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Man City 2017/18

Champions in 110 of 400 seasons

Pep Guardiola's 4-3-3, their most-played XI that season, through this season's Premier League (2026/27) 400 times, in the same engine as the game.

Most often

2nd

129 of 400 seasons

Average

87 pts

2nd on average

Champions

110

of 400 seasons

Top four

383

of 400 seasons

Every finish

110
129
91
53
13
4
14101720
Where they finished in each of the 400 seasons. Red: most often; green: their real 2017/18 finish.

Then and now

FinishPtsScoredConceded
The real 2017/181st10010627
This season, on average2nd878833
  • Best of the 400: 1st, 103 points. Worst: 6th, 69 points.
  • Top scorer: Raheem Sterling, 20.8 a season on average.
  • When they didn't win it, Arsenal usually did: 122 titles in the 400.

The side

Pep Guardiola, 4-3-3. The XI that played most that season, position by position.

SanéSterlingAgüero
SilvaGündoğan
BruyneOtamendiDelphFernandinhoWalker
Ederson

Could your XI do better?

Four quick quiz games earn a budget. Sign a manager and eleven, any Premier League season since 2010. Then they play this season, the same league as Man City 2017/18 did here.

Play Best XI

A simulation, not a prediction: the real 2017/18 figures are the club's own; everything else is the game's engine, played 400 times.