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·21 septembre 2025

Guardiola's Manchester City record lowest possession ever

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Pep Guardiola's Manchester ended up with a 1 x 1 draw against Arsenal, but it drew attention for another reason: it had only 32.8% of ball possession, according to Opta.

This was the game with the LOWEST ball possession of a team led by Guardiola in his entire league career, which now totals 601 matches.


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Curious? The second worst number was also against Arsenal, in March of 2023, with 36.5% possession.

Is Guardiola changing? Or was it just pragmatism? The fact is that, even with this different strategy, the team came away with a point on the road.

Arsenal also didn't shine much and had difficulty breaking through the blockade. Result: a choppy game and historic statistics.

With this, Liverpool remains the isolated leader, with 15 points. Arsenal is the runner-up, with 10. And City is ninth, with seven.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.


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