On the 25th August 2019, Anthony Martial was injured for Manchester United, leaving Marcus Rashford as the club’s sole ‘experienced’ forward. For the following 2 months and 7 games, Marcus registered 1 goal against Leicester (a penalty), and 1 assist against Arsenal. In this period, some of the fans began to turn on him as […]
This season, Manchester United have averaged 14.9 total shots in the PL. This is enough to place them 4th in the division for total shots. When we only look at shots taken outside of the box, they rocket up to 1st place with 7.2 shots a game, meaning 48.32% of their total shots are from […]
As of the winter break 2020, United have an xG – penalties figure of 31.8. To explain xG, it is a metric that rates every shot taken in a game, and calculates the chance of that shot being converted into a goal. It is found by using historical data of similar shots. United have so […]
Here we compare where United stand in the Premier League for total goals from different phases of play. As we can see, United are 6th and 5th respectively for open play and counter attacking goals. This is roughly in line with their performances this season. However, they perform poorly from set pieces, where they only […]
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