Man Utd just defeated Everton 3-0 in round 13 of the Premier League. This is the "Red Devils" biggest victory in the Premier League since the beginning of the season. In the last 6 rounds, no team has won more points than coach Erik ten Hag's team.
The highlight of the match was that strikers Alejandro Garnacho, Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford all scored their own goals. After a long period of stalemate, the attack line opened up, which was a good sign for Man Utd. Only when the strikers did their job well, the pressure on the defense would be relieved.
However, match statistics show that the above series of results is not necessarily a measure of Man Utd's performance. It should be emphasized that in the above series of matches, the opponents of the Old Trafford team were all teams in the lower half of the rankings.
Some statistics of Man Utd in the match against Everton.
In the match against Everton, Man Utd did not play as well as many people thought. The 3-0 victory may have fooled Man Utd fans about the team's performance.
According to Opta, Man Utd's expected goals is 2.18. "Expected goals" is a measure of the quality of a chance created, by calculating the likelihood of shots in similar situations in the past resulting in a goal. Man Utd's figure is lower than the home team Everton's. Even before Rashford scored to make it 2-0, the visitors' expected goals were just over 1.0 while Everton's were over 2.0.
During the whole match, Man Utd had 9 shots, 4 of which were on target and 3 goals were scored.
On the other side of the front line, Everton had 22 shots, 6 of which were on target, but they failed to score. Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Doucoure and McNair could only blame themselves when they were all given clear chances to score.
In terms of possession, Man Utd and Everton were evenly matched, with each team controlling about 50% of the ball on the pitch. Man Utd were rated much higher than their opponents but could not dominate the game on the pitch. They won and kept a clean sheet partly because Everton's strikers were ineffective.
The numbers don't lie. Until Rashford's penalty, United were deadlocked and worrying. It felt like Everton would score at any moment. But this was a game where United won. Manager Erik ten Hag may be pleased with the result but he knows there is more work to do.
Mai Phuong
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