Gameweek 4, Day 2, Key Notes:

⏱️ Sheff Utd 2 – 2 Everton

🔋Possession: 45% – 55%

⚙️ xG: 1.24 – 2.59

🔍Big Chances: 2 – 4

🚀 Shots (SoT): 13( 8 ) – 16(6)

📜 Notes:

• No goalkeeper having played all four games has collected fewer FPL points (5) than Everton’s Jordan Pickford.

⏱️ Brentford 2 – 2 Bournemouth

🔋Possession: 61% – 39%

⚙️ xG: 3.29 – 2.02

🔍Big Chances: 5 – 3

🚀 Shots (SoT): 21(7) – 12(5)

📜 Notes:

• Byran Mbeumo scored from 2 shots (xG = 0.8 ). He has now scored 4 goals in the opening 4 matches).

⏱️ Burnley 2 – 5 Spurs

🔋Possession: 46% – 54%

⚙️ xG: 1.35 – 2.27

🔍Big Chances: 2 – 3

🚀 Shots (SoT): 16(4) – 20(10)

📜 Notes:

• Heung-Min Son in the first 3 matches had just 5 shots (0.3 xG) and scored 0 goals. Against Burnley alone, Son fired 5 shots (1.1 xG) and scored 3 goals. Looks like Spurs are better off without Richarlison!

• James Maddison scored for the second successive Premier League game. He now has four goal contributions in four appearances for Spurs.

• Spurs have scored 11 goals so far in the season. Their fullbacks have had a goal contribution in 4 of them.

⏱️ Chelsea 0 – 1 N. Forest

🔋Possession: 76% – 24%

⚙️ xG: 2.13 – 0.74

🔍Big Chances: 2 – 2

🚀 Shots (SoT): 21(2) – 7(3)

📜 Notes:

• Despite having more than 3/4th of possession and firing 3 times the number of shots compared to Forest, Chelsea had less Shots on Target. Tells a lot about Chelsea’s finishing!

• Taiwo Awoniyi has either scored or assisted in his previous 8 Premier League games. After scoring in the earlier 7 matches, he became a provider against Chelsea.

⏱️ Man City 5 – 1 Fulham

🔋Possession: 68% – 32%

⚙️ xG: 2.18 – 1.44

🔍Big Chances: 3 – 3

🚀 Shots (SoT): 7(5) – 6(4)

📜 Notes:

• Erling Haaland scored his first hattrick of the season. He had 4 shots, 3 on target, created 2 chances and provided the assist for City’s opening goal as well.

• Julian Alvarez is consistently outperforming his underlying data. He scored a goal (0.65 xG) and had 2 FPL assists (0.02 xA) against Fulham. He had just 2 shots and created 0 chances in the game.

• Man City scored five goals from just five shots on target against Fulham and had only seven attempts in the whole game.

⏱️ Brighton 3 – 1 Newcastle

🔋Possession: 56% – 44%

⚙️ xG: 1.41 – 1.27

🔍Big Chances: 1 – 1

🚀 Shots (SoT): 15(6) – 9(2)

📜 Notes:

• Evan Ferguson scored his first hattrick in the Premier League. He had 4 shots in the match, all 4 on target, but his xG was just 0.91.

• After a double digit haul on the opening weekend, Alexander Isak has now blanked in the last 3 games. He had 4 shots (0.48 xG) but failed to keep any of them on target.

• Newcastle have not managed to keep a cleansheet in the four games so far. Nick Pope has now made 2 errors directly leading to an opposition goal.

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