+4.37goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.547% of Manchester City’s build-up value
league 0.27
Mateo Kovacic ranks 175th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 21.9m on average, with 32% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 7% of Manchester City’s attacking involvement, the 7th largest share in the squad.
Against their position
137 midfielders
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.2488th
Non-penalty goals
0.2489th
xG
0.0743rd
Non-penalty xG
0.0743rd
Shots
1.8280th
npxG per shot
0.0411th
Shot distance
21.9m22nd
Set-piece share
32%76th
Goals against xG
+4.2100th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.0847th
Expected assists
0.1566th
Key passes
1.3465th
npxG + xA
0.2254th
xG chain
0.6888th
xG build-up
0.5492nd
Assists against xA
-1.710th
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
5season count
Red cards
1season count
3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.
Ranked against 137 midfielders 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 toAston Villa
Sat 24 Oct, 11:30 UTC
Aston Villa concede 12.2 shots a match and are 1.10× the league norm against midfielders. Roughly an average matchup.
Projected shots
1.86
1.82 per 90 × 1.02
Projected on target
0.45
0.49 per 90 × 0.92
Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.
Shots
31 appearances
Over 0.522 of 3171%± 8
Over 1.514 of 3145%± 9
Over 2.57 of 3123%± 8
Over 3.52 of 316%± 4
The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 9 of 31.
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals
Mateo Kovacic, 2024/25, 45 shots in the final 35m, 6 scored.
left
19%
Centre
50%
right
32%
share of their shooting xG
Chance profile
quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.040
Shots per 90
1.82
Key passes per 90
1.34
Average shot distance
21.9m
From set pieces
32%
How the chances arrive
Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
0%
Club role
Manchester City
What they are for
When it mattered3 of 6 goals came with the game level or Manchester City behind.
On the pitch65% of available minutes.
What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Mateo Kovacic’soutput.
Chances received
who supplies them
Bernardo Silva0.3 xG10 shots, 1g
Josko Gvardiol0.2 xG3 shots, 0g
Phil Foden0.1 xG3 shots, 1g
Ilkay Gündogan0.1 xG2 shots, 1g
Kevin De Bruyne0.1 xG2 shots, 1g
Chances created
who they supply
Erling Haaland1.5 xG7 shots, 0g
James McAtee0.7 xG2 shots, 1g
Sávio0.6 xG2 shots, 0g
Josko Gvardiol0.4 xG3 shots, 0g
Phil Foden0.1 xG4 shots, 0g
Season record
2024/25
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
Mateo Kovacic carries 7.5%of Manchester City’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.541
91% of midfielders
Possession value per 900.682
88% of midfielders
Ranked against 137 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 rather than the chance.
Match by match
Match log
31 appearances, oldest first
over 1.5
1g
at Chelsea2 shots 1 on target
v Arsenal4 shots 0 on target
at Newcastle2 shots 0 on target
2g
v Fulham4 shots 2 on target
at Wolves1 shot 0 on target
v Southampton3 shots 1 on target
at Bournemouth3 shots 0 on target
at Brighton1 shot 1 on target
at Villa1 shot 1 on target
v Everton3 shots 0 on target
at Leicester2 shots 0 on target
at Brentford2 shots 0 on target
1g
at Ipswich2 shots 1 on target
v Chelsea1 shot 0 on target
at Arsenal1 shot 1 on target
at Forest1 shot 0 on target
1g
v Palace2 shots 1 on target
1g
at Everton1 shot 1 on target
v Villa2 shots 2 on target
v Wolves3 shots 0 on target
at Southampton3 shots 0 on target
v Bournemouth1 shot 0 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.
