Manchester United 2–3 Galatasaray — UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Match Stats

UEFA Champions League · 2023Tue, 3 Oct 2023, 19:00 UTC

Manchester United

2–3Historical match

Galatasaray

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

Match at a glance

Galatasaray won 2–3.

Shots: 1614
Shots on target: 54
Expected goals: 2.272.56
Possession: 55%45%

Full time

What the match recorded

Galatasaray beat Manchester United 3–2. Recorded in this match (Manchester United – Galatasaray): shots 16–14, shots on target 5–4, expected goals 2.27–2.56, possession 55%–45%. 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.

Galatasaray's recent record differs from the season

weak

Galatasaray's last-five shots average is below their season average.

10.2 shots/match ▲ShotsLast 5 · Season12.4 shots/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
Shots	10.2 shots/match	12.4 shots/match	11.9 shots/match

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

This match

Match statistics

Shots16 shots14 shotsManchester United 16 shots, Galatasaray 14 shots
Shots on target5 shots4 shotsManchester United 5 shots, Galatasaray 4 shots
Expected goals2.27 xG2.56 xGManchester United 2.27 xG, Galatasaray 2.56 xG
Possession55%45%Manchester United 55%, Galatasaray 45%
Corners9 corners3 cornersManchester United 9 corners, Galatasaray 3 corners
Fouls13 fouls16 foulsManchester United 13 fouls, Galatasaray 16 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.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Manchester United: 16 shots, 5 on target, 2.29 xG. Galatasaray: 14 shots, 4 on target, 2.54 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 United 2.29 xG · Galatasaray 2.54 xG.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

13 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/113.1 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 8home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Tue, 3 Oct 2023, 23:00 UTC · analysis-v4