xG Man City vs Chelsea FA Cup January 8 2023 | Expected Goals Match Stats MCFC 4-0 CFC Attendance 51,505

Here is a look at the xG stats from Man City v Chelsea (Attendance 51,505 in the FA Cup Third Round 8 Jan, 2023). City comfortably won this game 4-0.

Chelsea had ZERO shots in the entirety of the first half (neither attempted nor on target, so zero xG at the interval).

xG Man City 2.70-0.09 Chelsea shots map (Actual score MCFC 4-0 CFC)

1-0 Mahrez free kick v Chelsea xG 0.05
2-0 Alvarez penalty vs Chelsea xG 0.80
3-0 Foden goal vs Chelsea xG 0.55
4-0 Mahrez penalty v Chelsea xG 0.80

xG Man City vs Chelsea FA Cup 2023

Manchester City vs Chelsea 4-0 FA Cup Match Stats for comparison

(MCFC match stats on left; Chelsea game stats on right)

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Villarreal vs Real Madrid 2023 Player Ratings- Newspaper Marca, Diario AS, Sport

Here is a look at the player ratings from the big Spanish newspapers after Villarreal 2-1 Real Madrid on 7 January, 2023. This was the first time in history that no Spanish player was in the Real Madrid starting lineup, and Los Blancos were unfortunately at the receiving end of a 2-1 scoreline.

Diario AS player ratings Villarreal Real Madrid 2023 January 7

The likes of Rudiger, Alaba and Mendy not even deemed worthy of a rating by AS. Two stars each for Modric and Vini.

Villarreal vs Real Madrid 2023 Player Ratings Diario AS

Marca newspaper ratings Villarreal 2 Real Madrid 1

Like AS, Marca chose not to rate Rudiger and Alaba, but they also thought Tchouameni was poor.

Villarreal v Real Madrid 2023 Ratings Marca

Diario Sport player ratings Villarreal v Real Madrid 2-1 2023

Albiol the pick of the players according to the Sport paper.

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PSG vs Chateauroux Player Ratings 2023 French Cup Round of 64

Here is a look at the L’Equipe newspaper player ratings for Chateauroux versus Paris Saint Germain, a fixture that ended 3-1 i favour of the latter. It wasn’t all smooth sailing for the Parisians though- the game was 1-1 till the final quarter until goals from Soler (78) and Bernat (90+1′) gave them a 3-1 … Read more