'City in decline long before Guardiola'
A squad growing old and poor recruitment threaten to leave Pep Guardiola managing Manchester City in the Europa League, writes Phil McNulty
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League Table & Stats
 England Division Two (old)
| Home | Away | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | GA | Pt | Res | Res | |||
| 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 34 | 2.83 | 55 | L0-3 | L0-4 | |
| 2 | Middlesbrough | 34 | 3.75 | 51 | D0-0 | L1-7 | |
| 3 | Preston North End | 34 | 2.22 | 42 | W2-0 | L0-5 | |
| 4 | Arsenal | 34 | 1.92 | 42 | L1-3 | L2-3 | |
| 5 | Lincoln City | 34 | 1.29 | 41 | L0-1 | L0-4 | |
| 6 | Bristol City | 34 | 1.49 | 40 | W1-0 | L2-5 | |
| 7 | Doncaster Rovers | 34 | 0.84 | 34 | D0-0 | L1-4 | |
| 8 | Glossop North End | 34 | 0.90 | 32 | W1-0 | L1-3 | |
| 9 | Burnley | 34 | 0.91 | 30 | W3-0 | D0-0 | |
| 10 | Burton United | 34 | 0.85 | 30 | W3-1 | W1-0 | |
| 11 | Barnsley | 34 | 0.81 | 30 | L1-2 | L2-3 | |
| 12 | Port Vale | 34 | 0.73 | 29 | W4-3 | L2-4 | |
| 13 | Blackpool | 34 | 0.71 | 29 | W3-1 | D0-0 | |
| 14 | Leicester City | 34 | 0.68 | 29 | D3-3 | L0-3 | |
| 15 | Manchester United | 34 | 0.72 | 28 | W3-0 | L0-2 | |
| 16 | Chesterfield | 34 | 0.69 | 28 | |||
| 17 | Stockport County | 34 | 0.50 | 23 | W8-1 | L0-3 | |
| 18 | Gainsborough Trinity | 34 | 0.38 | 19 | W2-0 | D0-0 | |
| Chesterfield | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Home | Away | |
| League Record | |||
| Rank | 16th | 10th | 16th |
| Played | 34 | 17 | 17 |
| Won | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| Drawn | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Lost | 17 | 4 | 13 |
| Form (6 games) | |||
| Rank | 5th | 1st | 12th |
| Record (W-D-L) | 3-1-2 | 6-0-0 | 1-1-4 |
| Goals (F-A) | 13-11 | 20-3 | 4-18 |
| Attack | |||
| Rank | 8th | 7th | 12th |
| Goals scored | 47 | 35 | 12 |
| Failed to score | 13 | 4 | 9 |
| Since failing to score | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Defence | |||
| Rank | 16th | 13th | 16th |
| Goals conceded | 68 | 18 | 50 |
| Clean sheets | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| Current clean sheets | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goal Difference | |||
| Rank | 16th | 9th | 16th |
| Goal difference | -21 | +17 | -38 |
| Goal Total | |||
| Rank | 1st | 6th | 2nd |
| Goal total | 115 | 53 | 62 |
| Over 2.5 goals | 22 | 10 | 12 |
| Under 2.5 goals | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| Sequence Summary | |||
| Full | lost last game | ||
| Home | won last 7 | ||
| Away | w/o win in last 3 | ||
| Season Longest Sequences | |||
| W-D-L | 4-2-5 | 7-1-2 | 1-2-6 |
| w/o Loss-w/o Win | 5-8 | 8-3 | 2-13 |
| Score Distribution | |||
| Most common |
D0-0 |
W1-0 W2-0 W3-0 more |
D0-0 |
| Occurence | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Chesterfield | |||
Season Summary
| Competition | Position / Round | P | W | D | L | CS | FtS | F | A | GD | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Division Two (old) | 16th | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 47 | 68 | -21 | .417 |
| English FA Cup | Intermediate Round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | .333 |
| TOTAL | 35 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 48 | 70 | -22 | .405 | |