In-depth look to Manchester City's statistics from three winning games in August

In August, Manchester City recorded three wins out of three in the Premier League. The current Premier League champions have started off on the right foot, with all available points being attained by Man City, which puts them in first place with Liverpool in joint points in second.

In this article, we will look at the stats from all three completed games so far by Man City, which has led to a successful opening to their new season.

Manchester City team statistics - August

• In the three games, nine goals were scored, two goals were conceded, and one clean sheet was kept.
• Manchester City had 48 shots which is the 2nd most in the league joint with Liverpool.
• 1,847 passes were made which is the most in the league which isn't surprising.
• In the matches, 2,529 touches were made- which is the most in the league.
• Manuel Akanji had the most touches from the club with 322 as well as the most passes(289).
• The players were offside five times.
• The woodwork was hit three times.
• 109 long balls were made by the Cityzens.
• 43 clearances were made.
• For yellow cards, there were four in total.

Individual player statistics

• As for crosses, Kevin De Bruyne had the most with 24.
• Rico Lewis made 21 recoveries.
• As for interceptions for the club, most were completed by Ruben Dias and Gvardiol (six).
• Most fouls were committed by Manuel Akanji and Kevin De Bruyne(three). In the three matches, the top scorer was Erling Haaland with seven goals- which is the most by a player after three games.
• He scored two hat tricks.
• Other goal scorers were Kevin De Bruyne and Mateo Kovacic.
• For assists, Bernardo has two assists followed by Kevin De Bruyne, Rico Lewis, Savinho, and Matheus Nunes having one assist each.
• Manuel Akanji, Ruben Dias, Rico Lewis, Bernardo Silva, and Ederson played all the minutes in the three games (270).
• Haaland played 269 minutes, Gvardiol 268, Kevin De Bruyne 267.
• In three fixtures, City only made 45 tackles, nine were made by Mateo Kovacic.
• Erling Haaland had 14 shots meaning he had a shot conversion of 50%. Ederson made five saves in the matches.

All the stats were provided by the Premier League website.