The 2023-24 Premier League xG table: Newcastle flying, Man Utd floundering…
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 a quarter of the way 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.
Expected Goals (xG)
1. Manchester City – 32.61
2. Liverpool – 31.83
3. Newcastle United – 31.31
4. Chelsea – 29.39
5. Aston Villa – 28.26
6. Brentford – 28.23
7. Arsenal – 28.19
8. Tottenham – 24.26
9. Brighton – 24.15
10. Everton – 23.92
11. West Ham United – 21.55
12. Bournemouth – 21.27
13. Manchester United – 20.93
14. Wolves – 19.57
15. Crystal Palace – 18.20
16. Luton Town – 16.88
17. Fulham – 16.88
18. Nottingham Forest – 16.74
19. Burnley – 14.50
20. Sheffield United – 10.66
Expected Goals Against (xGA)
1. Manchester City – 12.47
2. Arsenal – 13.79
3. Newcastle United – 14.50
4. Liverpool – 18.89
5. Brentford – 18.91
6. Chelsea – 19.63
7. Crystal Palace – 20.50
8. Everton – 20.66
9. Nottingham Forest – 21.03
10. Aston Villa – 21.34
11. Brighton – 22.03
12. Tottenham – 24.19
13. Manchester United – 25.17
14. Burnley – 26.09
15. Fulham – 26.18
16. West Ham United – 26.46
17. Wolves – 27.89
18. Bournemouth – 28.48
19. Sheffield United – 35.44
20. Luton Town – 35.71
Expected Points (xPTS)
1. Manchester City – 30.96
2. Newcastle United – 28.81
3. Liverpool – 27.01
4. Arsenal – 26.78
5. Chelsea – 25.34
6. Aston Villa – 24.45
7. Brentford – 24.06
8. Everton – 21.53
9. Tottenham – 20.79
10. Brighton – 20.35
11. Crystal Palace – 17.78
12. Manchester United – 17.51
13. West Ham – 16.78
14. Nottingham Forest – 16.36
15. Bournemouth – 15.64
16. Wolves – 14.12
17. Fulham – 14.02
18. Burnley – 12.44
19. Luton – 10.10
20. Sheffield United – 6.58
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