Manchester City 3–2 RB Leipzig — UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Match Stats

UEFA Champions League · 2023Tue, 28 Nov 2023, 20:00 UTC

Manchester City

WWWW

3–2Historical match

RB Leipzig

WLWW

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

Match at a glance

Manchester City won 3–2.

Shots: 145
Shots on target: 63
Expected goals: 1.780.54
Possession: 70%30%

Full time

What the match recorded

Manchester City beat RB Leipzig 3–2. Recorded in this match (Manchester City – RB Leipzig): shots 14–5, shots on target 6–3, expected goals 1.78–0.54, possession 70%–30%. 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.

Manchester City show a distinct attacking-volume record

moderate

Manchester City's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines.

24.4 shots/match ▲ShotsManchester City · RB Leipzig16 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Manchester City	RB Leipzig	Baseline
Shots	24.4 shots/match	16 shots/match	13.3 shots/match
Shots against	4.2 shots/match	14.2 shots/match	12.2 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

The teams have contrasting possession records

moderate

Manchester City have recorded the higher season possession share.

70.6% ●PossessionManchester City · RB Leipzig44.6%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 26.0 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Manchester City	RB Leipzig	Baseline
Possession	70.6%	44.6%	49%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

Both teams have elevated corners records

moderate

Each team's season corners average is above the competition baseline.

6.4 corners/matchCornersManchester City · RB Leipzig6.4 corners/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

Metric	Manchester City	RB Leipzig	Baseline
Corners	6.4 corners/match	6.4 corners/match	5.27 corners/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

This match

Match statistics

Shots14 shots5 shotsManchester City 14 shots, RB Leipzig 5 shots
Shots on target6 shots3 shotsManchester City 6 shots, RB Leipzig 3 shots
Expected goals1.78 xG0.54 xGManchester City 1.78 xG, RB Leipzig 0.54 xG
Possession70%30%Manchester City 70%, RB Leipzig 30%
Corners6 corners7 cornersManchester City 6 corners, RB Leipzig 7 corners
Fouls10 fouls11 foulsManchester City 10 fouls, RB Leipzig 11 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: 14 shots, 6 on target, 1.77 xG. RB Leipzig: 5 shots, 3 on target, 0.56 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 1.77 xG · RB Leipzig 0.56 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

3Manchester City

1Draws

1RB Leipzig

4 Oct 2023RB Leipzig — Manchester City · UEFA Champions League1–3

14 Mar 2023Manchester City — RB Leipzig · UEFA Champions League7–0

22 Feb 2023RB Leipzig — Manchester City · UEFA Champions League1–1

7 Dec 2021RB Leipzig — Manchester City · UEFA Champions League2–1

15 Sept 2021Manchester City — RB Leipzig · UEFA Champions League6–3

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Manchester City favored in 10 of 11 directional metrics · RB Leipzig in 0 · 1 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Manchester City5 matchesRB Leipzig5 matches

3 goals/match ▲Goals scored5/52.2 goals/match

1 goal/match ▲Goals allowed5/51.8 goals/match

3.19 xG/match ▲Expected goals5/51.86 xG/match

24.4 shots/match ▲Shots5/516 shots/match

10.2 shots/match ▲Shots on target5/55.4 shots/match

70.6% ●Possession5/544.6%

6.4 corners/matchCorners5/56.4 corners/match

6.6 fouls/matchFouls5/510.8 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples5 / 5home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 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, 29 Nov 2023, 00:00 UTC · analysis-v4

Team rankings in UEFA Champions League

Goals per match ranking xG per match ranking Shots per match ranking

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Match at a glance

What the match recorded

Manchester City show a distinct attacking-volume record