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Manchester City

Phil Foden

Midfielder26 yrs
Non-penalty xG per 90
0.317 non-penalty goals from 54 shots
Expected assists per 90
0.272 assists, 44 key passes
Finishing
+1.42goals above what the league converts the same chances into
Build-up per 90
0.283% of Manchester City’s build-up value

Phil Foden ranks 35th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 18.9m on average. They carry 8% of Manchester City’s attacking involvement, the 6th largest share in the squad.

Against their position

104 forwards

Shooting

per 90
Goals
0.36
Non-penalty goals
0.36
xG
0.31
Non-penalty xG
0.31
Shots
2.75
npxG per shot
0.11
Shot distance
18.9m
Set-piece share
6%
Goals against xG
+0.8

2 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Creating

per 90
Assists
0.10
Expected assists
0.27
Key passes
2.24
npxG + xA
0.59
xG chain
0.70
xG build-up
0.28
Assists against xA
-3.4

On the ball

per 90

6 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Defending

per 90

7 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Discipline

per 90
Yellow cards
2season count
Red cards
0season count

3 figures here come from match-event data, which is not recorded for 2024/25.

Ranked against 104 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 12.2 shots a match and are 0.88× the league norm against forwards. A difficult one.

Projected shots
2.50

2.75 per 90 × 0.91

Projected on target
0.75

0.81 per 90 × 0.92

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

Shots

28 appearances
  • Over 0.521 of 2875%± 8
  • Over 1.516 of 2857%± 9
  • Over 2.59 of 2832%± 9
  • Over 3.55 of 2818%± 7

The band is one standard error, the tick the estimate. Blanks count as misses, 7 of 28.

Shooting profile

54 shots

Where they shoot

54 shots
Every shotBy zone
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Phil Foden, 2024/25, 54 shots in the final 35m, 7 scored.

left
29%
Centre
48%
right
23%

share of their shooting xG

Chance profile

quality, volume and route
xG per shot
0.115
Shots per 90
2.75
Key passes per 90
2.24
Average shot distance
18.9m
From set pieces
6%

How the chances arrive

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

Club role

Manchester City

What they are for

  • Corners and set piecesSupplies 19% of Manchester City’s dead-ball danger, from 18 deliveries that became shots.
  • When it mattered3 of 7 goals came with the game level or Manchester City behind.
  • On the pitch52% 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. Kevin De Bruyne1.6 xG4 shots, 3g
  2. Erling Haaland0.8 xG5 shots, 1g
  3. Sávio0.3 xG6 shots, 0g
  4. Josko Gvardiol0.3 xG3 shots, 0g
  5. Bernardo Silva0.2 xG7 shots, 0g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Erling Haaland2.5 xG15 shots, 0g
  2. Sávio0.6 xG5 shots, 0g
  3. Bernardo Silva0.6 xG4 shots, 0g
  4. Josko Gvardiol0.5 xG4 shots, 0g
  5. Manuel Akanji0.3 xG1 shot, 0g

Season record

2024/25

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Phil Foden carries 3.0% of Manchester City’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.277
    75% of forwards
  • Possession value per 900.698
    71% of forwards

Ranked against 104 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

28 appearances, oldest first

v Arsenal2 shots
0 on target

at Newcastle1 shot
1 on target

v Fulham2 shots
0 on target

at Wolves1 shot
0 on target

v Southampton3 shots
0 on target

at Bournemouth4 shots
0 on target

at Brighton2 shots
0 on target

v Spurs5 shots
1 on target

v Man Utd4 shots
1 on target

1g

at Villa6 shots
4 on target

v Everton2 shots
0 on target

at Leicester1 shot
1 on target

1g

v West Ham2 shots
1 on target

2g

at Brentford3 shots
2 on target

2g

at Ipswich4 shots
2 on target

1g

v Chelsea3 shots
1 on target

v Newcastle1 shot
0 on target

v Liverpool3 shots
2 on target

at Forest1 shot
0 on target

at Man Utd2 shots
0 on target

at Southampton2 shots
0 on target

7 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 7 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.