Man City
MCI · finished 2nd in 2025-26 on 78 points · Elo 1,971
Squad
30
xG/match
2.09
xGA/match
1.22
Clean sheets
42%
PPDA
11.6
How they play
2025-26, from Understat. Ranks are out of the 17 clubs with a top-flight record — the three promoted sides have none.
Attack rank
1st
Defence rank
2nd
Press rank
9th
Goals
77
Conceded
35
xG diff
0.9
npxG/match
2.01
Deep passes
10.8
xPts
73.9
Set-piece threat
What decides whether this club's defenders and target men are worth owning. Shots from corners, not corners won — Understat records the shot, and the shot is what scores points.
Corner xG
12.00
Corner goals
11
Corner shots
114
Header xG
12.50
Header goals
9
Headed shots
93
Last ten
Points against expected points: the gap is where a season was luckier or unluckier than it played.
| Opponent | Score | xG | xGA | PPDA | Pts | xPts | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | AVL | 1–2 | 1.38 | 2.44 | 16.2 | 0 | 0.67 | -0.67 |
| D | bou | 1–1 | 1.27 | 1.72 | 21.9 | 1 | 1.03 | -0.03 |
| W | CRY | 3–0 | 1.96 | 0.43 | 7.8 | 3 | 2.54 | +0.46 |
| W | BRE | 3–0 | 4.37 | 0.67 | 7.3 | 3 | 2.97 | +0.03 |
| D | eve | 3–3 | 1.42 | 1.69 | 6.5 | 1 | 1.15 | -0.15 |
| W | 1–0 | 3.41 | 0.97 | 10.5 | 3 | 2.69 | +0.32 | |
| W | ARS | 2–1 | 2.62 | 2.29 | 13.5 | 3 | 1.59 | +1.41 |
| W | che | 3–0 | 2.41 | 1.22 | 8.6 | 3 | 2.18 | +0.82 |
| D | 1–1 | 1.96 | 0.49 | 9.3 | 1 | 2.48 | -1.48 | |
| D | NFO | 2–2 | 2.73 | 1.24 | 10.6 | 1 | 2.37 | -1.37 |
Squad
30 players. Rates from 2025-26 — a summer signing's numbers describe his previous club.
Goalkeepers3
| Player | Price | Owned | Min % | Pts | Pts/90 | xGI/90 | DC/90 | BPS/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Donnarumma | £5.5 | 11.2% | 90% | 135 | 3.97 | 0.004 | 0.0 | 16.7 |
 Trafford | £5.0 | 0.9% | 11% | 13 | — | — | — | — |
 Bettinelli | £4.5 | 0.1% | 0% | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Defenders10
| Player | Price | Owned | Min % | Pts | Pts/90 | xGI/90 | DC/90 | BPS/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Guéhi | £6.0 | 24.9% | 92% | 179 | 5.11 | 0.183 | 7.9 | 19.7 |
 O'Reilly | £6.5 | 24.2% | 77% | 160 | 5.45 | 0.299 | 5.9 | 19.3 |
 Matheus N. | £6.0 | 5.5% | 84% | 154 | 4.84 | 0.081 | 6.1 | 21.3 |
 Rúben | £5.5 | 1.3% | 63% | 113 | 4.75 | 0.051 | 7.0 | 19.1 |
 Gvardiol | £5.5 | 6.5% | 40% | 79 | 5.19 | 0.194 | 6.8 | 19.9 |
 Khusanov | £5.5 | 2.0% | 42% | 67 | 4.23 | 0.117 | 7.8 | 18.5 |
 Aït-Nouri | £5.5 | 1.0% | 28% | 60 | 5.56 | 0.235 | 6.2 | 22.0 |
 Lewis | £4.5 | 0.2% | 12% | 19 | — | — | — | — |
 Alleyne | £5.0 | 0.0% | 4% | 5 | — | — | — | — |
 Vitor Reis | £4.5 | 0.0% | 0% | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Midfielders15
| Player | Price | Owned | Min % | Pts | Pts/90 | xGI/90 | DC/90 | BPS/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Semenyo | £8.5 | 20.4% | 94% | 202 | 5.68 | 0.400 | 6.6 | 19.1 |
 Anderson | £6.5 | 12.2% | 97% | 180 | 4.86 | 0.209 | 13.9 | 21.5 |
 Cherki | £7.5 | 9.8% | 52% | 135 | 6.86 | 0.667 | 6.9 | 29.5 |
 Foden | £7.0 | 5.4% | 61% | 131 | 5.67 | 0.467 | 6.9 | 24.4 |
 Doku | £7.5 | 6.6% | 52% | 120 | 6.09 | 0.443 | 6.4 | 26.7 |
 Reijnders | £6.0 | 0.3% | 48% | 92 | 5.10 | 0.386 | 5.5 | 18.7 |
 Grealish | £6.5 | 0.3% | 48% | 79 | 4.37 | 0.299 | 7.5 | 19.7 |
 Rodrigo⚠ | £6.5 | 0.1% | 44% | 69 | 4.11 | 0.215 | 12.3 | 20.9 |
 N.Gonzalez | £5.5 | 0.1% | 46% | 63 | 3.63 | 0.104 | 11.9 | 19.4 |
 Savinho | £6.5 | 0.1% | 24% | 43 | 4.74 | 0.451 | 6.5 | 15.4 |
 Kovačić | £5.5 | 0.1% | 4% | 9 | — | — | — | — |
 Mukasa | £4.5 | 0.1% | 1% | 2 | — | — | — | — |
 Echeverri | £5.0 | 0.0% | 0% | 0 | — | — | — | — |
 Phillips | £5.0 | 0.0% | 0% | 0 | — | — | — | — |
 Monga | £5.0 | 0.0% | 0% | — | — | — | — | — |
