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Premier League · 2026/27

Early season. Only 19 matches have been played, so opponent-adjusted ratings are unstable. Teams have not met often enough to separate a strong attack from a weak opponent. Treat these as directional.

Over 2 matches, Fulham create most danger down their left (1.80× the league norm), and concede most down their left (1.53×).

Attack · 6th
1.19
1.25 xG per match
2 scored, level with xG
Defence · 18th
2.31
2.09 xGA per match
4 conceded, level with xGA
Chance quality
0.100
xG per shot · 12.5 shots/match
Set pieces
8%
of their xG · 23% conceded

Where the shots come from

Shots taken

every shot, or counted by zone
Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Fulham, 2026/27 · 25 shots in the final 35m, 2 scored. Shape carries the outcome rather than colour, so it reads in print and to anyone who cannot separate the hues.

Left1.80×39%
Centre0.90×49%
Right0.51×12%

vs league average · 1.00 marked · share of xG

Flanks and routes

Danger conceded by flank

left against right · open play only

Fulham concede more down their left: more attacks there, and better ones.

Left
1.3 xG9 shots · 0.150
Right
0.6 xG6 shots · 0.096
Attacks faced
1.50×

Shots on the weak flank per shot on the strong one

Chance quality
1.56×

xG per shot on the weak flank versus the strong one

Set pieces are excluded, since a corner has no flank. Sides within ten points of an even split are treated as level, since a season is short enough that smaller gaps are usually noise.

Crosses or through balls

open play only

Fulham take 5% of their open-play danger from crosses and 36% from balls played through the middle. Their main route is through balls.

Through balls
36%
Rebounds
30%
Open passes
27%
Crosses
5%
Dribbles
2%
Headed share of xG30%

Measured from the action immediately before each shot. This shows whether a side works the ball wide or through the middle; which flank they progress down cannot be derived, because no free source publishes pass locations.

Who does the work

Territory and pressing

1.00 = league average

Fulham move the ball about as the league does.

  • Territory won0.85×

    5.5 deep completions a match

  • Territory allowed1.15×

    7.5 conceded a match

  • Pressing1.56×

    8.0 opponent passes per defensive action

  • Freedom to build1.38×

    17.3 of their own passes allowed

  • Danger per arrival0.92×

    0.222 npxG per deep completion

A deep completion is a pass finished within about twenty yards of goal, and PPDA counts an opponent’s passes per defensive action. A lower figure is a harder press, so the bar inverts it to keep every row reading the same way. This describes where the ball ends up rather than how it travelled: no pass or carry record exists in this data, so progressive passes and carries are genuinely out of reach rather than merely absent.

Share of attacking output

non-penalty xG plus expected assists

Fulham’s attack is effectively 6.6 players. A side spread across fourteen absorbs an absence that one built on nine does not.

Share of the squad’s non-penalty xG plus expected assists, so it counts chances taken and chances given alike. Penalties are left out because they describe who the club nominates rather than who creates. Contributors under 2% are not listed, though they still count towards the spread above.

Creator to finisher

shots and xG per pairing
  1. Sander BergeGonzalo García0.3 xG1 shot · 0g
  2. Alex IwobiJoshua King0.3 xG1 shot · 0g
  3. Jorge CuencaAntonee Robinson0.2 xG1 shot · 0g
  4. Oscar BobbGonzalo García0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
  5. Alex IwobiGonzalo García0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
  6. Timothy CastagneCésar Palacios0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
  7. Joachim AndersenEmile Smith-Rowe0.1 xG1 shot · 0g
  8. Emile Smith-RoweGonzalo García0.1 xG1 shot · 0g

The pass immediately before the shot, so a player who starts moves without playing the final ball will not appear here. Roughly seven in ten shots name their creator.

How the season splits

Danger by scoreline

leading, level or behind

Fulham produce most of their danger while behind (62% of their xG).

  • Ahead0%
  • Level38%
  • Behind62%
Ahead
0%
0.0 xG · 0 shots
Level
38%
1.0 xG · 8 shots
Behind
62%
1.5 xG · 17 shots

The scoreline at the moment each shot was struck, rebuilt from goal times. Sides that trail often will look busier in attack than they really are.

Home and away

same team, two records

Fulham are a noticeably different side by venue, creating 0.44 xG more per match at home, and conceding 1.05 more.

Home · 1 matches
xG1.46
xGA2.61
Shots14.0
Away · 1 matches
xG1.03
xGA1.56
Shots11.0

Shots faced and shots stopped

two different jobs

Fulham allow 2.09 xG a match, and concede 0.0 more goals than the league converts that into.

Chance prevention
2.09

xG allowed per match. Mostly the outfield shape, and it tends to repeat.

Shot stopping
-0.0

Goals prevented against the league rate. Largely the keeper, and it swings year to year.

Expected at league rate4.0
Actually conceded4
Shots faced that were blocked30%

Measured against the league’s own conversion rate rather than raw xG. Blocked and off-target shots carry xG that can never be scored, so comparing goals to raw xG would mark every side in the division as leaky. A high block share means bodies in the way rather than chances denied.