Comparing Jack Grealish’s 20-21 stats with Man City’s existing midfielders
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola evidently loves a lively attacking midfielder, having often scrapped centre-forwards in favour of fitting more in this season.
So the links to Aston Villa talisman Jack Grealish make a lot of sense. The England international is enjoying another stellar individual campaign with Dean Smith’s side, but Guardiola already has a wealth of options at his disposal – would he be an improvement on what they’ve already got?
Here’s how his 2020-21 Premier League stats compare to the corresponding figures of Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva, Riyad Mahrez, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling, Ferran Torres and Ilkay Gundogan.
Goals
Ilkay Gundogan — 12
Riyad Mahrez — 9
Raheem Sterling— 9
Jack Grealish — 6
Phil Foden — 6
Kevin De Bruyne — 5
Ferran Torres — 2
Bernardo Silva — 2
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Assists
Kevin De Bruyne — 11
Jack Grealish — 10
Phil Foden — 5
Raheem Sterling— 5
Riyad Mahrez — 4
Bernardo Silva — 3
Ferran Torres — 2
Ilkay Gundogan — 1
Minutes per goal or assist
Kevin De Bruyne — 113
Phil Foden — 121
Jack Grealish — 123
Riyad Mahrez —125
Ilkay Gundogan —134
Raheem Sterling—147
Ferran Torres — 230
Bernardo Silva — 344
Chances created per 90 minutes
Kevin De Bruyne — 3.5
Jack Grealish — 3.4
Riyad Mahrez — 2.2
Phil Foden — 2.1
Ilkay Gundogan — 1.8
Raheem Sterling— 1.4
Bernardo Silva — 1
Ferran Torres — 1
Successful dribbles per 90 minutes (success rate)
Jack Grealish — 2.8 (66%)
Raheem Sterling— 2.5 (55%)
Riyad Mahrez — 2.3 (56%)
Phil Foden — 1.9 (50%)
Kevin De Bruyne — 1.9 (70%)
Bernardo Silva — 1.7 (60%)
Ferran Torres — 1.5 (38%)
Ilkay Gundogan — 1.1 (64%)
A deserved goal for Jack Grealish! 🔥
The Villa star has been immense all night, and he gets on the scoresheet!
A perfect one-two with Douglas Luiz 👌 pic.twitter.com/PPLQKmnJWe
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) January 27, 2021
Passes completed per 90 minutes (accuracy)
Ilkay Gundogan —72.6 (91.1%)
Bernardo Silva — 60 (91%)
Kevin De Bruyne — 56.8 (81.9%)
Riyad Mahrez — 47 (88.1%)
Phil Foden — 41.4 (87.5%)
Jack Grealish — 40.9 (83.2%)
Raheem Sterling— 38.3 (86.1%)
Ferran Torres — 27.4 (84%)
Successful tackles per 90 minutes
Kevin De Bruyne —1.6
Jack Grealish — 1.2
Phil Foden — 1.2
Bernardo Silva — 1.2
Riyad Mahrez — 1.0
Ilkay Gundogan — 1.0
Raheem Sterling— 0.9
Ferran Torres — 0.6
Fouled per 90 minutes
Jack Grealish — 4.6
Phil Foden — 1.7
Bernardo Silva — 0.8
Riyad Mahrez — 1.2
Kevin De Bruyne — 1.3
Raheem Sterling— 1.4
Ilkay Gundogan — 1
Ferran Torres — 1
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