This season, Manchester City have covered more ground than any other side in the Premier League at 1268.7km – An average of 115.3 km per game.

In comparison, seven teams ran more than City in the top flight last term, with Pep Guardiola’s side averaging 109.8km per game. This means they are running 5.5km per game more so far this campaign.

In terms of sprints, only Nottingham Forest and Southampton averaged fewer per game than City last season (127), whereas only five teams have sprinted more per match than the Manchester side this campaign (149) – that is 22 more than last time out.

When focusing on their win at home to Liverpool on Sunday, Manchester City ran almost nine kilometres more than than the Reds (118.0 km v 109.2 km) – only twice has a team outrun their opponents more in a Premier League game this season.

It is easier to outrun an opponent when they are a player short, so when we only consider matches without a red card, only once has a team outrun their opponents more in a top flight match this term than City did against Liverpool – which was the former champions themselves in their 4-0 opening day win at Wolves.

The three instances where a team has outrun their opponents by more than eight kilometres in a game of 11v11 this season have all been Guardiola’s side.