Can any clubs already feel lucky or hard done by in the 2023-24 Premier League campaign so far?
The Expected Goals (xG) metric uses a complex algorithm to determine the quality of chances that each side has created and conceded this season, giving us a useful tool to measure how good their performances have actually been, regardless of the scorelines.
We’re now over halfway through the 2023-24 campaign and the table has taken shape. It’s also interesting at this stage to take a look at the underlying data to see which sides have performed best in terms of creating chances and denying the opposition.
With data from Understat, here are the tables in terms of xG so far this season.
1. Liverpool – 58.29 2. Arsenal – 54.53 3. Manchester City – 53.66 4. Newcastle United – 53.45 5. Chelsea – 49.94 6. Aston Villa – 48.52 7. Tottenham – 46.98 8. Brighton – 45.81 9. Everton – 43.72 10. Brentford – 42.72 11. Manchester United – 40.45 12. Bournemouth – 38.44 13. Wolverhampton Wanderers – 37.30 14. West Ham – 35.04 15. Luton – 33.88 16. Fulham – 33.39 17. Nottingham Forest – 30.47 18. Crystal Palacezd30.27 19. Burnley – 25.12 20. Sheffield United – 24.79
1. Arsenal – 21.70 2. Manchester City – 24.12 3. Liverpool – 31.85 4. Brentford – 37.11 5. Everton – 37.12 6. Aston Villa – 37.57 7. Nottingham Forest – 37.64 8. Brighton – 39.48 9. Chelsea – 40.92 10. Crystal Palace – 41.38 11. Bournemouth – 41.55 12. Newcastle United – 43.64 13. Manchester United – 44.55 14. Tottenham – 45.71 15. Fulham – 45.88 16. Wolverhampton Wanderers – 46.19 17. Burnley – 47.84 18. West Ham – 47.87 19. Sheffield United – 57.03 20. Luton – 57.62
1. Arsenal – 52.58 2. Manchester City – 51.44 3. Liverpool – 48.64 4. Aston Villa – 42.76 5. Newcastle United – 41.27 6. Chelsea – 40.84 7. Everton – 38.88 8. Brighton – 38.60 9. Tottenham – 36.70 10. Brentford – 35.49 11. Bournemouth – 32.58 12. Manchester United – 31.76 13. Nottingham Forest – 29.61 14. Wolverhampton Wanderers – 28.54 15. West Ham – 28.40 16. Fulham – 28.03 17. Crystal Palace – 27.93 18. Luton – 21.50 19. Burnley – 20.43 20. Sheffield United – 17.20