Premier League · 2025/26
Manchester United
Over 38 matches, Manchester United create most danger down their left (1.07× the league norm), and concede most down their right (1.17×).
69 scored, 3.2 below xG
50 conceded, level with xGA
Where the shots come from
Shots taken
every shot, or counted by zoneManchester United, 2025/26 · 594 shots in the final 35m, 66 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.
vs league average · 1.00 marked · share of xG
Shots taken
every shot, or counted by zoneManchester United, 2025/26 · 594 shots in the final 35m, 66 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.
vs league average · 1.00 marked · share of xG
Shots faced
every shot, or counted by zoneManchester United, 2025/26 · 438 shots in the final 35m, 48 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.
vs league average · 1.00 marked · share of xG
Flanks and routes
Danger conceded by flank
left against right · open play onlyNo meaningful side bias. Manchester United concede about evenly on both flanks, so neither is worth targeting over the other.
Set pieces are excluded, since a corner has no flank. Sides within ten points of an even split are treated as level, since a season is short enough that smaller gaps are usually noise.
Crosses or through balls
open play onlyManchester United take 12% of their open-play danger from crosses and 12% from balls played through the middle.
Measured from the action immediately before each shot. This shows whether a side works the ball wide or through the middle; which flank they progress down cannot be derived, because no free source publishes pass locations.
Who does the work
Territory and pressing
1.00 = league averageManchester United reach the final twenty yards more often than most sides and make more of it than most when they get there.
- Territory won1.10×
7.5 deep completions a match
- Territory allowed1.03×
7.0 conceded a match
- Pressing1.08×
11.4 opponent passes per defensive action
- Freedom to build0.98×
12.1 of their own passes allowed
- Danger per arrival1.12×
0.237 npxG per deep completion
A deep completion is a pass finished within about twenty yards of goal, and PPDA counts an opponent’s passes per defensive action. A lower figure is a harder press, so the bar inverts it to keep every row reading the same way. This describes where the ball ends up rather than how it travelled: no pass or carry record exists in this data, so progressive passes and carries are genuinely out of reach rather than merely absent.
Share of attacking output
non-penalty xG plus expected assistsManchester United’s attack is effectively 9.1 players. A side spread across fourteen absorbs an absence that one built on nine does not.
12.0% of their attack is doubtful or out. Amad Diallo Traore, Mason Mount.
- Bruno Fernandes20.8%
- Bryan Mbeumo15.3%
- Benjamin Sesko10.9%
- Amad Diallo TraoreInjured9.4%
- Matheus Cunha8.9%
- Casemiro8.1%
Share of the squad’s non-penalty xG plus expected assists, so it counts chances taken and chances given alike. Penalties are left out because they describe who the club nominates rather than who creates. Contributors under 2% are not listed, though they still count towards the spread above.
Share of defensive work
tackles, blocks, clearances, recoveriesManchester United’s defensive work is effectively 15.5 players. A side spread across fourteen absorbs an absence that one built on nine does not.
21.1% of their defensive work is doubtful or out. Amad Diallo Traore, Manuel Ugarte, Matthijs de Ligt, Mason Mount.
- Bruno Fernandes11.0%
- Luke Shaw8.6%
- Matheus Cunha8.1%
- Amad Diallo TraoreInjured7.6%
- Kobbie Mainoo7.2%
- Diogo Dalot6.9%
Share of the squad’s defensive contribution: tackles, blocks, clearances, interceptions and recoveries combined. Goalkeepers record none of it, so a keeper never appears here however much the side depends on him. This statistic begins in 2025/26, so there is no earlier season to compare against.
Creator to finisher
shots and xG per pairing- Bruno Fernandes→Benjamin Sesko3.6 xG14 shots · 4g
- Bruno Fernandes→Bryan Mbeumo3.2 xG20 shots · 2g
- Amad Diallo Traore→Bryan Mbeumo2.9 xG9 shots · 3g
- Bruno Fernandes→Casemiro2.9 xG22 shots · 6g
- Bruno Fernandes→Matheus Cunha2.2 xG27 shots · 2g
- Diogo Dalot→Bryan Mbeumo1.7 xG6 shots · 2g
- Bryan Mbeumo→Benjamin Sesko1.3 xG8 shots · 2g
- Bruno Fernandes→Patrick Dorgu1.1 xG9 shots · 2g
The pass immediately before the shot, so a player who starts moves without playing the final ball will not appear here. Roughly seven in ten shots name their creator.
How the season splits
Danger by scoreline
leading, level or behindManchester United produce most of their danger with the game level (43% of their xG).
- Ahead37%
- Level43%
- Behind21%
- Ahead
- 37%
- 27.1 xG · 187 shots
- Level
- 43%
- 31.7 xG · 260 shots
- Behind
- 21%
- 15.4 xG · 151 shots
The scoreline at the moment each shot was struck, rebuilt from goal times. Sides that trail often will look busier in attack than they really are.
Home and away
same team, two recordsManchester United are a noticeably different side by venue, creating 0.50 xG more per match at home, and conceding 0.28 fewer.
Shots faced and shots stopped
two different jobsManchester United allow 1.34 xG a match, and concede 6.1 more goals than the league converts that into.
- Chance prevention
- 1.34
- Shot stopping
- -6.1
xG allowed per match. Mostly the outfield shape, and it tends to repeat.
Goals prevented against the league rate. Largely the keeper, and it swings year to year.
Measured against the league’s own conversion rate rather than raw xG. Blocked and off-target shots carry xG that can never be scored, so comparing goals to raw xG would mark every side in the division as leaky. A high block share means bodies in the way rather than chances denied.