⚽️ 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬 (𝐱𝐆) 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝟓 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬 ⚽️
First thing to remember in our analysis is that we evaluate the Top 5 Leagues. Altogether, the players who played in the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 are included in this graf. Subsequently, for a better analysis, the most relevant group was selected and highlighted.
Assessing all the positions, Centre-Fowards are specifically the ones with the highest xG. As a matter of fact, there are no defenders or even midfielders in the Top 10 players with the most xG or xG per 90. Particularly in terms of Leagues, the Bundesliga is the League with the highest xG per Game. Accordingly, and even before the analysis, we expect players from this league in the Top 10.
🔹🔸🔹 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐱𝐆 🔹🔸🔹
(𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑮𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔)
🥇 Robert Lewandowski 🇵🇱 – xG: 18.6
🥈 Erling Haaland 🇳🇴 – xG: 18.2
🥉 Mohamed Salah 🇪🇬 – xG: 18.1
|4. Kylian Mbappé (14.7) | 5. Alexander Isak (14.1) |
| 6. Harry Kane (13.7) | 7. Raphinha (13.3) |
| 8. Cole Palmer (12.3) | 9. Moise Kean (12.1) |
| 10. Hugo Ekitike (12.0) |
🔸 Altogether, Moise Kean is the only player in this Top 10 outside of the La Liga, Premier League & Bundesliga Trio.
🔹 Despite not being strikers, Salah, Raphinha and Cole Palmer are in the Top 10 players with the most Expected Goals (xG).
🔸 Particularly in his first season at Real Madrid (and with a lot of attacking talent next to him), Kylian Mbappe is the fourth player with the most Expected Goals (xG).
🔹 Despite sharing the attacking spotlight with Marmoush, Ekitike is the one with more xG.
🔸 Surprisingly, after leaving Juventus, Moise Kean seems to have found his form again at Fiorentina.
🔹🔸🔹 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐱𝐆𝐩𝟗𝟎 🔹🔸🔹
(𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑮𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝟗𝟎 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔)
🥇 Robert Lewandowski 🇵🇱 – xGp90: 1.00
🥈 Patrik Schick 🇨🇿 – xGp90: 0.86
🥉 Harry Kane 🏴 – xGp90: 0.86
| 4. Deniz Undav (0.82) | 5. Alexander Isak (0.80) |
| 6. Mo Salah (0.80) | 7. Breel Embolo (0.78) |
| 8. Erling Haaland (0.77) | 9. Kylian Mbappé (0.77) |
| 10. Hugo Ekitike (0.76) |
🔹 Firstly, with an Expected Goals per 90 Minutes of 1.00, Lewandowski is having an unbelievable season at FC Barcelona with 1 Expected Goal per Game.
🔸 Despite not being a striker, Salah is the only player outside of this position in the Top 10 players with the most Expected Goals per 90 Minutes (xGp90).
🔹 Particularly in a Top 4 full of top talent, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th playesr with the most Expected Goals per 90 Minutes (xGp90) are from the Bundesliga!
🔸 Despite being the only Ligue 1 player on this list, Breel Embolo is having a great season at Monaco with 0.78 Expected Goals per Game.
🔹 Regardless of all the investment in the squad, PSG doesn’t have a single player in the Top 10 of the most xG or xGp90.
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Data from FBref.
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