Manchester City 0-2 Bayer Leverkusen
Key numbers
- Possession 55% – 45%
- Shots 19 (7 on target) – 7 (2)
- Decisive moment: 23' Alejandro Grimaldo, FN xPts +0.8
HT 0:1
Alejandro Grimaldo 23'
Patrik Schick 54'
Patrik Schick 54'
Manchester City 4th · 10 pts|Bayer Leverkusen 22nd → 11th · 8 pts
Manchester City edged xG (1.78–0.51) but Bayer Leverkusen took the win.
Player of the matchMark FlekkenDecisive moment23' Alejandro Grimaldo+0.8
Player of the match
Mark Flekken Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.8 (Dominant)
Game state
Manchester City ahead 0 min · level 23 min · Bayer Leverkusen ahead 67 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.
23'
Alejandro Grimaldo
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Christian Kofane +0.2
+0.8
54'
Patrik Schick
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Ibrahim Maza +0.2
+0.6
Manchester City
Expected (last two seasons) 1.6Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −1.1Time effect −0.5→ League points won 0
Bayer Leverkusen
Expected (last two seasons) 1.2Own moments +1.4Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.4→ League points won 3
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 CityBayer Leverkusen
55%Possession45%
1.78Expected goals (xG)0.51
0.09xG per shot0.07
19Shots7
7Shots on target2
37%Shots on target %29%
15Shots in box6
589Passes487
90%Pass accuracy86%
9Corners3
0Saves9
4Fouls8
0Yellow cards2
1Offsides1
Compared with usual
Manchester City
18 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 2.2 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0.78 | |
| xG | 1.78 | 1.7 | |
| xG against | 0.51 | 0.94 | |
| Shots | 19 | 15.5 | |
| On target | 7 | 5.8 | |
| Shots faced | 7 | 8.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 55% | 61.1% | |
| Passes | 589 | 604.4 | |
| Pass accuracy | 90% | 88.5% | |
| Corners | 9 | 5.7 | |
| Fouls | 4 | 9.4 |
Bayer Leverkusen
17 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2.4 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.6 | |
| xG | 0.51 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 1.78 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 7 | 14.2 | |
| On target | 2 | 5.5 | |
| Shots faced | 19 | 13.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.07 | 0.13 | |
| Possession | 45% | 56.7% | |
| Passes | 487 | 595.3 | |
| Pass accuracy | 86% | 88.1% | |
| Corners | 3 | 4.2 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 9.4 |
Timeline
- 23' Goal Alejandro Grimaldo competition goal #2 assist Christian Kofane
- 46' Sub Oscar Bobb → Jérémy Doku
- 46' Sub Rayan Aït-Nouri → Nico O'Reilly
- 46' Sub Rico Lewis → Phil Foden
- 54' Goal Patrik Schick competition goal #2 assist Ibrahim Maza
- 60' Yellow Alejandro Grimaldo
- 65' Sub Omar Marmoush → Erling Haaland
- 65' Sub Abdukodir Khusanov → Rayan Cherki
- 77' Yellow Christian Kofane
- 82' Sub Christian Kofane → Nathan Tella
Category leaders
- Key passesNico González3
- Duels wonNathan Aké8/11
- DribblesSavinho4/9
- Defensive actionsAbdukodir Khusanov9
- ShotsRayan Cherki3 (on target 2)
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.