Ralf Rangnick suffered his first defeat as Manchester United manager after his side were beaten at home by Wolves in the English Premier League. Joao Moutinho scored the only goal of the match to hand his side a victory at Old Trafford.
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 shots were attempted by Wolves?
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At the end of the gallery, you’ll be able to download the full PDF stats report.
Phil Jones started for the home team after a gap of almost two years. The manager made no other changes from their win over Burnley.
Cristiano Ronaldo was the main striker for the hosts, and Edinson Cavani dropped into the midfield. The manager changed formation to a back three in the later stages of the match.
Wolves played in a 3-4-3 formation with Raul Jimenez leading the attack for the visitors.
The manager made three substitutions in the match and replaced the front three. All the subs played towards the right side of the pitch.
The above viz shows that the Wolves attacked more than the home team in the match. Wolves attempted 18 shots and three positional attacks more than the Red Devils. Manchester United attempted more passes into the opposition’s penalty area.
Ruben Neves dominated the midfield in the match. The Portuguese midfielder attempted three shots and 14 passes into the final third. He even led the stats for the most recoveries inside the opposition’s half in the match.
The home team attempted nine shots with a poor shot accuracy rate of 11.11%. Four shots were attempted from inside the opposition’s 18-yard box.
Wolves attempted 18 shots in the match and managed to hit the target six times. Seven shots were attempted from inside the opposition’s penalty box and the goal was scored from just outside the penalty box.
The xT timeline shows that the Red Devils created threats between the 60-80th minute mark. They attempted three shots within this period. Daniel Podence attempted four shots with a 75% shot accuracy rate.
Nemanja Matić attempted 65 passes for his side. He passed the ball ten times towards Luke Shaw and received the same number of passes from the left-back.
Ruben Neves attempted 66 passes for Wolves, and his 13 passes were towards right-back Nelson Semedo.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Luke Shaw attempted a combined total of ten crosses in the match. They landed five passes inside the opposition’s 18-yard box and four passes inside the 6-yard box.
Wolves’ full-backs attempted a combined total of seven crosses and four were attempted by Marcal. Five smart passes were attempted by the away team with a 60% success rate.
The xT creation zones show that Manchester United attacked more from the right side. Left-back Luke Shaw created the highest threat rate in the match. Bruno Fernandes came off the bench and created a threat rate of 0.254.
Mason Greenwood attempted the most dribbles for the home team. His eight dribbles created an xT of 0.077.
Wolves created more threats in the match and had more threat creation zones in the opposition final third. Ruben Neves created the highest threats with passes.
Daniel Podence attempted 12 dribbles in the match and his xT rate from dribbles was the highest for his side. Adama Traore came off the bench and attempted five dribbles. He created an xT of 0.083.
The home team won most of their defensive duels towards the left side of the field. Raphael Varane contested 11 duels and lost four duels.
Manchester United players won ten aerial duels in the middle third. Nemanja Matic contested five duels and won four of them.
Phil Jones, Matic, Sancho and Greenwood won two loose ball duels each for their side.
Wolves also won most of their defensive duels towards the left side. Joao Moutinho contested 11 duels and lost four of them.
Wolves won seven aerial duels in the defensive third. Romain Saiss contested four duels and won three of them.
The away team won six loose ball duels in the final third. Romain Saiss and Kilman contested two duels each and had a 100% success rate.
Wolves dominated the attacking stats in this match and earned a well-deserved victory after 42 years at Old Trafford.
If you want to download the stats report in PDF format you can do so here: Premier League Stats: Manchester United vs Wolves