Manchester United were held to a frustrating 1-1 draw against bottom of the table side Burnley in the English Premier League. The Red Devils have now dropped to the fifth position in the league table.
We’ve broken down all the key stats for you to digest, including;
* shot maps
* xT (expected threat)
* pass networks
* xG timelines
* defensive duels
* average positions and much more!
We also try to answer some questions for you with the visuals;
Which Burnley player made the most recoveries inside the opposition’s half? How many shots were attempted by Manchester United?
To navigate the stats gallery simply click on the numbers to move through the pages.
At the end of the gallery, you’ll be able to download the full PDF stats report.
The home team started in a 4-4-2 formation, with new signing, Wout Weghorst, leading the front line along with the veteran, Jay Rodriguez. Maxwell Cornet and Dwight McNeil provided width to Burnley’s attack.
From the average positions of the starting XI, we can observe that Dwight McNeil slipped into the midfield, and Sean Dyche’s men played in a 4-3-3 formation.
Ralf Rangnick’s men started in a 4-2-3-1 formation, with Edinson Cavani replacing Cristiano Ronaldo in the attack. Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho featured on the wings.
Scott McTominay slipped between the two centre-backs and allowed Paul Pogba to play in a more attacking role. Cavani dropped a lot into the midfield and allowed the wide players to go forward.
Manchester United had 63% of the ball possession and attempted 43 positional attacks. The Red Devils had more attacks than their opponents, and the xG rate of the team was on a higher side. Burnley, on the other hand, made more interceptions and clearances than the away team. The duels win percentage was better for Rangnick’s men.
Bruno Fernandes attempted the highest number of shots for the away team. The Portuguese international attempted five shots, made five recoveries inside the opposition’s half and attempted 11 passes into the opposition’s final third. Josh Brownhill made the highest number of recoveries inside the opposition’s half from the Burnley midfield.
The home team attempted seven shots, and three of them were on target. Only two shots were attempted from inside the opposition’s penalty box, and one of them was converted into a goal.
Manchester United players attempted 22 shots with a 22.73% shot accuracy rate. 13 shots out of the 22, were attempted from inside the opposition’s penalty box. Only a single shot was attempted from inside the opposition’s 6-yard box.
The expected goal timeline shows that Burnley players didn’t attempt a single shot inside the first half. Manchester United were continuously creating chances and attempted nine shots in the last 15 minutes of the first half. A lot of threats were created by the Red Devils towards the end of the match.
Erik Pieters attempted the highest number of passes for the home team. His nine passes were towards striker Wout Weghorst.
Left-back Luke Shaw attempted the highest number of passes for Manchester United. He attempted 14 passes each towards Harry Maguire and Jadon Sancho. Shaw was also on the receiving end of most passes.
Dwight McNeil attempted 17 passes, and five of them landed inside the opposition’s penalty box. These 17 passes included 14 simple passes, one smart pass, and two crosses. Connor Roberts attempted four crosses for his side.
Bruno Fernandes and Luke Shaw attempted six crosses each for the away side, and their eight passes landed inside the opposition’s penalty box. Bruno Fernandes even attempted two smart passes.
The xT creation zone timeline shows that most of the threats were created from the wider sides. For the Clarets, Dwight McNeil generated the most threats from passes.
Dwight McNeil once again created the highest threat rate from dribbles. The midfielder attempted six dribbles for Burnley. Wout Weghorst attempted seven dribbles and created a threat rate of 0.014.
The away team also created most of the threats from the wider sides. Luke Shaw created the highest threat rate, followed by Bruno Fernandes.
Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho attempted eight dribbles each for the away team. Sancho created the highest threats from dribbles.
The home team won most of their defensive duels towards the right side. Dwight McNeil contested the highest number of duels for his side.
Burnley players won five aerial duels in the middle. Ben Mee contested seven duels and won five of them.
Once again, Burnley players won most of their duels in the middle of the park. Josh Brownhill and Wout Weghorst contested 13 duels each for their side.
Manchester United players won most of their defensive duels in the defensive third. Diogo Dalot contested ten duels and lost three of them.
Paul Pogba contested the highest number of aerial duels for his side. The midfielder won 60% of his duels.
The Red Devils won most of their loose ball duels in the middle third. Paul Pogba once again contested the highest number of duels.
Manchester United failed to capitalize on most of their chances and failed to convert most of the shots. Ralf Rangnick’s men created a lot of threats, but Burnley defended well to take a point from their opponents.
If you want to download the stats report in PDF format you can do so here: Premier League Stats: Burnley vs Manchester United