Small sample. Only 120 minutes this season, so the rates below swing heavily on a handful of moments. Read them as description, not as form.
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.070 non-penalty goals from 2 shots
league 0.14
Expected assists per 90
0.321 assists, 4 key passes
league 0.10
Finishing
-0.08goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.951% of Manchester City’s build-up value
league 0.24
Mateo Kovacic has not reached the 450-minute floor this season, so they are not ranked against the league yet. They shoot from 20.6m on average.
Against their position
142 midfielders
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.0013th
Non-penalty goals
0.0013th
xG
0.0739th
Non-penalty xG
0.0740th
Shots
1.5076th
npxG per shot
–not ranked
Shot distance
–not ranked
Set-piece share
–not ranked
Goals against xG
-0.156th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.75100th
Expected assists
0.3298th
Key passes
3.0099th
npxG + xA
0.3989th
xG chain
1.30100th
xG build-up
0.95100th
Assists against xA
+0.676th
On the ball
per 90
6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Defending
per 90
Recoveries
7.2099th
Defensive contribution
12.9697th
7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Discipline
per 90
Yellow cards
0season count
Red cards
0season count
3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Ranked against 142 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. Recoveries and defensive contribution come from the FPL feed and are ranked in its own positions.
This week
Gameweek 8
Next fixture
Gameweek 8
away toAston Villa
Sat 24 Oct, 11:30 UTC
Aston Villa concede 13.0 shots a match and are 1.04× the league norm against midfielders. Roughly an average matchup.
Projected shots
1.55
1.50 per 90 × 1.04
Projected on target
0.00
0.00 per 90 × 1.05
Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.
Shots
6 appearances
Over 0.52 of 633%± 19
Over 1.50 of 60%± 0
Over 2.50 of 60%± 0
Over 3.50 of 60%± 0
The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 4 of 6.
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals
Mateo Kovacic, 2025/26, 2 shots in the final 35m, 0 scored.
left
0%
Centre
65%
right
35%
share of their shooting xG
Chance profile
quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.046
Shots per 90
1.50
Key passes per 90
3.00
Average shot distance
20.6m
From set pieces
0%
How the chances arrive
Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
0%
Club role
Manchester City
What they are for
On the pitch4% 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
Rico Lewis0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Jéremy Doku0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Chances created
who they supply
Erling Haaland0.3 xG1 shot, 1g
Jéremy Doku0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Omar Marmoush0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Phil Foden0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Season record
2025/26
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
Mateo Kovacic carries 0.6%of Manchester City’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.945
100% of midfielders
Possession value per 901.297
100% of midfielders
Thin sample. Only 120 minutes, so this describes a cameo. 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
6 appearances, oldest first
over 1.5
at Everton1 shot 0 on target
v Villa1 shot 0 on target
4 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 4 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. 120 minutes leaves every tie here broken.
