Premier League · 2024/25

Attack and defence ratings

Fitted on expected goals and adjusted for the opponent, so a record built against weak defences does not read like one built against strong ones. Attack and defence stay separate figures, because goal difference nets them off and hides which is which.

League average1.60 xG

Home advantage1.12×

Matches380

Attack against defence

1.00 = league average on both axes

Best attacks Best defences

Best attacks

1.00 = league average

Team		xG/match	GD rank	Attack
1	Liverpool	2.45	1	1.51
2	Chelsea	1.92	4	1.20
3	Manchester City	1.92	3	1.20
4	Arsenal	1.94	2	1.19
5	Bournemouth	1.91	6	1.19
6	Newcastle United	1.88	5	1.17
7	Crystal Palace	1.78	11	1.11
8	Brentford	1.77	8	1.11
9	Aston Villa	1.75	9	1.09
10	Tottenham	1.72	13	1.08
11	Brighton	1.72	10	1.07
12	Fulham	1.53	12	0.95
13	Manchester United	1.50	15	0.94
14	Nottingham Forest	1.39	7	0.86
15	West Ham	1.33	17	0.84
16	Everton	1.23	14	0.77
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1.19	16	0.75
18	Ipswich	1.06	18	0.68
19	Southampton	1.02	20	0.66
20	Leicester	1.00	19	0.64

Best defences

lower is better

Team		xGA/match	GD rank	Defence
1	Arsenal	1.05	2	0.63
2	Liverpool	1.11	1	0.67
3	Fulham	1.30	12	0.76
4	Everton	1.41	14	0.82
5	Manchester City	1.39	3	0.83
6	Newcastle United	1.42	5	0.84
7	Bournemouth	1.42	6	0.84
8	Chelsea	1.43	4	0.85
9	Aston Villa	1.45	9	0.86
10	Nottingham Forest	1.47	7	0.86
11	Crystal Palace	1.55	11	0.92
12	Brighton	1.56	10	0.92
13	Manchester United	1.60	15	0.94
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1.62	16	0.94
15	Brentford	1.60	8	0.95
16	West Ham	1.79	17	1.05
17	Tottenham	1.80	13	1.06
18	Ipswich	2.20	18	1.27
19	Leicester	2.26	19	1.30
20	Southampton	2.59	20	1.50

Rating against league position

2024/25 · chance creation vs goal difference

Sides ranking at least three places apart on chance creation versus goal difference. The gap is usually finishing luck, which does not repeat.

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