Gameweek 5, Day 1, Key Notes:
2 min readGameweek 5, Day 1, Key Notes:
⏱️Wolves 1 – 3 Liverpool
🔋Possession: 34% – 66%
⚙️ xG: 0.66 – 2.74
🔍Big Chances: 0 – 4
🚀 Shots (SoT): 11(2) – 16(6)
📜 Notes:
• Salah has now provided returns in 11 consecutive matches. He created 5 chances (2 big chances) against Wolves (1.47 xA) and provided 2 assists.
• Despite coming on at HT, no Liverpool player had more touches in the opp. box (11), had more shots (3) or made more tackles (3) against Wolves than Luis Diaz.
• Wolves have scored 5 goals till now. Neto has provided assists in 4 of them while Hwang scored 3.
⏱️ A. Villa 3 – 1 C. Palace
🔋Possession: 67% – 33%
⚙️ xG: 1.53 – 1.07
🔍Big Chances: 2 – 3
🚀 Shots (SoT): 16(5) – 6(3)
📜 Notes:
• Edouard has now scored 5 goals in his last six matches in all competitions. Mateta has also now provided 3 assists in the last 2 games.
⏱️ Fulham 1 – 0 Luton
🔋Possession: 78% – 22%
⚙️ xG: 1.10 – 1.27
🔍Big Chances: 2 – 3
🚀 Shots (SoT): 13(2) – 7(2)
📜 Notes:
• Despite having 78% possession, Fulham conceded 3 big chances to Luton. They continue to produce the worst defensive numbers in the season.
⏱️ Man Utd 1 – 3 Brighton
🔋Possession: 44% – 56%
⚙️ xG: 0.96 – 1.89
🔍Big Chances: 1 – 3
🚀 Shots (SoT): 14(4) – 10( 8 )
📜 Notes:
• Marcus Rashford was the second highest underachiever after Haaland. He had 9 shots (0.69 xG). He hit the woodwork and saw his assist getting chalked off by VAR and ended with just 2 points.
⏱️ Spurs 2 – 1 Sheff Utd
🔋Possession: 70% – 30%
⚙️ xG: 1.87 – 0.58
🔍Big Chances: 4 – 1
🚀 Shots (SoT): 28(10) – 7(5)
📜 Notes:
• All the hype for Heung Min Son for this week did not go well for his owners and captainers. He could manage only 3 shots (1 on target), accumulated an xG of 0.16 and had just 5 penalty area touches.
• Dejan Kulusevski had more shots (7), created more chances (5), created more big chances (2) and had more penalty area touches (14) than any other player in the match.
⏱️ West Ham 1 – 3 Man City
🔋Possession: 31% – 69%
⚙️ xG: 0.88 – 3.13
🔍Big Chances: 1 – 8
🚀 Shots (SoT): 6(3) – 29(15)
📜 Notes:
• Haaland had 9 shots in the match (4 on target). He accumulated an xG of 2.56, missed 5 big chances and ended up with just 1 goal. Unlucky for those who captained him!
• James Ward-Prowse has either scored or assisted in every Premier League game he has played for West Ham.
• Alvarez created 4 chances (1 big chance) and provided 2 assists (0.48 xA). He has now provided 5 assists in the season from an accumulated xA of 1.02.
⏱️ Newcastle 1 – 0 Brentford
🔋Possession: 56% – 44%
⚙️ xG: 1.44 – 0.50
🔍Big Chances: 2-1
🚀 Shots (SoT): 9(2) – 11(2)
📜 Notes:
• Callum Wilson has now scored 3 goals in his first 5 Premier League appearances so far this season. This was however only his first start!
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