+0.46goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.817% of Manchester City’s build-up value
league 0.24
Nico González ranks 306th of 398 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 22.7m on average, with 23% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 4% of Manchester City’s attacking involvement, the 10th largest share in the squad.
Against their position
142 midfielders
Shooting
per 90
Goals
0.0641st
Non-penalty goals
0.0642nd
xG
0.0313th
Non-penalty xG
0.0314th
Shots
0.8031st
npxG per shot
0.049th
Shot distance
22.7m14th
Set-piece share
23%53rd
Goals against xG
+0.474th
2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Creating
per 90
Assists
0.0011th
Expected assists
0.0519th
Key passes
0.6327th
npxG + xA
0.099th
xG chain
0.8499th
xG build-up
0.81100th
Assists against xA
-0.933rd
On the ball
per 90
6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Defending
per 90
Recoveries
5.1978th
Defensive contribution
11.8893rd
7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2025/26.
Discipline
per 90
Yellow cards
6season 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 toCrystal Palace
Sun 25 Oct, 14:00 UTC
Crystal Palace concede 11.7 shots a match and are 0.89× the league norm against midfielders. A difficult one.
Projected shots
0.73
0.80 per 90 × 0.91
Projected on target
0.12
0.11 per 90 × 1.02
Season rate times what this opponent concedes, over a full ninety minutes. Check availability.
Shots
25 appearances
Over 0.510 of 2540%± 10
Over 1.54 of 2516%± 7
Over 2.50 of 250%± 0
Over 3.50 of 250%± 0
The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 15 of 25.
What would actually have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker is not the same as losing a proportional slice of Nico González’soutput.
Chances received
who supplies them
Bernardo Silva0.1 xG2 shots, 1g
Jéremy Doku0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Phil Foden0.0 xG2 shots, 0g
Rayan Ait Nouri0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Chances created
who they supply
Erling Haaland0.5 xG2 shots, 0g
Mathis Cherki0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Jéremy Doku0.1 xG1 shot, 0g
Phil Foden0.1 xG2 shots, 0g
Tijjani Reijnders0.0 xG1 shot, 0g
Season record
2025/26
Involvement in build-up
excludes their own shots and final passes
Nico González carries 6.9%of Manchester City’s build-up value.
Build-up per 900.809
99% of midfielders
Possession value per 900.845
99% of midfielders
Ranked against 142 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
25 appearances, oldest first
over 1.5
at Wolves2 shots 0 on target
v Burnley1 shot 0 on target
at Villa2 shots 0 on target
1g
v Liverpool2 shots 1 on target
v Leeds2 shots 1 on target
v Sunderland1 shot 0 on target
at Forest1 shot 0 on target
v Brighton1 shot 0 on target
at Burnley1 shot 0 on target
v Villa1 shot 0 on target
15 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 15 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.
