At this rate, OM would have needed 1,800 minutes to score against City

Valentin Rongier and OM suffered against City -

There are stats that hurt but that cannot be hidden.

Like these two poor shots on target from Olympique de Marseille against Manchester City in the Champions League.

Two strikes that are worth little more than 0.05 xG ("expected goals") over the entire match.

We remind you what an xG is for the uninitiated: it is roughly the number of goals that a player or a team should have scored according to the quality of the opportunities provided during a match.

This figure of 0.05 is unusually low for a single team.

In comparison, Manchester City is doing with 1.99 xG over 90 minutes to finally score three goals.

Knowing that, to continue on the popularization, 1 xG corresponds to 100% chances of scoring a goal.

A total that André Villas-Boas' men would have reached in 1,800 minutes at the rate they played.

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OM-Manchester City: is Marseille too weak for the Champions League?

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