Manchester City 5-0 Sparta Praha
Key numbers
- Possession 80% – 20%
- Shots 22 (10 on target) – 5 (1)
- Decisive moment: 3' Phil Foden, FN xPts +0.4
Phil Foden 3'
Erling Haaland 58'
John Stones 64'
Erling Haaland 68'
Matheus Nunes 88' (pen)
Erling Haaland 58'
John Stones 64'
Erling Haaland 68'
Matheus Nunes 88' (pen)
HT 1:0
Manchester City 13th → 2nd · 7 pts|Sparta Praha 15th → 18th · 4 pts
Manchester City won on the scoreboard and on xG (2.93–0.23).
Player of the matchMatheus NunesDecisive moment3' Phil Foden+0.4
Player of the match
Matheus Nunes Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 9.6 (Dominant)
Game state
Manchester City ahead 87 min · level 3 min · Sparta Praha ahead 0 min
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.
3'
Phil Foden
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Manuel Akanji +0.1
+0.4
58'
Erling Haaland
Goal · assist Savinho
+0.2
64'
John Stones
Goal · assist Matheus Nunes
0.0
68'
Erling Haaland
Goal · assist Matheus Nunes
0.0
88'
Matheus Nunes
Pen goal
0.0
Manchester City
Expected (last two seasons) 2.4Own moments +0.6Opponent moments 0.0Time effect 0.0→ League points won 3
Sparta Praha
Expected (no record yet, starting estimate) 0.4Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.4Time effect 0.0→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Manchester CitySparta Praha
80%Possession20%
2.93Expected goals (xG)0.23
0.13xG per shot0.05
22Shots5
10Shots on target1
45%Shots on target %20%
18Shots in box4
767Passes189
93%Pass accuracy72%
7Corners1
1Saves5
5Fouls4
1Yellow cards1
0Offsides1
Compared with usual
Manchester City
11 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 5 | 2.3 | high |
| Conceded | 0 | 0.91 | |
| xG | 2.93 | 2 | |
| xG against | 0.23 | 0.88 | |
| Shots | 22 | 21 | |
| On target | 10 | 7.5 | |
| Shots faced | 5 | 7.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.13 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 80% | 66.5% | high |
| Passes | 767 | 667.8 | high |
| Pass accuracy | 93% | 90.8% | |
| Corners | 7 | 9.5 | |
| Fouls | 5 | 6.9 |
Timeline
- 3' Goal Phil Foden competition goal #2 assist Manuel Akanji
- 7' Yellow John Stones
- 46' Sub Lukáš Haraslín → Ermal Krasniqi
- 48' VAR Nathan Aké
- 58' Goal Erling Haaland competition goal #2 assist Savinho
- 60' Sub Victor Olatunji → Albion Rrahmani
- 64' Goal John Stones competition goal #1 assist Matheus Nunes
- 68' Goal Erling Haaland competition goal #3 assist Matheus Nunes
- 69' Sub İlkay Gündoğan → Mateo Kovačić
- 69' Sub Bernardo Silva → James McAtee
- 74' Sub Nathan Aké → Joško Gvardiol
- 74' Sub John Stones → Rúben Dias
- 74' Sub Veljko Birmančević → Krystof Daněk
- 81' Sub Erling Haaland → Nico O'Reilly
- 87' Yellow Ángelo Preciado
- 88' Goal Matheus Nunes (pen) competition goal #1
- 89' Sub Kaan Kairinen → Markus Solbakken
- 89' Sub Matěj Ryneš → Tomáš Wiesner
Category leaders
- Key passesSavinho5
- Duels wonMatheus Nunes9/13
- DribblesSavinho4/8
- Defensive actionsQazim Laci8
- ShotsErling Haaland6 (on target 5)
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.