{"id":1089646,"date":"2019-05-19T15:15:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T14:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1089646"},"modified":"2019-09-29T17:40:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T16:40:10","slug":"xg-xa-stats-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/xg-xa-stats-premier-league\/","title":{"rendered":"The three Premier League players with highest &#8216;xG&#8217; and &#8216;xA&#8217; totals in the 2018\/19 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>With the relatively-new metric of expected goals and expected assists now defining the likelihood of contributions in the final third, we can see which player <em>should<\/em> have clinched the Golden Boot, and likewise, the Playmaker of the Season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 2018\/19 Premier League top goalscorer award was split between three players, with the trident of\u00a0Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and\u00a0Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang sharing the spoils.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7330203-it-s-easy-to-get-backwards-but-liverpool-s-dependence-on-their-front-three-isn-t-a-weakness\/embed\/v4\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Eden Hazard &#8211; now of Real Madrid &#8211; took top prize for most assists, becoming the second player after\u00a0Kevin de Bruyne to seal the accolade since its inception in 2017\/18.<\/p>\n<p>But with &#8216;xG&#8217;, which &#8220;measures the quality of a shot&#8221; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optasports.com\/services\/analytics\/advanced-metrics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Opta<\/a>, and &#8216;xA&#8217;, which &#8220;measures the likelihood that a given pass will become a goal assist&#8221;, coming into play, we can see whether any of those four players should have indeed scooped the league&#8217;s apex awards.<\/p>\n<p>Using these metrics, we have looked into the numbers and found the three Premier League players with the highest &#8216;xG&#8217; and &#8216;xA&#8217; totals in the 2018\/19 season.<\/p>\n<p>Time will tell whether any of these players will repeat their respective feats during the new campaign. But now it&#8217;s time to take a look back&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected goals (xG)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.\u00a0Jamie Vardy (Leicester City)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1081112 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/03\/28152400\/GettyImages-1065927736-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/03\/28152400\/GettyImages-1065927736-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/03\/28152400\/GettyImages-1065927736-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/03\/28152400\/GettyImages-1065927736-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/03\/28152400\/GettyImages-1065927736-1-66x44.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected goals:<\/strong> 18.49<\/p>\n<p>Taking into account every chance Vardy had in 2018\/19, he was expected to score 18.49 goals, and guess what?\u00a0He scored 18&#8230; which capped off another fine campaign for the seasoned striker.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.\u00a0Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1089025 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/15094610\/mohamed-salah-liverpool.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/15094610\/mohamed-salah-liverpool.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/15094610\/mohamed-salah-liverpool-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/15094610\/mohamed-salah-liverpool-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/15094610\/mohamed-salah-liverpool-66x44.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected goals:<\/strong>\u00a020.13<\/p>\n<p>Salah has a propensity to get himself into some dangerous positions in the opposition box, and\u00a0assessing the quality of his chances, the Egyptian King should have scored 20.13 goals last term, making his 22-goal haul look all the more impressive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.\u00a0Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1088943 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/14151320\/PA-42821854-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/14151320\/PA-42821854-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/14151320\/PA-42821854-2-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/14151320\/PA-42821854-2-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/14151320\/PA-42821854-2-66x48.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected goals:<\/strong>\u00a023.03<\/p>\n<p>Well, well, well. We know\u00a0Aubameyang is the very definition of a fox in the box, but based on his xG in 2018\/19, the<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>penalty-box poacher should have clinched the Golden Boot during the 2018\/19 campaign. That Burnley miss on the final day looks all the more\u00a0heart-rending now&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected assists (xA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.\u00a0James Maddison (Leicester City)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1086543 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/04\/29131233\/PA-42184106-1024x672.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/04\/29131233\/PA-42184106-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/04\/29131233\/PA-42184106-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/04\/29131233\/PA-42184106-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/04\/29131233\/PA-42184106-1536x1008.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/04\/29131233\/PA-42184106-66x43.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/04\/29131233\/PA-42184106.jpg 1560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected assists:<\/strong>\u00a08.67<\/p>\n<p>Maddison created a quite ridiculous century of chances in 2018\/19 &#8211; the most in the Premier League. And, taking into account the Englishman&#8217;s passes across the campaign, he should have registered 8.67 assists &#8211; he managed seven, which was not a bad return for his maiden top-flight season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Eden Hazard (Chelsea)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1079809 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/03\/21181006\/GettyImages-1133443167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/03\/21181006\/GettyImages-1133443167.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/03\/21181006\/GettyImages-1133443167-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/03\/21181006\/GettyImages-1133443167-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/03\/21181006\/GettyImages-1133443167-66x46.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected assists:<\/strong>\u00a010<\/p>\n<p>It was another breathtaking season from the twinkle-toed phenom, who enjoyed his best assists-return in a Chelsea shirt with 15, five more than the 10 that was expected of him based on the quality of his passes. Frank Lampard&#8217;s side will miss the Belgian&#8217;s contributions dearly.<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0<strong>Ryan Fraser (Bournemouth)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1088949 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/14154015\/PA-42307697-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/14154015\/PA-42307697-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/14154015\/PA-42307697-2-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/14154015\/PA-42307697-2-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/05\/14154015\/PA-42307697-2-66x48.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Expected assists:<\/strong>\u00a010.21<\/p>\n<p>Fraser finished the campaign just an assist shy of Hazard&#8217;s total with 14, a commendable tally for the Scot who really came of age and showcased his worth in a Bournemouth shirt, with 21 direct contributions. Eddie Howe will be delighted if he can retain the midfielder&#8217;s services between now and the end of the transfer window.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the video at the top of the article to see more of our unique 2018\/19 Premier League stats \u2013 powered by Opta.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the relatively-new metric of expected goals and expected assists now defining the likelihood of contributions in the final third, we can see which player should have clinched the Golden Boot, and likewise, the Playmaker of the Season. 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