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Manchester City

Manuel Akanji

Defender
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.050 non-penalty goals from 15 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.020 assists, 9 key passes
Finishing
-0.91goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.618% of Manchester City’s build-up value

Manuel Akanji ranks 316th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 15.2m on average, with 83% of their danger coming from set pieces.

Against their position

123 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.00
Non-penalty goals
0.00
xG
0.05
Non-penalty xG
0.05
Shots
0.67
npxG per shot
0.07
Shot distance
15.2m
Set-piece share
83%
Goals against xG
-1.0

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.00
Expected assists
0.02
Key passes
0.40
npxG + xA
0.06
xG chain
0.62
xG build-up
0.61
Assists against xA
-0.4

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
3season 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
0.61

0.67 per 90 × 0.91

Projected on target
0.08

0.09 per 90 × 0.92

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

Shots

26 appearances
  • Over 0.59 of 2635%± 9
  • Over 1.54 of 2615%± 7
  • Over 2.51 of 264%± 4
  • Over 3.51 of 264%± 4

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 17 of 26.

Shooting profile

15 shots

Where they shoot

15 shots
Every shotBy zone
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Manuel Akanji, 2024/25, 15 shots in the final 35m, 0 scored.

left
20%
Centre
76%
right
4%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.067
Shots per 90
0.67
Key passes per 90
0.40
Average shot distance
15.2m
From set pieces
83%

How the chances arrive

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

Club role

Manchester City

What they are for

  • On the pitch59% of available minutes.

What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Manuel Akanji’soutput.

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Phil Foden0.3 xG1 shot, 0g
  2. Kevin De Bruyne0.2 xG3 shots, 0g
  3. Bernardo Silva0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. James McAtee0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Jack Grealish0.1 xG3 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Phil Foden0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  2. Sávio0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Erling Haaland0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
  4. Kyle Walker0.0 xG2 shots, 0g
  5. Mateo Kovacic0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Manuel Akanji carries 7.6% of Manchester City’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.607
    95% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.619
    93% 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

26 appearances, oldest first

v Arsenal2 shots
0 on target

at Newcastle2 shots
0 on target

v Southampton1 shot
1 on target

v Spurs2 shots
0 on target

v Forest1 shot
0 on target

at Brentford1 shot
0 on target

at Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

at Southampton4 shots
1 on target

at Fulham1 shot
0 on target

17 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 17 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.