E. Anderson

Anderson's 2026/27 season, read from the numbers

In 2026/27, E. Anderson was used in rotation for Manchester City in the Premier League: 5 appearances and 415 minutes, averaging 83 minutes per outing. His standout number is match rating — 21st of 978 midfielders and inside the top 2%.

Per 90 minutes that is 0.7 key passes per 90, 0.0 assists per 90 and 4.6 ball recoveries per 90 — the rate profile behind Anderson's totals. The profile is lopsided rather than complete: measured against midfielders, Anderson sits in the top 1% for tackling volume but only the top 52% for shot conversion.

Set against Anderson's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he is playing far less than he once did — 1503 minutes against 3334 at his peak. Our records cover 7 seasons of Anderson's career, 2020/21 to 2026/27, across 4 clubs — Newcastle, Bristol Rovers, Nottingham Forest, Manchester City. In that time he has played 204 matches across 8 competitions, 12,634 minutes in all.

His best return on our records was 6 assists in 2024/25, from 43 appearances. He is 7 appearances into the current one. Away from his club, Anderson has 13 appearances for England on our records — across World Cup - Qualification Europe and World Cup.

Anderson has yet to win a senior honour on our records, but has finished runner-up 2 times, the nearest miss a League Cup final. On our positional score Anderson rates 38 out of 100, 26th of 326 qualified players — inside the top 8%. Relative to what each component is worth, his strongest is tackles and interceptions.

How these scores are built, and the minutes and rating floors a player must clear to appear on our boards, are set out in our methodology.