Gameweek 26, Day 1, Key Notes:
2 min readGameweek 26, Day 1, Key Notes:
⏱️ Man City 2-0 Newcastle
⚙️ xG: 1.26 – 0.42
🔍Big Chances: 2 – 1
🚀 Shots (SoT): 11(3) – 6(2)
📜 Notes:
• Phil Foden has started in 3 back to back games for City in all competitions. He has scored 4 goals and provided 1 assist in this period. Mahrez on the other hand has now been benched in all 3.
• Newcastle have not kept a clean sheet in 5 consecutive matches in all competitions, their longest run this season. They have also won least points from losing positions in this campaign (4).
⏱️ Arsenal 3-2 Bournemouth
⚙️ xG: 2.60 – 1.32
🔍Big Chances: 2 – 3
🚀 Shots (SoT): 31(9) – 4(4)
📜 Notes:
• Arsenal had 77 touches in the opposition box, the most any team has had this season. Their tally of 31 shots was also their highest since 2017. Sadly nothing for Saka, Odegaard or Martinelli.
⏱️ Aston Villa 1-0 Crystal Palace
⚙️ xG: 1.17 – 0.17
🔍Big Chances: 1 – 0
🚀 Shots (SoT): 8(1) – 3(0)
📜 Notes:
• Crystal Palace in their last two Premier League games: (0.87 xG, 9 shots , 0 shots on target ) . They are the only side not to win a Premier League game in 2023.
⏱️ Brighton 4-0 West Ham
⚙️ xG: 3.56 – 0.38
🔍Big Chances: 3 – 0
🚀 Shots (SoT): 20(9) – 3(2)
📜 Notes:
• Brighton clocked up 3.6 xG vs. West Ham – their highest in a single PL game this season.
• It was the first time in the 2022/23 campaign that West Ham conceded a goal from a corner. Incidently, it was also Brighton’s first goal from a corner this season.
⏱️ Chelsea 1-0 Leeds
⚙️ xG: 1.52 – 0.94
🔍Big Chances: 3 – 0
🚀 Shots (SoT): 13(3) – 11(2)
📜 Notes:
• This was chelsea’s 4th cleansheet in the last 7 gameweeks
• Havertz registered his only SoT in 6 GWs
• This was Joao Felix’s 3rd blank in row
⏱️ Wolves 1-0 Spurs
⚙️ xG: 0.44 – 1.34
🔍Big Chances: 2 – 2
🚀 Shots (SoT): 8(5) – 21(6)
📜 Notes:
• Tottenham had 21 shots, the most attempts they’ve had in a PL game without scoring since a 1-0 loss to Man Utd in January 2019 (also 21).
⏱️ Southampton 1-0 Leicester
⚙️ xG: 1.38 – 1.91
🔍Big Chances: 1 – 3
🚀 Shots (SoT): 11(5) – 11(0)
📜 Notes:
• Leicester do not have a shot on target in more than 180 minutes of football. They are without a win in 4 games in all competitions.
• Southampton have won only their 2nd home game in the Premier League this season. Their 9 points at home is the lowest of any Premier League side.
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