VMC Premier League Season Stat Attack - Ongoing Analysis Here

Johnny Baguette

Johnny Baguette

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......Get a brew on and feast your eyes on this lot City Crazies!

OVERALL STATS - Sources Multiple

City's 5th placed record on 16th Jan is: P21 W13 D3 L5 GF 41 GA 26 GD +15 PTS 42

DEFENCE

Based upon 26 Goals Against, (GA) City have the 8th strongest defence in the league, level with Southampton. Tottenham boast the best defence having so far only conceded 14 goals.

ATTACK

Based upon 41 Goals Scored, (GS) City have the 5th strongest attack in the league. Liverpool have the best attack so far having scored 49 goals.

City's average goals scored per game across 21 matches is 1.95.

The Blues are caught Offside 2.4 times per game.

SHOTS FIRED

City are 4th in the shooting table with 16.2 shots per game on average. Tottenham (18.3) Liverpool (17.4) and United (16.7) are the three sides ahead of us.

City average 5.4 shots On Target per game.

Total Shots in 21 games = 340
Shots On Target = 114
Shots to Goal Ratio = Approximately 1 goal scored every 8 shots. Approx 1 in every 2 to 3 shots on target hits the back of the net.
Shooting Accuracy = 34%

SHOTS CONCEDED

City have conceded the second least shots on average per game so far with only 8.3 shots. Liverpool are ahead of The Blues on 7.9 shots whilst Sir Joseph Barton's Burnley are copping for an average of 18.9 shots shipped per game.

Total Shots Conceded in 21 games = 175
Shots Conceded On Target = 62
Shots Blocked by Defenders = 77
Shots Saved by Goalkeeper (On Target) = 36
Clean Sheets = 4
Shots to Goal Ratio = Approximately 1 goal conceded every 6 shots. Approx 1 in every 2 shots on target hits the back of the net.

POSSESSION and PASSING

City are top of the possession league averaging 60.6% of the ball per game, a couple of percentage points ahead of Liverpool and Tottenham.

With an 84.6% pass success rate across 21 games City are second to United's 84.8%.

City average 12.8 interceptions per game.

AIRBORNE

City are 12th in the Aerial Duels Won League averaging 17.4 winning headers per game. Palace are the head honchos with 22 headers won per game, whilst league leaders Chelsea are bottom of the airborne league winning only 14.5 headers on average per match!

FORM

In terms of current form over the past 6 games, City lie 7th in the form table with 12 points from 18, scoring 9 goals and conceding 7. Spurs are currently the most in form side with 18 points out of 18, scoring 19 goals and conceding only 3.

DISCIPLINE

City are 11th in the fair play table with 42 Yellow cards* and are the only team to receive 4 Red cards. The best behaved side is Hull with 30 Yellows and 2 Reds whilst the worst offenders are Watford with 50 Yellows and 3 Reds.

*City average 16 tackles per game for their 46 cards whereas Hull average 17.4 tackles per game for their 32 cards.

DETAILED POSITIONAL AND SITUATIONAL STATS

CITY ATTACK

GOALS SCORED = 41
Open play: 25
Set Piece: 6
Penalty: 4
Counter Attack: 3
Own Goal: 3

CITY's SHOTS
22% from the Left Side of the pitch
62% through the Middle
16% from the Right Side

6% from inside the 6 Yard box
52% from inside the 18 Yard box
42% from outside the box

SHOTS CONCEDED
19% from the Right Side of the pitch
67% through the Middle
14% from the Left Side

8% from inside the 6 Yard box
51% from inside the 18 Yard box
41% from outside the box

CITY PASS TYPE AVERAGES
Short Passes per game = 529 (87%)
Long Balls per game = 57 (9%)
Crosses per game = 22 (4%)
Through Balls per game = 3 (1%)

City's Crossing Accuracy is 21%

CITY's ACTION ZONE PERCENTAGES PER GAME

24% of the action takes place in our Own Third
44% in the Middle Third
32% in the Opposition Third

FORMATIONS DEPLOYED

4-2-3-1 = 10 Times
4-3-3 = 3 Times
4-1-4-1 = 3 Times
3-4-2-1 = 2 Times
3-4-3 = 2 Times
4-1-2-1-2 = 1 Time

CITY's STRONGEST SIDE - Best performing PL player from the squad in each position is displayed...
Based upon Goals, Aggression, Appearances, Aerials Won and Assists

Bravo

Sagna
Otamendi
Kolarov
Clichy

Fernandinho
Toure

Sterling (right)
De Bruyne
Nolito (left)

Aguero

- More detailed numbers available on request.... :031:
 
I hereby start what I hope will be a fruitful debate by stating we evidently don't hit the target anywhere near enough for the possession we have and the shots the players make!
 
I will look to make a comparison based upon previous seasons but focusing mainly on attack initially in these comments, Pep Guardiola has improved City's crucial goals per match stat fractionally up to 1.95 from 1.87 across Manuel Pellegrini's last season.

Pellegrini's title winning season averaged 2.68 goals per match which fell to 2.18 in his second season.

I thought that under Pep we would really motor up front and we haven't. If anything we have kind of stagnated.




 
No Silva in that XI? Blasphemy!

Seriously though, I'm not surprised as he just doesn't offer any goal threat and unfortunately DeBruyne seems to have been afflicted by this this season too.

I've mentioned this elsewhere but this is where I'm baffled at Nolito's non-inclusion recently. He has played half the minutes in all comps that both Silva and KDB have yet has scored just one less then the pair of them combined.

In fact with 6 goals and 5 assists he's directly involved in a goal every 110 minutes.
 
This, dub.

Having rattled through all this, as I just mentioned in the Bravo thread, I am increasingly more worried about what is going on elsewhere on the pitch than him!
 
Silva INDIVIDUAL STATS Premier League

17 apps (2 sub) 1562 mins played

DEFENSIVE GAME

Tackles 1.2 per game
Interceptions 0.5 pg
Fouls 0.8 pg, 4 Bookings
Offsides 0.1 pg
Clearances 0.5 pg
Dribbles 1.5 pg
Blocks 0.1 pg

OFFENSIVE GAME

Goals 1
Assists 4
Shots 1.2 pg
Key Passes 2.2 pg
Dribbles 1.3 pg
Fouled 1.5 pg
Offside 0.1 pg
Dispossessed 1.5 pg
Bad Control 1.2 pg

PASSING

Average passes 60.3 pg
Pass success 88.1%
Crosses 0.8 pg
Long Ball 1.1 pg
Through Ball 0.3 pg
 
Nolito INDIVIDUAL STATS Premier League

9 apps (5 sub) 740 mins played

DEFENSIVE GAME

Tackles 1 per game
Interceptions 0.3 pg
Fouls 1.1 pg, 3 Bookings, 1 Red Card
Offsides None
Clearances 0.3 pg
Dribbles 0.8 pg
Blocks 0.3 pg

OFFENSIVE GAME

Goals 4
Assists 2
Shots 2.1 pg
Key Passes 0.9 pg
Dribbles 0.7 pg
Fouled 0.6 pg
Offside 0.5 pg
Dispossessed 1 pg
Bad Control 0.8 pg

PASSING

Average passes 26.1 pg
Pass success 81.7%
Crosses 0.2 pg
Long Ball 1 pg
Through Ball 0.3 pg
 
"City average 16 tackles per game for their 46 cards whereas Hull average 17.4 tackles per game for their 32 cards."

Looking at Nolito v Dirty Silva statistically I can see a pattern emerging for when refs opt to get the book out. How many times I have read "soft booking" on our Match Day Threads!
 
The through ball stat is interesting there from Silva, that is his forte, or at least has been over the years, that perfectly weighted through ball, he's a master of that art. That .3 per game is worryingly low, that said, that could be as a result of players not making the runs for him as much as anything to do with Silva himself.

Another Nolito stat that I've highlighted previously is that we've won every league game in which the fiery little fecker has started.
 
They don't call him Nolito Dickov for nothing!

I think you just highlighted that through balls that can kill games are a massive issue!

CITY PASS TYPE AVERAGES
Short Passes per game = 529 (87%)
Long Balls per game = 57 (9%)
Crosses per game = 22 (4%)
Through Balls per game = 3 (1%)
 
Out of interest JB have you a stat for the number of times a through ball is played through our emmental defence per game?
 
The conceded through ball stats is very difficult to equate although its generally accepted as a City weakness. One would have to accumulate all the through balls of individual players against us. Can't find an "accompany opposing striker on a jog into the penalty area" stat either...

However, in the other direction our Top 3 City Through Ball Men are....

2016/17 currently...
Silva 15
De Bruyne 13
Fernandinho 10

2015/16
Toure 20
De Bruyne 15
Silva 11

2014/15
Silva 39
Toure 19
Fernandinho 13

2013/14
Silva 33
Nasri 17
Toure 17

2012/13
Silva 46
Toure 31
Tevez 21

2011/12
Silva 77
Toure 42
Nasri 41

2010/11
Tevez 38
Silva 30
Toure 29

Bluedub you have really hit upon something here.
 
The drop in Silva's number between 14/15 and 15/16 is remarkable.

Even when appearances are taken into consideration, it's around 1 every 2 games last season as opposed to more than one a game the season before.

Just to reiterate, I'm not putting all the onus on Silva here, the runs need to be made for the through ball.
 
Precisely and we clearly aren't making them.

I pondered yesterday how to me it all feels like the frustration at our lack of intensity last season only intensified. The more I look into it, the facts are clear that we are treading water in key areas.

The club have a legion of paid stattos. Is anyone daring to point out how we are fairing in these areas to Pep and does he ask for historical data from their amazing analytical possibilities?
 
On the intensity issue there's something that's been grinding my gears all season.

Tactical fouling and the failure to punish it. Funes Mori was guilty of it the other day and wasn't punished adequately, as per. The ball is played from defence into attack, normally Agueto receiving the ball with his back to goal, what he wants to do is lay it off and spin in behind ( to make a run for a through ball ). What's happening is he is getting booted from behind and winning frees, the game stops, the opposition reorganise and the intensity in the play is killed stone dead. If ref's policed this properly and dished out yellow cards for cynical fouls this wouldn't be an issue because once they get the yellow they're reluctant to go through the back of the striker again.
 
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