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Omar Marmoush & Erling Haaland At Manchester City & Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall Scout Report At Everton 2025/2026
Today, we have a data analysis piece on Manchester City's forward partnership of Omar Marmoush and Erling Haaland along with a player analysis piece on new Everton signing Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall!
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Manchester City’s attacking department for the 2025/2026 season boasts one of the most intriguing pairings in European football: Erling Haaland and Omar Marmoush.
While the Norwegian striker needs no introduction following another prolific campaign in 2024/2025, the Egyptian forward has emerged as a rising tactical wildcard after joining Man City mid-season from Eintracht Frankfurt.
This data analysis seeks to explore the dynamics of their potential partnership under Pep Guardiola.
It examines each player’s positional roles, attacking tendencies, and statistical profiles to assess whether they are best utilised together or individually.
The analysis is built upon detailed data from Marmoush’s 2024/2025 season, encompassing his performances for both Frankfurt and Manchester City, alongside Haaland’s complete campaign with the Citizens.
By investigating their respective heat maps, shot profiles, dribbling zones, off-the-ball movement, and involvement in build-up play, we aim to determine which positional combinations are most effective and how their roles may evolve when deployed simultaneously.
A key aspect of this study revolves around identifying each player’s best position, not in isolation, but within the collective framework.
Is Haaland’s central presence more effective when flanked by Marmoush?
Or does the Egyptian operate more effectively from the left when Haaland leads the line?
The report will address who performs best as the primary striker and which role Marmoush is most suited to when both are on the pitch.
Ultimately, this analysis offers tactical insight into one of the season’s most fascinating selection dilemmas: can Marmoush and Haaland co-exist in the same XI without compromising City’s fluid attacking structure?
Or should Guardiola consider using them as rotational options depending on the opposition and match scenario?
The data will reveal the answers.
After a difficult season with limited playing time, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall is on his way to Everton for £25m.
The 26-year-old had been with Leicester City since 2006 before making a big-money move to Chelsea to join manager Enzo Maresca.
He found it difficult to get into the Chelsea team and supplant the likes of Enzo Fernández, Cole Palmer, and Moises Caicedo.
However, he still shone in his limited playing time, showing that his amazing 2023/2024 season in the EFL Championship was no fluke.
He will now benefit from regular playing time in a system that will suit him well.
Everton desperately needed an advanced playmaking number eight for David Moyes as the Toffees transitioned to becoming more of a build-up team, and they’ve found it in Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
With the opening of the new Hill Dickinson Stadium, Everton have spent heavily this summer to ensure they are miles away from the relegation fight.
Everton’s signing a player of Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s quality for a cheaper price than what he’d gone to Chelsea for last summer was fantastic business.
In this article, we will examine some of his strengths and weaknesses and discuss how he can completely transform Everton’s attack.
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