Gameweek 9, Day 1, Key Notes:
2 min readGameweek 9, Day 1, Key Notes:
⏱️ Arsenal 3 – 1 Spurs
⚙️ xG: 2.38 – 1.58
🚀 Shots (SoT): 22(9) – 7(3)
📜 Notes:
• Gabriel Jesus bagged his 5th goal of the season from 4 attempts (3 on target) from an xG of 1.42 against spurs. He had more touches of the ball in the box (13) than any other player.
• William Saliba has played 720 minutes of Premier League football without being successfully dribbled past by an opponent. Saliba has also won possession more times than any other player in the league.
• Harry Kane continued his brilliant start to the season with a penalty for his 7th goal. He has only blanked twice in this season.
⏱️ Bournemouth 0-0 Brentford
⚙️ xG: 0.55 – 0.78
🚀 Shots (SoT): 7(1) – 13(4)
📜 Notes:
• Bournemouth continue to be poor offensively. They are yet to register an xG of 1.0 or above in a game in this campaign.
• Toney fired 6 shots (1 on target , xG 0.76) but he failed to find the back of the net for the 4th time in the last 5 GWs
⏱️ Palace 1 – 2 Chelsea
⚙️ xG: 0.44 – 1.06
🚀 Shots (SoT): 7(3) – 13(3)
📜 Notes:
• Thiago Silva made 116 successful passes against Palace. This is the highest number of passes by a defender this season. Silva also bagged the Assist for the Auba goal.
⏱️ Fulham 1 – 4 Newcastle
⚙️ xG: 0.45 – 4.10
🚀 Shots (SoT): 4(1) – 19(10)
📜 Notes:
• Willock created 4 chances in the game against Fulham, including 2 big chances (=highest) and bagged 2 assists for his efforts. This was his first returns of the season.
• Almirón ended his dry spell of 4 games against a depleted Fulham side where he produced 2 goals from both his shots on target.
⏱️ Liverpool 3 – 3 Brighton
⚙️ xG: 1.49 – 1.17
🚀 Shots (SoT): 15(7) – 6(6)
📜 Notes:
• Leandro Trossard fired 4 shots, all on target and all of them being Big Chances as well. He scored 3 goals from an xG of 1.35!
• All of Brighton’s 6 attempts on goal against Liverpool were adjudged to be Big Chances. This is the first instance of 100% Big Chances since 2018.
• Roberto Firmino has now been involved in 8 goals (5 Goals, 3 Assists) in his 3 starts. No player has a better goal involvement per ratio this season.
• Salah shot 5 times against Brighton, buf scuffed both of his big chances. He has scored just 2 goals this season and none in the last 4 games!
⏱️ Southampton 1 – 2 Everton
⚙️ xG: 1.58 – 1.57
🚀 Shots (SoT): 21(6) – 12(5)
📜 Notes:
• Alex Iwobi bagged his 3rd assist in the last 4 games for Everton. He created 3 chances in the game.
• Dwight McNeil managed to score his first goal in a while. He had failed to score from his previous 52 shots!
⏱️ West Ham 2 – 0 Wolves
⚙️ xG: 0.90 – 0.74
🚀 Shots (SoT): 18(5) – 15(4)
📜 Notes:
• Jarrod Bowen produced his first returns of the season with a goal and an assist. He fired 4 shots, 2 on target and created 3 chances in the game.
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