Manchester City 1-0 Southampton
Key numbers
- Possession 57% – 43%
- Shots 22 (8 on target) – 5 (2)
- Decisive moment: 5' Erling Haaland, FN xPts +0.3
Erling Haaland 5'
HT 1:0
Manchester City 2nd → 1st · 23 pts|Southampton 19th → 20th · 1 pt
Manchester City won on the scoreboard and on xG (2.95–0.21).
Player of the matchJoško GvardiolDecisive moment5' Erling Haaland+0.3
Player of the match
Joško Gvardiol Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.1 (Dominant)
Game state
Manchester City ahead 85 min · level 5 min · Southampton 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.
5'
Erling Haaland
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Matheus Nunes +0.1
+0.3
Manchester City
Expected (last two seasons) 2.5Own moments +0.3Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.2→ League points won 3
Southampton
Expected (last two seasons) 0.4Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.2Time effect −0.2→ 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 CitySouthampton
57%Possession43%
2.95Expected goals (xG)0.21
0.13xG per shot0.04
22Shots5
8Shots on target2
36%Shots on target %40%
13Shots in box5
616Passes479
93%Pass accuracy91%
12Corners1
2Saves6
9Fouls9
1Yellow cards3
1Offsides2
Compared with usual
Manchester City
12 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2.5 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0.83 | |
| xG | 2.95 | 2.1 | |
| xG against | 0.21 | 0.82 | |
| Shots | 22 | 21.1 | |
| On target | 8 | 7.8 | |
| Shots faced | 5 | 7.1 | |
| xG per shot | 0.13 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 57% | 67.7% | |
| Passes | 616 | 676.1 | |
| Pass accuracy | 93% | 91% | |
| Corners | 12 | 9.3 | |
| Fouls | 9 | 6.8 |
Southampton
10 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1.2 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2.2 | |
| xG | 0.21 | 1 | |
| xG against | 2.95 | 1.7 | |
| Shots | 5 | 11.4 | |
| On target | 2 | 4.2 | |
| Shots faced | 22 | 16.4 | |
| xG per shot | 0.04 | 0.09 | |
| Possession | 43% | 59.4% | |
| Passes | 479 | 578.4 | |
| Pass accuracy | 91% | 88.2% | |
| Corners | 1 | 5.1 | |
| Fouls | 9 | 10.6 |
Timeline
- 5' Goal Erling Haaland league goal #11 assist Matheus Nunes
- 42' Yellow Flynn Downes
- 46' Sub Tyler Dibling → Adam Armstrong
- 48' Yellow Adam Armstrong
- 56' Yellow Adam Lallana
- 60' Sub Adam Lallana → Joe Aribo
- 77' Sub Ryan Manning → James Bree
- 86' Sub Matheus Nunes → İlkay Gündoğan
- 87' Sub Flynn Downes → Kamaldeen Sulemana
- 87' Sub Cameron Archer → Paul Onuachu
- 88' Yellow Mateo Kovačić
- 90+7' Sub Rico Lewis → John Stones
Category leaders
- Key passesSavinho5
- Duels wonMateo Kovačić7/12
- DribblesSavinho6/7
- Defensive actionsMateo Kovačić8
- ShotsErling Haaland7 (on target 4)
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.