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Manchester City · 2024/25

Mateo Kovacic

npxG per 90
0.07
6 non-penalty goals
xA per 90
0.15
2 assists · 33 key passes
Finishing
+4.4
vs league conversion rate
Build-up per 90
0.54
2220 minutes · 31 games

Mateo Kovacic ranks 175th of 397 qualified players for attacking involvement, shooting from 21.9m on average, with 32% of their danger coming from set pieces. They carry 4% of Manchester City’s attacking output, the 10th largest share in the squad.

This week

Next fixture

Gameweek 2

away to Crystal Palace

Fri 28 Aug, 19:00 UTC

Crystal Palace concede 12.8 shots a match and are 1.08× the league norm against midfielders. Roughly an average matchup.

Projected shots
1.88

1.82 per 90 × 1.03

Projected on target
0.43

0.49 per 90 × 0.89

Season rate multiplied by what this opponent concedes relative to the league. It assumes a full ninety minutes and takes no account of rotation, so check availability before reading anything into it.

Shots

31 appearances
  • Over 0.571%± 8
  • Over 1.545%± 9
  • Over 2.523%± 8
  • Over 3.56%± 4

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 9 of 31 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.

Shots on target

31 appearances
  • Over 0.532%± 8
  • Over 1.56%± 4
  • Over 2.50%± 0

Share of appearances clearing each line, with one standard error. Blank appearances count as misses, 9 of 31 here, so these are lower, and more honest, than rates built only from matches where the player got a shot away.

Where the shots come from

Where they shoot

45 shots
Every shotBy zone
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Mateo Kovacic, 2024/25 · 45 shots in the final 35m, 6 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.

left
19%
Centre
50%
right
32%

share of their shooting xG

Chance quality

xG per shot, distance, how they arrive
xG per shot
0.040
Shots per 90
1.82
Key passes per 90
1.34
Average shot distance
21.9m
From set pieces
32%

How their chances arrive

Crosses
0%
Through balls
0%
Own dribble
0%
Headed
0%

What they are for

Roles

penalties, set pieces, crossing, partnerships
  • When it mattered3 of 6 goals came with the game level or Manchester City behind.
  • On the pitch65% of the minutes available to them.

Partnerships

  • Feeds Erling Haaland7 shots, 1.51 xG
  • Feeds James McAtee2 shots, 0.71 xG
  • Feeds Sávio2 shots, 0.58 xG
  • Feeds Josko Gvardiol3 shots, 0.36 xG

A share of the attack says how much runs through Mateo Kovacic. These say what would have to be replaced. Losing the penalty taker or the corner deliverer is not the same as losing a proportional slice of output, and a partnership cuts both ways: the supplier being absent damages the finisher’s numbers too.

Who they play with

Chances received

who supplies them
  1. Bernardo Silva0.3 xG10 shots · 1g
  2. Josko Gvardiol0.2 xG3 shots · 0g
  3. Phil Foden0.1 xG3 shots · 1g
  4. Ilkay Gündogan0.1 xG2 shots · 1g
  5. Kevin De Bruyne0.1 xG2 shots · 1g

Chances created

who they supply
  1. Erling Haaland1.5 xG7 shots · 0g
  2. James McAtee0.7 xG2 shots · 1g
  3. Sávio0.6 xG2 shots · 0g
  4. Josko Gvardiol0.4 xG3 shots · 0g
  5. Phil Foden0.1 xG4 shots · 0g

Season record

Involvement in build-up

excludes their own shots and final passes

Mateo Kovacic carries 7.5% of Manchester City’s build-up value.

  • Build-up per 900.541
    91% of midfielders
  • Possession value per 900.682
    88% of midfielders

Ranked against 137 midfielders with a comparable sample. Build-up is the value of possessions a player was involved in with their own shots and final passes removed, so it credits the work before the chance. It is a possession-value measure rather than a passing one: it cannot tell a forty-yard carry from two sideways balls, because no pass or carry record exists in this data.

Match log

most recent first
  • vs Bournemouth
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Southampton
    3 shots0 OT
  • vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
    3 shots0 OT
  • vs Aston Villa
    2 shots2 OT
  • at Everton1g
    1 shot1 OT
  • vs Crystal Palace1g
    2 shots1 OT
  • at Nottingham Forest
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Arsenal
    1 shot1 OT
  • vs Chelsea
    1 shot0 OT
  • at Ipswich1g
    2 shots1 OT

Solid marks are on target, faded ones off. 9 further appearances produced no shot and are not listed, but are counted in the rates above.

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