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Manchester City

Phil Foden

Midfielder26 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.3519 non-penalty goals from 105 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.268 assists, 73 key passes
Finishing
+8.21goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.538% of Manchester City’s build-up value

Phil Foden ranks 34th of 402 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 18.8m on average. They carry 13% of Manchester City’s attacking involvement, the 2nd largest share in the squad.

Against their position

107 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.59
Non-penalty goals
0.59
xG
0.35
Non-penalty xG
0.35
Shots
3.26
npxG per shot
0.11
Shot distance
18.8m
Set-piece share
7%
Goals against xG
+7.7

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

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.25
Expected assists
0.26
Key passes
2.27
npxG + xA
0.62
xG chain
0.95
xG build-up
0.53
Assists against xA
-0.5

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
2season count
Red cards
0season count

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

Ranked against 107 forwards 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 0.86× the league norm against forwards. A difficult one.

Projected shots
2.82

3.26 per 90 × 0.86

Projected on target
1.42

1.49 per 90 × 0.95

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

Shots

35 appearances
  • Over 0.532 of 3591%± 5
  • Over 1.525 of 3571%± 8
  • Over 2.519 of 3554%± 8
  • Over 3.512 of 3534%± 8

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 3 of 35.

Shooting profile

105 shots

Where they shoot

105 shots
Every shotBy zone
1% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 3 shots1% of shots, 1 shot1% of shots, 1 shot5% of shots, 5 shots3% of shots, 3 shots2% of shots, 2 shots5% of shots, 5 shots5% of shots, 5 shots10% of shots, 10 shots7% of shots, 7 shots1% of shots, 1 shot3% of shots, 3 shots4% of shots, 4 shots7% of shots, 7 shots7% of shots, 7 shots3% of shots, 3 shots1% of shots, 1 shot2% of shots, 2 shots3% of shots, 3 shots8% of shots, 8 shots10% of shots, 10 shots4% of shots, 4 shots3% of shots, 3 shots3% of shots, 3 shots1% of shots, 1 shot1% of shots, 1 shot10%7%7%7%8%10%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Phil Foden, 2023/24, final 35m. A further 1% of their shots came from outside this window.

left
17%
Centre
44%
right
39%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.108
Shots per 90
3.26
Key passes per 90
2.27
Average shot distance
18.8m
From set pieces
7%

How the chances arrive

Crosses
8%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
3%
Headed
6%

Club role

Manchester City

What they are for

  • When it mattered10 of 19 goals came with the game level or Manchester City behind.
  • On the pitch85% of available minutes.

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

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Bernardo Silva1.6 xG15 shots, 4g
  2. Erling Haaland1.5 xG4 shots, 2g
  3. Kevin De Bruyne1.5 xG12 shots, 1g
  4. Rodri1.3 xG12 shots, 2g
  5. Julián Álvarez1.2 xG13 shots, 2g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Erling Haaland2.7 xG13 shots, 1g
  2. Julián Álvarez2.0 xG13 shots, 2g
  3. Bernardo Silva1.0 xG6 shots, 0g
  4. Jéremy Doku0.6 xG9 shots, 0g
  5. Jack Grealish0.6 xG4 shots, 1g

Season record

2023/24

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Phil Foden carries 7.8% of Manchester City’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.528
    98% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.946
    89% of forwards

Ranked against 107 forwards 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

35 appearances, oldest first

at Burnley3 shots
1 on target

v Newcastle3 shots
1 on target

at Sheffield Utd1 shot
0 on target

at West Ham5 shots
1 on target

1g

v Forest1 shot
1 on target

at Wolves1 shot
0 on target

v Brighton1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Man Utd4 shots
2 on target

1g

v Bournemouth2 shots
1 on target

at Chelsea3 shots
2 on target

v Liverpool4 shots
3 on target

1g

v Spurs2 shots
1 on target

at Luton2 shots
2 on target

v Palace1 shot
0 on target

1g

at Everton7 shots
2 on target

v Sheffield Utd3 shots
1 on target

at Newcastle6 shots
2 on target

v Burnley2 shots
0 on target

3g

at Brentford6 shots
4 on target

v Everton4 shots
1 on target

v Chelsea3 shots
0 on target

v Brentford6 shots
2 on target

1g

at Bournemouth4 shots
3 on target

2g

v Man Utd9 shots
4 on target

at Liverpool2 shots
1 on target

v Arsenal1 shot
0 on target

3g

v Villa4 shots
3 on target

2g

at Brighton3 shots
2 on target

v Wolves3 shots
1 on target

1g

at Fulham2 shots
2 on target

at Spurs1 shot
1 on target

2g

v West Ham6 shots
4 on target

3 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 3 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.