Manchester United returned to winning ways after a 3-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League. Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first hat-trick of the season and helped his side gain all three points.
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;
What were the xT creation zones for Manchester United? How many positional attacks were created by Spurs?
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At the end of the gallery, you’ll be able to download the full PDF stats report.
Cristiano Ronaldo returned to the starting XI after missing the Manchester Derby due to an injury. His fellow Portuguese, Bruno Fernandes, missed this match due to an injury. Paul Pogba played a more advanced role.
The average position of Manchester United players was a lot closer to each other in the middle third. Fred and Matic were guarding the two centre-backs in the match.
Spurs played in a 3-4-1-2 formation, with Sergio Reguilon and Matt Doherty playing as the two wing-backs. Harry Kane was once again aided in the attack by Dejan Kulusevski and Son.
The average position of Tottenham Hotspur players shows that they played high up the pitch. The front three played a high line and were supported by wing-backs in the attack.
Tottenham Hotspur controlled 57% of the ball and launched 42 positional attacks and one counterattack. Manchester United, on the other hand, have been a strong counterattacking side this season. They created four counterattacks and 22 positional attacks. Spurs had a high recovery rate inside the opposition’s half.
Cristiano Ronaldo attempted the most shots in the match and had the highest xG rate. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg showed a dominant display in the midfield as he attempted 20 passes into the final third and made five recoveries inside the opposition’s half.
The Red Devils attempted nine shots, seven of them from inside the opposition’s penalty box. They managed to hit the target six times, and one goal was scored from a long-range effort from outside the penalty box.
Tottenham Hotspur attempted ten shots, and three of them were on target. Of these ten shots, seven were attempted from inside the opposition’s penalty box. One goal was scored from the penalty spot, and the other goal was an own goal by Harry Maguire.
The xT timeline shows that Manchester United created more threats in the first half in comparison to the second. Spurs, on the other hand, created more threats after the 40th-minute mark but only attempted a single shot in the second half. Cristiano Ronaldo managed to hit the target on five occasions.
Diogo Dalot was the highest passer of the ball for the home team. He attempted 52 passes, 12 of them towards Raphael Varane.
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg attempted 84 passes and was on the receiving end of 70 passes.
The home team players attempted four smart passes with a 25% success rate. Marcus Rashford attempted a single smart pass and the most number of crosses for his side. Of his 19 passes, two landed inside the opposition’s 18-yard box.
Harry Kane attempted four smart passes for his side, along with three crosses. Heung-Min Son attempted 33 passes, and eight of them landed inside the opposition’s penalty box.
Manchester United created fewer threats in the final third. They tried to attack more from the wide sides. Midfielder Fred created the highest threat rate with 44 passes attempted.
Left-back Alex Telles created the highest threat rate from dribbles for his side. He was supported by Jadon Sancho and Paul Pogba.
Spurs created a lot of threats in the final third. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg operated from the central midfield and created the highest threats.
Sergio Reguilon attempted the highest number of dribbles in the match. His seven dribbles created an xT rate of 0.062 from dribbles.
The Red Devils won the highest number of defensive duels in the defensive third. Alex Telles and Nemanja Matic contested eight duels each.
Cristiano Ronaldo was dominant in the air and won five aerial duels. He completed his hat-trick after scoring a header from a corner.
The home team won 12 loose ball duels in the middle third. Paul Pogba contested six duels and lost two of them.
Rodrigo Bentancur contested the highest number of defensive duels for Spurs. Of his 12 duels, he won two and lost eight of them.
Tottenham Hotspur players won most of their aerial duels in the final third. Eric Dier and Christian Romero won their three duels cleanly.
Sergio Reguilon and Harry Kane contested five loose ball duels each. Out of these ten duels, they lost three each.
Manchester United players won four corners, all towards the left-side of the keeper. The Red Devils scored a goal off a corner.
Spurs won five corners, and four from the right side of the keeper. They also won four free-kicks, and three were inside the opposition’s half.
Cristiano Ronaldo showed some individual brilliance in the match to take three points for his side. Tottenham Hotspur created more attacks but were unable to trouble the opposition goalkeeper.
If you want to download the stats report in PDF format you can do so here: Premier League Stats: Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur