-0.36goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.716% of Manchester City’s build-up value
league 0.28
Mateo Kovacic ranks 198th of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 19.9m on average, with 24% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 4% of Manchester City’s attacking involvement, the 9th largest share in the squad.
Against their position
128 midfielders
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.0645th
Non-penalty goals
0.0646th
xG
0.0850th
Non-penalty xG
0.0850th
Shots
1.2957th
npxG per shot
0.0633rd
Shot distance
19.9m44th
Set-piece share
24%60th
Goals against xG
-0.446th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.0015th
Expected assists
0.1052nd
Key passes
1.2365th
npxG + xA
0.1847th
xG chain
0.7992nd
xG build-up
0.7197th
Assists against xA
-1.712th
On the ball
per 90
6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.
Defending
per 90
7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.
Discipline
per 90
Yellow cards
4season count
Red cards
0season count
3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.
Ranked against 128 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 12.1 shots a match and are 0.86× the league norm against midfielders. A difficult one.
Projected shots
1.11
1.29 per 90 × 0.86
Projected on target
0.28
0.29 per 90 × 0.95
Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.
Shots
30 appearances
Over 0.513 of 3043%± 9
Over 1.56 of 3020%± 7
Over 2.51 of 303%± 3
Over 3.51 of 303%± 3
The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 17 of 30.
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
Oscar Bobb0.5 xG1 shot, 0g
Manuel Akanji0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Rodri0.1 xG3 shots, 0g
Jack Grealish0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Phil Foden0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Chances created
who they supply
Erling Haaland0.8 xG3 shots, 0g
Phil Foden0.2 xG2 shots, 0g
Bernardo Silva0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Kevin De Bruyne0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Rúben Dias0.1 xG3 shots, 0g
Season record
2023/24
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
Mateo Kovacic carries 5.6%of Manchester City’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.715
97% of midfielders
Possession value per 900.790
91% of midfielders
Ranked against 128 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
30 appearances, oldest first
over 1.5
v Newcastle2 shots 0 on target
at Sheffield Utd2 shots 1 on target
at Wolves1 shot 0 on target
at Man Utd1 shot 0 on target
v Bournemouth2 shots 1 on target
at Chelsea1 shot 0 on target
at Luton1 shot 0 on target
at Newcastle2 shots 1 on target
at Bournemouth1 shot 0 on target
v Arsenal1 shot 0 on target
1g
v Luton5 shots 1 on target
v Wolves1 shot 1 on target
at Spurs2 shots 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.
