'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
 Scotland Premier Division
| Home | Away | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | GD | Pt | Res | Res | Res | Res | |||
| 1 | Dundee United | 36 | +55 | 56 | L0-2 | L1-4 | L0-5 | L0-4 | |
| 2 | Celtic | 36 | +54 | 55 | L0-7 | W2-1 | L1-3 | L0-3 | |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 36 | +52 | 55 | L0-2 | L0-3 | L1-2 | L1-5 | |
| 4 | Rangers | 36 | +11 | 38 | D2-2 | W3-0 | L0-4 | L0-1 | |
| 5 | St Mirren | 36 | -4 | 34 | W2-0 | D0-0 | L0-3 | L0-4 | |
| 6 | Dundee | 36 | -11 | 29 | W1-0 | D1-1 | L1-3 | L1-3 | |
| 7 | Hibernian | 36 | -16 | 29 | L0-1 | W2-0 | L0-1 | D1-1 | |
| 8 | Motherwell | 36 | -34 | 27 | |||||
| 9 | Morton | 36 | -44 | 20 | W3-1 | W4-1 | L1-3 | W1-0 | |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 36 | -63 | 17 | W4-1 | W3-1 | W2-0 | D1-1 | |
| Motherwell | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Home | Away | |
| League Record | |||
| Rank | 8th | 6th | 9th |
| Played | 36 | 18 | 18 |
| Won | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| Drawn | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Lost | 20 | 6 | 14 |
| Form (6 games) | |||
| Rank | 6th | 6th | 9th |
| Record (W-D-L) | 2-1-3 | 3-1-2 | 0-2-4 |
| Goals (F-A) | 7-13 | 11-10 | 2-14 |
| Attack | |||
| Rank | 7th | 7th | 9th |
| Goals scored | 39 | 28 | 11 |
| Failed to score | 14 | 6 | 8 |
| Since failing to score | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Defence | |||
| Rank | 8th | 8th | 8th |
| Goals conceded | 73 | 27 | 46 |
| Clean sheets | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Current clean sheets | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Goal Difference | |||
| Rank | 8th | 7th | 9th |
| Goal difference | -34 | +1 | -35 |
| Goal Total | |||
| Rank | 4th | 5th | 4th |
| Goal total | 112 | 55 | 57 |
| Over 2.5 goals | 22 | 10 | 12 |
| Under 2.5 goals | 14 | 8 | 6 |
| Sequence Summary | |||
| Full | drew last game | ||
| Home | won last game | ||
| Away | drew last game, w/o win in last 7 |
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| Season Longest Sequences | |||
| W-D-L | 2-2-4 | 3-1-2 | 1-1-8 |
| w/o Loss-w/o Win | 2-5 | 3-2 | 1-8 |
| Score Distribution | |||
| Most common |
L1-3 |
W2-0 W3-1 W4-1 more |
L1-3 |
| Occurence | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Motherwell | |||
Season Summary
| Competition | Position / Round | P | W | D | L | CS | FtS | F | A | GD | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish Premier Division | 8th | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 39 | 73 | -34 | .382 |
| Scottish FA Cup | Third Round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | .375 |
| Scottish League Cup | Preliminary Round | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | .625 |
| TOTAL | 44 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 52 | 84 | -32 | .413 | |