Manchester United and Young Boys played a goalless draw in the UEFA Champions League 2021-22 season Group F match. Young Boys collected four points in the two games played between the two teams but finished at the bottom of the table. Manchester United finished as the group leaders.
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 Manchester United’s xT creation zones? How many shots were attempted by Young Boys?
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At the end of the gallery, you’ll be able to download the full PDF stats report.
The manager gave opportunities to a lot of youngsters, especially the academy players. Mason Greenwood led the Manchester United team in the attacks, and Nemanja Matic played as a centre-back.
The average position of the starting XI shows that Luke Shaw played as the wing-back, and Donny van de Beek played in the holding midfield role.
Young Boys played in a 4-4-2 formation with Jordan Siebatcheu and Elia Meschack leading the line for the away team.
The average position of eight outfield players was within the opposition’s half. From the average position of the final XI, we can observe that Young Boys attacked from the right side.
The away team created more attacks and dominated the match. Young Boys attempted 17 shots and contested 76 offensive duels. Both teams attempted 32 dribbles in the match with a 50% win rate.
Jordan Siebatcheu created the highest expected goal rate and attempted four shots. Michel Aebischer dominated the midfield and made nine recoveries in the opposition’s half. Manchester United youngster, Amad Diallo, attempted the most dribbles in the match.
The home team attempted seven shots in the match and had a high shot accuracy rate of 71.43%. A total of four shots were attempted from inside the opposition’s penalty box with a 100% shot accuracy rate.
Young Boys attempted 17 shots and created an expected goal rate of 1.65. They managed to hit the target five times, and the goal was scored from outside the penalty box.
The expected threat timeline shows that Young Boys created threats in both halves. Manchester United players attempted four shots in the first half and were unable to take a shot after the 60th-minute mark. Mason Greenwood scored the goal for the home side and had two attempts on target.
Donny van de Beek attempted 78 passes, and his 11 passes were towards Juan Mata. Nemanja Matic passed the ball 16 times towards Eric Bailly.
Fabian Lustenberger attempted 73 passes for the away side, and his 18 passes were towards Mohamed Aly Camara. Lustenberger was also on the receiving end of most passes.
Donny van de Beek was the only Manchester United player who attempted a smart pass for the home team. Luke Shaw attempted three crosses, and his four passes landed inside the opposition’s penalty box.
Silvan Hefti attempted the most number of crosses in the match, and his eight passes landed inside the opposition’s 18-yard box. Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu’s three passes landed inside the opposition’s six-yard box.
Manchester United created threats from the wider sides. Luke Shaw created the highest xT from passes for the home team.
Mason Greenwood created the highest threat from dribbles with his five dribbles. Amad Traore created an xT of 0.056 from dribbles with his ten dribble attempts.
The xT creation map shows that Young Boys created a lot of threats from the right. Jordan Lefort created the highest threats from passes.
Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu attempted eight dribbles and created the highest threat rate from dribbles. Jordan Lefort created the second-highest threat rate.
The home team won 24 defensive duels in the middle third. Donny van de Beek and Mason Greenwood won four duels each for the Red Devils.
Manchester United players contested 15 aerial duels and won eight. Most of the duels were contested in the middle third.
Jesse Lingard won three loose ball duels and his team won nine duels each in the defensive and middle third.
Young Boys won 17 defensive duels in the middle third. Jordan Lefort and Michel Aebischer won four duels each in the match.
Christopher Martins Pereira contested five aerial duels with a 100% win rate.
Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu won the most loose-ball duels for the away side. His team won ten duels in the final third.
Young Boys displayed a dominating display but were unable to defeat a young Manchester United side with a mixture of experienced players.
If you want to download the stats report in PDF format you can do so here: UEFA Champions League 2021/22 Stats: Manchester United vs Young Boys