13 games in, Haaland's on track for a 35-goal season, but Man City as a whole are on course for only 64.

For context, their lowest in the prior six seasons was 83 in 2020-21.

That 2021-22 strikerless season looks like a fever dream now:

De Bruyne 15
Sterling 13
Mahrez 11
Foden 9
Jesus 8
Gundogan 8
Silva 8
Rodri 7
Laporte 4
Grealish 3
Torres 2
Ake 2
Dias 2
Fernandinho 2
Stones 1
Cancelo 1

In retrospect, selling Julian Alvarez, after not fully replacing scoring wider contributors like Sterling, Mahrez, Aguero etc. looks a little reliant on Haaland.

Foden, De Bruyne, Rodri, Gundogan, Silva all aren't contributing like yesteryear for various reasons.

He's taking up a bigger slice of the pie, and that's partly due to a dip in goalscoring form from other big contributors of prior seasons, injuries, or just older players starting to decline in output.

13 games in, Haaland's on track for a 35-goal season, but Man City as a whole are on course for only 64.

For context, their lowest in the prior six seasons was 83 in 2020-21.

xG tables after GW 13

On xG according to PL website: Liverpool 3.35 - 0.82 Man City

Crazy disparity

Found this out doing a monstrous table of xG, overall home and away. Enjoy.

Brentford’s home record: P7 W6 D1 L0
xG/90 for 2.38, against 1.30 (+1.08)

Brentford’s away record: P6 W0 D1 L5
xG/90 for 0.76, against 2.02 (-1.26)

Most of their harder fixtures have come away from home, and it's early season, but still quite funny/stark.

According to the Premier League's website, Crystal Palace 1-1 Newcastle was a 1.29-0.02 xG game

Antoine Dupont winning 7s player of the year feels like a slap in the face of every Sevens player who did it all year round, Perry Baker, Terry Kennedy, Marcos Moneta etc. or indeed his countryman Aaron Grandidier-Nkanang who matched him for scoring and was arguably better, just less famous.

Leicester sacking Steve Cooper in 16th feels harsh regardless of the lack of supporter sentiment towards him.

With that squad 16th is not a dramatic underperformance.

Personally don't think Underhill dropped the second, but if you were inclined to support Japan you could make arguments against both.

#ENGvJPN

That is a lovely first try from England with Smith getting the pass away quickly - looked pretty forward/like Ollie Lawrence had marginally overran it as Austin Healey suggested on comms, though.

#ENGvJPN

The making of coach Ruben Amorim - from mopping third-tier floors to a Sporting war zone.

Went to Lisbon to speak to childhood friends, former players and coaches to find out how a manager under 40 has already become such a transformational figure.

Long read 👇#MUFC

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'Welcome to hell'

A long read on football in the occupied West Bank, Palestine.

Thanks to those who shared their stories - on stadiums tear-gassed and bulldozed, friends killed and careers destroyed.

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