Now that we’re a decent way into the season, I thought it was worth running the club-by-club attack breakdowns. These are explained in detail here, but in summary they are simple scatter graphics that work as follows: Explanation Each graphic shows a club’s main attacking players: those who have: Featured for at least a quarter of their total pitch minutes in
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What I’ve done below is to measure how long each club has spent in each of the three main “game states” – i.e. winning, drawing and losing. I’ve then converted these into percentages because I include added time, which means that every club will have a slightly different total number of minutes played. I’ve then ranked clubs by the difference
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These alternative league tables are calculated using expected goals (as seen in my match timelines). There’s a full explanation in the first post here. Premier League Despite suffering their second defeat of the season, Man City would still be top of the table if it was calculated using expected goals, as they’ve yet to be significantly out-created. The same goes
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Now that a meaningful number of matches have been played this season, another update to the scatter graphics seems justified. These compare the attacking and defensive performances of every team in a division – each of the four graphics is explained briefly below and at length here. Shot dominance First of all, here is how the number of shots taken by each
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These alternative league tables are calculated using expected goals (as seen in my match timelines). There’s a full explanation in the first post here. Premier League In expected goals terms we have the beginnings of a breakaway top four, with underachieving Brighton five points off a slightly overachieving Liverpool. Interestingly only one of Everton’s games hasn’t been close enough for
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These alternative league tables are calculated using expected goals (as seen in my match timelines). There’s a full explanation in the first post here. Premier League Along with the two Manchester clubs, Everton haven’t been out-created by a significant margin in any of their league outings so far, although the Toffees have only dominated one of their six. Bournemouth’s back-to-back
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As it’s been a good few years since I last gave them a polish, I’ve updated my scatter graphic templates for their first outing of the new season. These compare the attacking and defensive performances of every team in a division – each of the four graphics is explained briefly below and at length here. While you can read more
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