Premier League · 2025/26

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 average1.53 xG

Home advantage1.24×

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	Manchester City	2.09	2	1.35
2	Arsenal	2.04	1	1.31
3	Chelsea	1.90	6	1.24
4	Manchester United	1.90	3	1.24
5	Liverpool	1.77	4	1.15
6	Bournemouth	1.76	8	1.15
7	Brentford	1.74	9	1.14
8	Crystal Palace	1.64	17	1.08
9	Newcastle United	1.60	10	1.04
10	Leeds	1.57	15	1.03
11	Brighton	1.54	7	1.00
12	Aston Villa	1.48	5	0.97
13	West Ham	1.31	18	0.86
14	Everton	1.31	11	0.86
15	Fulham	1.30	13	0.86
16	Nottingham Forest	1.29	12	0.85
17	Tottenham	1.23	16	0.80
18	Sunderland	1.14	14	0.74
19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1.01	20	0.67
20	Burnley	0.97	19	0.65

Best defences

lower is better

Team		xGA/match	GD rank	Defence
1	Arsenal	0.87	1	0.52
2	Manchester City	1.22	2	0.73
3	Manchester United	1.32	3	0.78
4	Brighton	1.41	7	0.83
5	Liverpool	1.42	4	0.83
6	Tottenham	1.46	16	0.84
7	Leeds	1.48	15	0.87
8	Aston Villa	1.49	5	0.87
9	Bournemouth	1.49	8	0.88
10	Newcastle United	1.51	10	0.88
11	Chelsea	1.53	6	0.90
12	Sunderland	1.59	14	0.91
13	Everton	1.58	11	0.91
14	Brentford	1.56	9	0.91
15	Crystal Palace	1.58	17	0.93
16	Fulham	1.60	13	0.93
17	Nottingham Forest	1.70	12	0.99
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1.80	20	1.03
19	West Ham	1.79	18	1.04
20	Burnley	2.17	19	1.24

Rating against league position

2025/26 · 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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