With little to separate Man City and Liverpool at the top of the table, we’ve picked out 50 stats to see how the title rivals measure up.
Goals, shots and attacking play
Goals per 90 minutes
Liverpool: 2.58
Man City: 2.36
Total shots
Liverpool: 605
Man City: 595
Shots on target
Liverpool: 206
Man City: 207
Shots on target percentage
Liverpool: 34.0%
Man City: 34.8%
Shots per 90
Liverpool: 18.33
Man City: 18.03
xG per 90
Liverpool: 2.58
Man City: 2.36
Goals per shot
Liverpool: 0.13
Man City: 0.12
Non-penalty xG total
Liverpool: 72.7
Man City: 74.7
Penalties won
Liverpool: 8
Man City: 8
Penalties scored
Liverpool: 7
Man City: 7
Goals minus xG
Liverpool: +6.5
Man City: +3.3
Average distance from goal of all shots taken
Liverpool: 15.8 yards
Man City: 15.8 yards
Shot creating actions (total)
Liverpool: 923
Man City: 960
Shot creating actions per 90
Liverpool: 27.97
Man City: 29.09
Man City, Liverpool top; Dirty Leeds bottom of Premier League fair play table
Passing and possession
Touches
Liverpool: 25436
Man City: 27005
Possession share
Liverpool: 63%
Man City: 68.4%
Attempted passes
Liverpool: 21649
Man City: 23720
Passes completed:
Liverpool: 18068
Man City: 20891
Pass completion
Liverpool: 83.5%
Man City: 88.1%
Corners won
Liverpool: 247
Man City: 277
In-swinging corners
Liverpool: 42
Man City: 117
Out-swinging corners
Liverpool: 179
Man City: 47
Crosses attempted
Liverpool: 476
Man City: 525
Total distance of completed passes
Liverpool: 357846
Man City: 397787
Total distance of progressive (10-plus yards forward) passes
Liverpool: 113379
Man City: 103585
Completed passes into final third in open play
Liverpool: 1574
Man City: 1716
Key passes (led directly to a shot)
Liverpool: 427
Man City: 441
Attempted dribbles
Liverpool: 551
Man City: 571
Successful dribbles
Liverpool: 296
Man City: 319
Dribbles success rate
Liverpool: 53.7%
Man City: 55.9%
Number of players dribbled past
Liverpool: 344
Man City: 328
Nutmegs completed
Liverpool: 27
Man City: 31
Offsides
Liverpool: 52
Man City: 55
Defending
xGA per 90
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