fantasy premier league expected goals – totals to GW16

Here’s our look at some fantasy premier league expected goals totals to GW16. We look at team stats and individual players by position stats

FANTASY PREMIER LEAGUE EXPECTED GOALS – TOTALS TO GW16

Here’s our fantasy premier league underlying stats review where we look at expected goals (xG) at a team and at an attacking player level to see what insights we can get for future player selection. We also look at expected assists (xA) at a player level.

Expected goals is a stat where the probability is evaluated that any given shot will end up as a goal.

Expected goals are based on a number of factors, such as where the shot was taken from and where the opposition defenders are at the time. The shot assumes it is being taken by someone of average ability in the league. To state the obvious , a shot from inside the 6 yard box in front of goal with no defenders around will have a very high probability it will end up as a goal.

In essence it shows you what should have happened rather than what has happened. Remember though we are only 6 games in so it’s difficult to make any accurate predictions from such limited data

The expected goals are now all wholly from the excellent site understat.com

I’m not going to look at them from a regression basis and compare them to goals and assists. While it can be useful with some players to look at over and under performance against the underlying stats, some players will perform way above or below the expected goals. Kane was a great example last season. If you expected regression you would never have got it as he was a lethal finisher. They should just be looked at as a way of evaluating a team or players goal or assist potential.

TEAM DEFENCE XG

I’ve provided the xG conceded as a whole ranked by the least to the most. The teams have then been ranked home and away but without me giving the xG conceded for the home and away stats so it’s easier to follow.

xG for attack has been done in the same way

At the moment I’m just presenting data. There will be interpretation of it in the player rankings articles later.  If you want to see how good the fixtures of these players see our fixture ease article or you can see who the top 10 FPL managers I follow have in their team

Team attack xG

PLAYER XG AND XA BY POSITION PER 90 MINUTES PLAYED

I’ve made an arbitrary decision that the player must have played 500 minutes to be considered. The stats have not been filtered for gametime security and fitness. That will happen in the player rankings later. The player values are as of Tuesday 5th December.

DEFENDER XG 90 RANKING

Defender xA 90 Ranking

A few players who didn’t make the cut (xG90 and xA90):

Valencia 0.02 and 0.03

Daniels 0.01 and 0.07

MIDFIELDER XG 90 RANKING

Midfielder xA 90 ranking

A few players who didn’t make the cut (xG90 and xA90):

Gross 0.04 and 0.22

Shaqiri 0.15 and 0.24

Mahrez 0.20 and 0.25

Choupo M 0.25 and 0.15

Sigurdsson 0.16 and 0.13

Forward xG 90 ranking

Forwards xA 90 ranking

A few players who didn’t make the cut due to numbers or minutes or both (xG90 and xA90):

 Austin 0.82 and 0.02

Niasse 0.72 and 0.12

Wilson 0.40 and 0.03

Vardy 0.40 and 0.09

Abraham 0.37 and 0.09

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