Gameweek 2 Review , Day 1 Key Notes:
2 min readGameweek 2 Review , Day 1 Key Notes:
⏱️ Aston Villa 2 – 1 Everton
⚙️ xG: 2.31 – 1.55
🚀 Shots (SoT): 12 (4) – 15 (4)
Notes:
• Everton’s poor away form continued as they registered another loss at Villa Park. They have won the fewest points (4) away from home in 2022.
⏱️Arsenal 4 – 2 Leicester
⚙️ xG: 2.54 – 0.40
🚀 Shots (SoT): 19 (7) – 6 (2)
Notes:
• Gabriel Jesus scored 2 goals (xG = 1.44) and provided 2 assists (xA = 0.72) against Leicester. He had 3 big chances, created 3 chances as well and had 3 shots on target. He also had 15 touches in the opppostion half, more than any Arsenal players in last 7 seasons
• Leicester were the poorest team defensively yesterday, as they conceded 15 shots in the box with an xGC of 2.83.
• Martinelli has now scored managed to score in 3 back to back PL games.
⏱️Brighton 0 – 0 Newcastle
⚙️ xG: 1.50 – 0.22
🚀 Shots (SoT): 13 (7) – 4 (1)
Notes:
• Newcastle United were solid at the back once again as they registered clean sheets in back to back games. Nick Pope made the most saves (5) for the GW.
⏱️Man City 4 – 0 Bournemouth
⚙️ xG: 1.55 – 0.12
🚀 Shots (SoT): 19 (7) – 3 (1)
Notes:
• Most captained player of the GW Erling Haaland could manage just 2 shots (1 on target), 2 passes (1 in the final third) and just 8 touches of the ball (3 in final third) in the match. He was lucky to have got an assist in the game.
• Kevin de Bruyne fired 4 shots (2 on target), created 5 chances including 1 big chance, managed to have a 100% pass accuracy with 29 passes coming in the final third. He scored as well assisted and was 3rd overall for BPS.
⏱️Southampton 2 – 2 Leeds
⚙️ xG: 0.89 – 1.94
🚀 Shots (SoT): 14 (4) – 13 (5)
Notes:
• Rodrigo was yet again on the scoresheet for Leeds. He scored twice from 5 shots (3 on target) with an xG of 1.18. He was unlucky to not bag any assists along with the brace as he created 3 chances including 1 big chance as well. He was 2nd highest for BPS after Jesus on Day 1 of GW 2.
⏱️Wolves 0 – 0 Fulham
⚙️ xG: 0.86 – 1.45
🚀 Shots (SoT): 7 (1) -9 (3)
Notes:
• Popular budget pick Neto was rather passive than his owners would like him to. He did not have a single shot in the match and managed to create just 1 chance. He had 45 touches of the ball, 6 in the box but still failed to fire a single shot away.
• Mitrovic provided a return of -1 to over 500,000 managers who brought him in ahead of this GW. He had just 1 shot on target that too from the penalty and was saved.

⏱️Brentford 4 – 0 Man Utd
⚙️ xG: 1.69 – 0.90
🚀 Shots (SoT): 13 (7) – 15 (4)
Notes:
• Manchester United had 2 individual errors directly leading to a goal (de Gea & Eriksen).
• Ivan Toney created 4 chances including 2 big chances (most) with an xA of 0.92 (highest). He bagged 2 assists for his performance against United.
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