · 2g
- Jéremy Doku3.2 xG17 shots · 4g
- Phil Foden2.8 xG14 shots · 1g
- Bernardo Silva2.5 xG11 shots · 1g
- Nico O'Reilly1.8 xG8 shots · 1g
Chances created
who they supply- Tijjani Reijnders1.5 xG4 shots · 2g
- Nico O'Reilly0.8 xG2 shots · 1g
- Omar Marmoush0.7 xG4 shots · 1g
- Phil Foden0.6 xG2 shots · 1g
- Bernardo Silva0.6 xG2 shots · 1g
Season record
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passesErling Haaland carries 2.5% of Manchester City’s build-up value.
- Build-up per 900.15651% of forwards
- Possession value per 900.98997% of forwards
Ranked against 109 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.
Tackles, blocks and recoveries
per 90 · 2025/26They account for 3.6% of their club’s recorded defensive work.
- Tackles0.4636% of FWD
- Blocks, clearances, interceptions1.4655% of FWD
- Recoveries1.250% of FWD
- Defensive contribution3.179% of FWD
Rates from 2,953 minutes, ranked against 33 forwards with a comparable sample. The feed publishes season totals rather than a match-by-match record, so there is no hit rate against a line here. That needs the distribution, which no arithmetic on a total can recover. This statistic begins in 2025/26, so there is no earlier season to compare against.
Match log
most recent first- 2 shots1 OTat Bournemouth1g
- 5 shots4 OTvs Brentford1g
- 2 shots1 OTat Everton1g
- 5 shots2 OTat Burnley1g
- 5 shots1 OTvs Arsenal1g
- 4 shots1 OTat Chelsea
- 4 shots1 OTat West Ham
- 2 shots0 OTvs Nottingham Forest
- 4 shots1 OTvs Newcastle United
- 2 shots1 OTvs Fulham1g
Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 1 further appearance produced no shot and is not listed, but is counted in the rates above.