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Manchester City

Nathan Aké

Defender
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.102 non-penalty goals from 20 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.082 assists, 10 key passes
Finishing
-0.08goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.536% of Manchester City’s build-up value

Nathan Aké ranks 209th of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 11.5m on average, with 96% of their danger coming from set pieces.

Against their position

135 defenders

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.09
Non-penalty goals
0.09
xG
0.10
Non-penalty xG
0.10
Shots
0.88
npxG per shot
0.11
Shot distance
11.5m
Set-piece share
96%
Goals against xG
-0.2

2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.09
Expected assists
0.08
Key passes
0.44
npxG + xA
0.17
xG chain
0.58
xG build-up
0.53
Assists against xA
+0.3

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
0season count
Red cards
0season count

3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2023/24.

Ranked against 135 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 12.1 shots a match and are 0.85× the league norm against defenders. A difficult one.

Projected shots
0.76

0.88 per 90 × 0.86

Projected on target
0.21

0.22 per 90 × 0.95

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

Shots

29 appearances
  • Over 0.513 of 2945%± 9
  • Over 1.54 of 2914%± 6
  • Over 2.53 of 2910%± 6
  • Over 3.50 of 290%± 0

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 16 of 29.

Shooting profile

20 shots

Where they shoot

20 shots
Every shotBy zone
5% of shots, 1 shot15% of shots, 3 shots10% of shots, 2 shots5% of shots, 1 shot15% of shots, 3 shots10% of shots, 2 shots10% of shots, 2 shots5% of shots, 1 shot5% of shots, 1 shot5% of shots, 1 shot5% of shots, 1 shot5% of shots, 1 shot5% of shots, 1 shot15%10%15%10%10%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Nathan Aké, 2023/24, final 35m.

left
14%
Centre
75%
right
11%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.109
Shots per 90
0.88
Key passes per 90
0.44
Average shot distance
11.5m
From set pieces
96%

How the chances arrive

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

Club role

Manchester City

What they are for

  • On the pitch60% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Kevin De Bruyne0.7 xG1 shot, 0g
  2. Erling Haaland0.5 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Phil Foden0.2 xG5 shots, 1g
  4. Oscar Bobb0.1 xG1 shot, 1g
  5. Julián Álvarez0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Erling Haaland1.0 xG4 shots, 2g
  2. Rúben Dias0.6 xG2 shots, 0g
  3. Jéremy Doku0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  4. Rodri0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
  5. Julián Álvarez0.0 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2023/24

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Nathan Aké carries 5.5% of Manchester City’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.531
    89% of defenders
  • Possession value per 900.580
    88% of defenders

Ranked against 135 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

29 appearances, oldest first

at Burnley1 shot
0 on target

at Sheffield Utd1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Fulham1 shot
1 on target

at Wolves3 shots
1 on target

at Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

1g

v Bournemouth1 shot
1 on target

v Palace3 shots
0 on target

at Everton1 shot
0 on target

v Sheffield Utd3 shots
0 on target

v Everton2 shots
0 on target

at Bournemouth1 shot
1 on target

v Arsenal1 shot
1 on target

at Brighton1 shot
0 on target

16 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 16 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.