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Manchester City

John Stones

Defender
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.112 non-penalty goals from 2 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.010 assists, 2 key passes
Finishing
+1.40goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.451% of Manchester City’s build-up value

John Stones ranks 240th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 4.9m on average, with 100% of their danger coming from set pieces.

Against their position

123 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.33
Non-penalty goals
0.33
xG
0.11
Non-penalty xG
0.11
Shots
0.33
npxG per shot
–not ranked
Shot distance
–not ranked
Set-piece share
–not ranked
Goals against xG
+1.3

2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.00
Expected assists
0.01
Key passes
0.33
npxG + xA
0.13
xG chain
0.45
xG build-up
0.45
Assists against xA
-0.1

On the ball

per 90

6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Defending

per 90

7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
1season count
Red cards
0season count

3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Ranked against 123 defenders with half a match a round or more, the same comparison the compare page makes. Where less is better, such as being dispossessed, the order is turned round, so a high percentile is always the good end.

This week

Gameweek 8

Next fixture

Gameweek 8

away to Aston Villa

Sat 24 Oct, 11:30 UTC

Aston Villa concede 12.2 shots a match and are 0.87× the league norm against defenders. A difficult one.

Projected shots
0.30

0.33 per 90 × 0.91

Projected on target
0.31

0.33 per 90 × 0.92

Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.

Shots

11 appearances
  • Over 0.52 of 1118%± 12
  • Over 1.50 of 110%± 0
  • Over 2.50 of 110%± 0
  • Over 3.50 of 110%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 9 of 11.

Shooting profile

2 shots

Where they shoot

2 shots
Every shotBy zone
50% of shots, 1 shot50% of shots, 1 shot50%50%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

John Stones, 2024/25, final 35m.

left
0%
Centre
100%
right
0%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.333
Shots per 90
0.33
Key passes per 90
0.33
Average shot distance
4.9m
From set pieces
100%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
0%

Club role

Manchester City

What they are for

  • On the pitch16% of available minutes.

What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of John Stones’output.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Phil Foden0.1 xG1 shot, 1g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Jack Grealish0.1 xG2 shots, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

John Stones carries 1.5% of Manchester City’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.446
    85% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.446
    74% of defenders

Ranked against 123 defenders 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 rather than the chance.

Match by match

Match log

11 appearances, oldest first
1g

v Arsenal1 shot
1 on target

1g

at Wolves1 shot
1 on target

9 blanksno shot
not placed

Height is shots, solid is on target, and the dashed rule is the 1.5 line. The feed cannot date an appearance with no shot in it, so 9 sits at the end, counted but unplaced.

How to read the ties. Each rate ties back to the league average: solid where the sample is settled, broken where it is still being shrunk toward the league, an open circle where there is no cohort to rank against.