Manchester United 1-0 FC Copenhagen
Key numbers
- Possession 50% – 50%
- Shots 15 (5 on target) – 16 (4)
- Decisive moment: 72' Harry Maguire, FN xPts +1.2
Harry Maguire 72'
HT 0:0
FC Copenhagen edged xG (1.69–2.22) but Manchester United took the win.
Player of the matchHarry MaguireDecisive moment72' Harry Maguire+1.2
Player of the match
Harry Maguire Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.3 (Dominant)
Game state
Manchester United ahead 18 min · level 72 min · FC Copenhagen ahead 0 min
- Christian Eriksen — off the bench 45 min · 0G 1A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
72'
Harry Maguire
Goal · scorer +0.8 · assist Christian Eriksen +0.4
+1.2
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for FC Copenhagen is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Manchester UnitedFC Copenhagen
50%Possession50%
1.69Expected goals (xG)2.22
0.11xG per shot0.14
15Shots16
5Shots on target4
33%Shots on target %25%
12Shots in box8
511Passes495
85%Pass accuracy84%
5Corners9
4Saves4
8Fouls6
2Yellow cards0
1Offsides1
Compared with usual
Manchester United
12 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.6 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.7 | |
| xG | 1.69 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 2.22 | 1.6 | |
| Shots | 15 | 15.3 | |
| On target | 5 | 5.1 | |
| Shots faced | 16 | 13.1 | |
| xG per shot | 0.11 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 50% | 54.6% | |
| Passes | 511 | 530.5 | |
| Pass accuracy | 85% | 84.1% | |
| Corners | 5 | 6.8 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 10.8 |
Timeline
- 46' Sub Sofyan Amrabat → Christian Eriksen
- 63' Sub Sergio Reguilón → Victor Lindelöf
- 63' Sub Antony → Alejandro Garnacho
- 72' Goal Harry Maguire competition goal #1 assist Christian Eriksen
- 76' Sub Viktor Claesson → Orri Steinn Óskarsson
- 77' Sub Elias Jelert → Christian Sørensen
- 80' Yellow Bruno Fernandes
- 85' Sub Diogo Gonçalves → Jordan Larsson
- 86' Sub Rasmus Højlund → Anthony Martial
- 90+1' Sub Elias Achouri → Oscar Højlund
- 90+5' Yellow Scott McTominay
Category leaders
- Key passesBruno Fernandes4
- Duels wonRasmus Falk Jensen9/10
- DribblesSergio Reguilón3/3
- Defensive actionsPeter Ankersen6
- ShotsScott McTominay3 (on target 0)
- Fouls wonRasmus Falk Jensen3
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.