According to SPI, regression is in the eyes of onlookers. Guardiola’s team still has a 44% chance of winning the Premier League and has the second highest odds (20%) of winning the Champions League. This is not a nightmare season in Etihad. But after winning four league titles in the past five seasons, the fact that Manchester City is not popular in the league at present is definitely a sign of at least a slight decline.
Manchester City created a very similar scoring output in the Premier League in the 2022-23 season-2.6 goals per game last year; This year’s score is 2.5 points-although the xG output is low (from 2.6 points to 2.1 points per game), the new Ehrling Harland is one of the best finishers in the world in recent seasons, which makes up for a considerable difference. It’s hard to worry too much about the attack, even though adding Harland didn’t actually make it better.
