Manchester City 5–0 AC Sparta Praha — UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Match Stats

UEFA Champions League · 2024Wed, 23 Oct 2024, 19:00 UTC

Manchester City

5–0Historical match

AC Sparta Praha

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A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Manchester City won 5–0.

Shots: 225
Shots on target: 101
Expected goals: 2.930.23
Possession: 80%20%

Full time

What the match recorded

Manchester City beat AC Sparta Praha 5–0. Recorded in this match (Manchester City – AC Sparta Praha): shots 22–5, shots on target 10–1, expected goals 2.93–0.23, possession 80%–20%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

AC Sparta Praha's recent record differs from the season

weak

AC Sparta Praha's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

1.6 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season2 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	1.6 goals/match	2 goals/match	1.67 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

This match

Match statistics

Shots22 shots5 shotsManchester City 22 shots, AC Sparta Praha 5 shots
Shots on target10 shots1 shotManchester City 10 shots, AC Sparta Praha 1 shot
Expected goals2.93 xG0.23 xGManchester City 2.93 xG, AC Sparta Praha 0.23 xG
Possession80%20%Manchester City 80%, AC Sparta Praha 20%
Corners7 corners1 cornerManchester City 7 corners, AC Sparta Praha 1 corner
Fouls5 fouls4 foulsManchester City 5 fouls, AC Sparta Praha 4 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

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Manchester City: 22 shots, 10 on target, 3.02 xG. AC Sparta Praha: 5 shots, 1 on target, 0.23 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Manchester City 3.02 xG · AC Sparta Praha 0.23 xG.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Manchester City favored in 0 of 11 directional metrics · AC Sparta Praha in 0 · 11 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Manchester City3 matchesAC Sparta Praha9 matches

3 goals/match ▲Goals scored3/92 goals/match

0 goals/match ▲Goals allowed3/91.22 goals/match

3 xG/match ▲Expected goals3/31.26 xG/match

24 shots/match ▲Shots3/511.2 shots/match

9.67 shots/match ▲Shots on target3/53.6 shots/match

72% ●Possession3/529.2%

8.67 corners/match ●Corners3/51.6 corners/match

8.33 fouls/matchFouls3/59.8 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples3 / 9home / away teams

Recent samples3 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

Evidence is usable but does not meet the strongest completeness threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Wed, 23 Oct 2024, 23:00 UTC · analysis-v4